Got My Chainsaw Course Next Week...

[Gray git]

Well done that man

[@Wildlife_Mgr]

Cheers John

[Undercut]

I'm doing mine in april, is it a full on course ? And worthwhile doing done the equivalent many years ago but need start fresh and re do them

[@Wildlife_Mgr]

It's full on in the sense that you're in the woods all day for 4 days. The first day was all workshop based.

 

It is always worth keeping up with training as things in the industry change and as a result the training changes, as one 57 year old trainee found out. He'd started in forestry many years ago and had the old NPTC tickets. Things considered acceptable back then are no longer seen to be acceptable in the modern H&S era.

[Undercut]

What skills were covered ? ,you doing other tickets?

[@Wildlife_Mgr]

You'll find all the information on http://www.arbfortraining.com

 

Gareth, the instructor is very thorough in all aspects of the training.

 

I'm hoping to progress to the medium trees course and also the first aid with forestry course.

[Bren.]

Nice one fella, you're gonna love it.

Going to have to start saving your pennies though. There's always another chainsaw that "I just can't do without love".

[david wood]

got my chipper course in either feb or march, one is mewp refresher, one is chipper...cant remember.

 

want to do chipper as been using for a year or two without ticket and finally work bought one last summer so cant hide any more.

 

how was chipper ticket?

 

as for saw assement, relax - enjoy - take time and think twice before every move. if any doubt talk out loud to yourself/assesor about what/why you doing it and it tends to jog memory and assures assessor you are doing for right reasons.

[@Wildlife_Mgr]

Chipper ticket was easy, really straight forward. If you've been using one regular you should be fine. I'd not used a chipper for 3 or 4 years but it was nowt of a course. Common sense and good practice will get you through it

[silky fox]

I've seen someone fail it before but yeah if you have a couple of brain cells handy,it's a doddle.