Windblown trees course recommendations?

[john k]

I want to do a windblown trees course later this year. Does anyone have any recommendations of a good place to do this? Ideally in SE England, but could be convinced to travel further afield.

[Westbeams]

Chainsaw Operation: Severing Uprooted or Windblown Trees (Formerly CS34) - SRUC

 

Could try the above.

 

Googled it.

 

Tree Surgeon - Westbeams

[handcutter]

Jim Riddle his contacts on woodlots under training i believe. would say you will learn a lot from him

[Jamespepperpot]

http://www.scottfrasertraining.co.uk

Does them, I did my 32 there and I would definitely recommend Scott

[TheHungrySquirrel]

Scott fraser down in lamberhurst run great courses and they do a wind blow ticket, they also have plenty of trees to go at.

[Hobbsurf]

Not easy I know, but try & get a course that uses a site with actual wb trees. I'm fortunate that thru my local Forestry Commission (FC) contacts we were able to push a "wb & uprooted tree" course thru with local service providers following the storms of early 2014 and utilise realtime examples.

 

Other than that as I understand it you could be faced with a "what if / imagine this" type of setting for a learning environment - not ideal.

 

Most FC sites have a agreement with service providers for arb & forestry - tackle it the other way & contact your local FC and see what score is.

 

Russ

[Brushcutter]

I did mine at TFK training. Its up north but was worth the trip away.

 

I tried for many years to do a course in the SE it was normally not enough numbers, no site or lack of windblown timber.

 

I also think its worth doing courses all over the place. Not only do you meet new instructors/assessors you make new contacts over the country.

[handcutter]

Id check to see if scott is qualified to teach this unit as wasnt when i asked!!!

[Jamespepperpot]

His company do run them - Id know as they use my grandparents land to access the site..

[handcutter]

they may run them, but if they are qualified or not is another question, i wouldnt want to be trained by an unqualified trainer thats all im saying