Chainsaws are powerful and dangerous tools, therefore it is essential when using them that you have total confidence and expertise in what you are doing, so avoiding any accidents.

Our refresher course in Felling Medium Trees (380-760mm) will provide you with the opportunity to update your skills in the appropriate techniques and safety guidelines, so to ensure that you are not only confident when using a chainsaw but also aware of relevant health and safety guidelines making sure you stay protected.

Our chainsaw training is delivered by experienced instructors to small groups, this way you receive plenty of individual attention. The course is also supplemented with high-quality course materials, and we work closely with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to ensure that our materials reflect current safe working practices.

Who is it for?

Our one day refresher course in Felling Medium Trees (380-760mm) is available for anyone who is required to operate chainsaws to fell trees larger than the guidebar length, and who have attended the basic chainsaw courses in this series, or their equivalent, and/or have the appropriate certification (City and Guilds NPTC units CS30 and CS31).

Our refresher course provides you with the opportunity to practice and update your skills, and gain certification. This course is physical, so you must be fit and able to carry out the tasks required of the course.

What will you get from it?

• Identify the risk assessment and emergency procedures on a worksite.
• Organise site safety and state the procedures required.
• Assess the trees to be felled for hazards and risks.
• Fell trees that have a diameter greater than the effective cutting length of the guidebar, but not twice the guidebar length. Guidebar length not greater than 380mm/15”.
• Assess a leaning tree and the safest method of felling.
• Make accurate felling cuts in the correct positions.
• Delimb felled trees in a safe and methodical manner.
• Crosscut timber accurately to required lengths.
• Assess and explain the term ‘tension’ and ‘compression’ in timber.
• Adopt safe procedures to remove a trapped guidebar.
• Handle and stack timber in a safe manner.
• Assess a hung-up tree and the safest method of takedown.
• Select and prepare equipment required for safe and effective takedown and check on the safety of takedown tools including hand winches.
• Make accurate severing cuts in the correct positions.
• Select and use hand tools safely.
• Take down hung-up trees using a hand winch to a safe and stable position.
• State all unsafe practices which must not be adopted.

Course sessions:

• HSE legislation and safety guidelines
• Felling medium sized trees
• Additional felling techniques
• Snedding and delimbing
• Crosscutting felled timber
• Taking down hung-up trees
• Stump treatment, clearing site and chainsaw checks.

For further information, availability and pricing please contact us.