Instruction .

[Stubby]

A local mower service chap has given my phone number to a chap who has just acquired some wood land local to me . The chap has called me asking if I will fell a " couple " of trees ( all Scots pine he tells me , must be a plantation ) and then tell him what he needs to know to cut them up . Now I , in the distant past , have tickets but nothing that says I can instruct , teach , any one . If I told / showed him the basics and he ended up hurting him self would I be liable . Obviously I must charge for my time . Whats the score here my friends ??

[agg221]

I can't see how you could be held liable.

 

If someone does tickets and then injures themself, or someone else, the person who assessed them is not held liable.

 

Assuming it's not for commercial purposes (i.e. it's for a bit of firewood) the person cutting the wood will be insured under their household contents insurance, for which they need no training.

 

The fact that someone has been 'trained' doesn't lead to a presumption that they were doing it right! If you're concerned, I would avoid calling it training and instead offer to do the cutting and describe what you're doing as you do it. Coincidentally, this is how I learned.

 

Alec

[Stubby]

I can't see how you could be held liable.

 

If someone does tickets and then injures themself, or someone else, the person who assessed them is not held liable.

 

Assuming it's not for commercial purposes (i.e. it's for a bit of firewood) the person cutting the wood will be insured under their household contents insurance, for which they need no training.

 

The fact that someone has been 'trained' doesn't lead to a presumption that they were doing it right! If you're concerned, I would avoid calling it training and instead offer to do the cutting and describe what you're doing as you do it. Coincidentally, this is how I learned.

 

Alec

 

Ok mate , thanks for that .

[treequip]

I can't see how you could be held liable.

If someone does tickets and then injures themself, or someone else, the person who assessed them is not held liable.

Assuming it's not for commercial purposes (i.e. it's for a bit of firewood) the person cutting the wood will be insured under their household contents insurance, for which they need no training.

 

The fact that someone has been 'trained' doesn't lead to a presumption that they were doing it right! If you're concerned, I would avoid calling it training and instead offer to do the cutting and describe what you're doing as you do it. Coincidentally, this is how I learned.

 

Alec

 

None of that is going to get you out of liability, if you train someone and the training leads to them having an accident they can pursue you for damages.

[Stubby]

None of that is going to get you out of liability, if you train someone and the training leads to them having an accident they can pursue you for damages.

 

Thanks for that as well . Seems to be 2 different opinions here .

[treequip]

Thanks for that as well . Seems to be 2 different opinions here .

 

If you are going to do it I would recommend basing the training around the relevant NPTC assessment schedule.

[Stubby]

If you are going to do it I would recommend basing the training around the relevant NPTC assessment schedule.

 

I think that would a bad move in as much as I am not and never have been an NPTC instructor . I am favoring the explaining what I am doing as I go and only taking payment for the felling and not for any possible " instruction " . ?

[skyhuck]

Tell him to go take a proper training course.

 

Or he could always go look on Youtube for some pointers.

 

Personally I would never attempt to "train" someone and charging for training leaves you wide open if things go wrong.

[Stubby]

If a person has some driving lessons and then has a car accident is the driving instructor liable ?/

[Stubby]

Tell him to go take a proper training course.

 

Or he could always go look on Youtube for some pointers.

 

Personally I would never attempt to "train" someone and charging for training leaves you wide open if things go wrong.

 

Thats the what I was thinking .