Start out climbing kit

[tree-fancier123]

Maybe an extra carabiner - one for prussik to lanyard, one end of lanyard, one spliced eye and one prussik to main line

 

Your course is quite soon - get the tree climbers companion book, a helmet and some waterproofs and give it a blast low and slow, plenty of people pass those courses without ever going up a rope before, but it would still help

If you've got any junk to sell for cash, buy a CT foot ascender too.

[stihlmadasever]

need is a bit strong. I climbed on a 3m lanyard for years, its more than adequate

 

Fair point,i suppose its what the individual climbers requirements are.I find the 5 meter lanyard gives me better options for optimal work positioning.