CS32 'heads up'

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Hi all, just a quick 'heads up' if I may in light of recent rumblings I've become aware of at HSE regarding a few previous 'near miss' incidence.

 

CS32 is no longer 'Medium Trees' but "Trees above 380mm diameter", hence there is no longer an upper size limit on this unit (effectively CS33 Large Trees has gone!)

 

The thorny issue of update / refresher training for tree felling rears it's head here BUT a more 'cost effective' alternative, involving 'up skilling', might be available in many instances.

 

Bottom line if, as with many in my experience, you only hold CS30/31 (SMALL trees) for chainsaw ground units then I would strongly recommend you undertake CS32, and more particularly if your ticket is more than 8/10 years old, again as many are (REMEMBER HSE recommend 5 years for consideration of refresher training...see AGAG 805 below)

 

Thanks all,

Paul

 

PS I have included below the NPCT CS32 assessment schedule and a training matrix to hopefully help you manage your training & quals and update / refresher requirements more effectively (hence rather than simply 'tick' the boxes enter the year of attainment.)

afag805v2.pdf

Qualification+Matrix.doc

cs32_assessment_schedule_june_2010.pdf