dig-dug-dan

Hi. Beenlurking for some time, now its time to ask! Did my chainsaw course before i even picked up a chainsaw as i wanted to be safe, and legal. Did that in 1995. Certificate does not have an expiry on it, and never been asked for it (i am a landscaper not a tree surgeon) I recently contacted my local council to ask if i could access some land to clear a fallen ash bough (for firewood). no charge to the council. they asked for my licence, so i emailed a copy. he said it was not accepted as it was out of date, and did not show cs30 and cs31. my cert shows assessments 10 and 16. I phoned nptc who said it was valid, just a change of numbers (6 months after i did the course!), and my insurance company said i was covered. He still wont accept this. he says NPTC are wrong, and he is right! I queried if he checked all his tree work contractors , and thier employers,as i know some of them DO NOT have this new certificate just wondered what you guys thought about all this. seems a bit unfair especially when its costing the council nothing, and i have insurance too!

as a landscape gardener, who has had several communications in writing with the environment agency, tree surgery waste (logs,chips etc) is waste. ALL tree surgeons need a waste carriers licence to carry their "arisings" I have one, and have been stopped twice. Never got stopped in the past fifteen years, but they are now clamping down on it