Trainer/Assessor Required

[Highland Forestry]

I'll be shortly taking on my younger brother full time as he is leaving school soon.. I'd like to put him through his basic saw tickets (CS30/31) before he comes up to the Highlands and also so that he can start his CPD on a good footstone.

Can anyone tell me, what is the minimum age to go through a NPTC chainsaw certificate?

 

And are there any trainers and assessors based in the Bury St Edmunds area, Suffolk ???

 

And could you put a lad through a course before July?

 

Cheers

 

Matt

[Stephen Blair]

I'll be shortly taking on my younger brother full time as he is leaving school soon.. I'd like to put him through his basic saw tickets (CS30/31) before he comes up to the Highlands and also so that he can start his CPD on a good footstone.

Can anyone tell me, what is the minimum age to go through a NPTC chainsaw certificate?

 

And are there any trainers and assessors based in the Bury St Edmunds area, Suffolk ???

 

And could you put a lad through a course before July?

 

Cheers

 

Matt

 

i think its 18 mat, but i am sure someone will know for sure:001_smile:

[Highland Forestry]

I had a feeling it might be..

[Peter]

BTS and Kevin (arbocop) are down that way.

 

I did my first nptcs at 16, although that was a long time ago!

[Parker]

Fairly sure its 16 .... ive recently done my CS 30, 31 and 38 and was 17 at the time.

[Mark T]

Don't know anyone specifically up there (that trains anyway) but your brother can take NPTC CS units at 16 - it just requires one on one tuition aqnd is therefore more expensive.

 

Have a look at this for conformation...

 

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg317.pdf - top of page 2 'Chainsaws and Young People'

[Tree Man Tom]

I did my cs30, 31, 38 and 39 recently at the age of 16

[Highland Forestry]

I'm hoping Arbocop will be able to help me out here.

Have looked it up, it's deffinatley 16.

 

Planning to get him through his tickets and then straight into a first thinning for a good couple of months or so to learn properly!!

[3dogs]

the minimum age is 16 provided he has the maturity and physical ability to complete the course safely, this however is at the instructors discression.

[volvo]

Can you not take him up to work with you and put him on a course at the same time?.