Peter
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Very comprehensive thanks. I have decided to do my DCPC, for various reasons. In your example of a tree surgeon claiming exemption, does removing arisings from site really come under "tools and materials necessary for your work"? The DCPC isnt the only time that exemption comes up, and I have always wondered if it would stand up to scrutiny. Wood chip and logs, whether you class that as waste or a valuable by product, doesnt really fit the category of materials needed, and certainly not tools......
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Presuming your not from the uk? As a very rough guide you could expect to pay about 15-20% of that wage as tax.
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Dick Leigh carries the best range of spares in stock, if I ring them before 3pm I nearly always have the part I want the next day.
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Good work. Nice looking tree too, why was it felled?
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Exactly right. If you employ a driver or work as a driver then you have to to dcpc. I'm reasonably sure most tree firms don't employ drivers, I certainly don't. I do employ arborists who also drive as part of their work, and they come under the exemption outlined above.
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Not quite the case, if you employ a driver, they must have cpc. It you employ a tree surgeon who also drives as part of their work then they don't have to have it. Delivery of own goods is fine on a restricted o licence, it is haulage of others goods that isn't.
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I think you are getting your cpcs mixed up. The ones that apply to hgvs are either operator cpc, which as far as I'm aware you still won't need to hold a restricted o licence, and driver cpc, which if you are employed as a hgv driver you will need to get 35 hours of training before 2014.
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I haven't watched more than 2 films this year, and I love films! German Russian front, Cross of Iron.
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Lacewood.
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I dont see how it is any different to using a footlock strop with a klemheist or similar. Going up you use the hitch on its own, coming down you put a descender in. No-one says you cant use the system because you cant descend on the hitch, no-one uses a fig 8 without the hitch as backup. If you are worried about the wrench failing in use and not being able to descend, then carry a figure eight as a backup, or set a trunk belay system, or both.
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No reason to not include pantin and spikes etc on your daily, weekly and 6 monthly inspections.
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An item doesn't have to be CE marked to be included in loler. As long as it is fit for purpose. What else does the RW do other than act as a descender? It doesn't have any function during ascent.
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Don't worry Tim, found it. directive 89/686/EEC on Personal Protective Equipment 3.4 Equipment for climbing, rock climbing, speleology etc. (ice-axes, hammers, descenders not fitted with a built-in speed-regulating system, rope-climbing equipment, etc.) Category 0 (ie not PPE)
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Can you clarify which European Directive that is from Tim? The way you are interpreting it would mean if you hung a packet of fags from your harness they would need to be CE marked.
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Not really, if any component of a conventional system failed, ie biner, hitch climber or hitch cord, that would result in failure of the whole system. The RW is in the same category as a bit of string round your neck holding your footlock strop.
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I think you've tried to add 2 and 2 and come with last Tuesday there Tim.
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Probably run slightly better, certainly won't do any harm.
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I see it as a climbing aid not ppe, if it failed in use then the hitch should hold on its own, just as if your spikes failed you shouldn't fall.
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Very nice work.
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No, leave the steel well alone. The tree will have adapted over time to account for the bracing, removing it could cause catastrophic failure.
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Jenny will sell you 5 litres for a tenner.
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Jenny http://http://www.jennychem.com/
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Brake fluid gets most things off. Including the paint.
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I have the zermatts, most durable work boots I have ever had. Very rigid sole, great with spikes. Btw all the boots mentioned in the op are chainsaw protective, what boots are you talking about Taff?
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It's a VT tied with a loop instead of an eye to eye cord.
