Chainsaw Courses
PLEASE BE AWARE: the next available places on the 2 day cross-cut and maintenance chainsaw course will be from June onwards (2023).
Please ask if you need training sooner than this and we'll keep you posted should places become available.
Hush
Farms offers HSE approved Chainsaw training courses in mid-Wales, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and throughout the UK, for different skills
and levels.
The legal bit: The law states that anyone who uses a chainsaw in the workplace must have proof of adequate training from a qualified person, to operate the machine safely, in appropriate conditions. Your training must also be periodically updated. This legislation applies to everyone – volunteers, employed or self-employed alike.
Chainsaws are exceptionally versatile
tools, but they're also potentially very dangerous. Serious accidents can and do happen – so, even if you're using them for leisure, it's important to have
proper training and to keep your skills up to scratch.
Our
Integrated Training and Assessment (ITA) chainsaw courses lead to a LANTRA
Awards Certificate in Basic Training. While NPTC CS30, CS31 and CS32 certification can be arranged
for an additional fee. We also offer chainsaw refresher courses so you can update your training.
We
do our best to be flexible around your needs, so you’re welcome to come and
enjoy the chainsaw courses at one of our sites in East Devon or mid-Wales, or we’ll come to a venue near
you in the South West and throughout the UK. Plus, we’ll fit the course around your schedule – just let us know your
most convenient times.
Course Detail:
1: Maintenance and Crosscutting - From £310pp
Accreditation: LANTRA & NPTC CS30
Price: from £310 per person
(+VAT), based on 4 trainees
attending two-day chainsaw training, including Lantra registration and certification.
(Travel fees may apply.)
NPTC CS30 chainsaw assessments are available, please contact us for details and prices.
Course length: One to two days, depending on experience
Who it's for: Anyone intending to use chainsaws for
business, domestic or leisure activities (for those working in forestry or
arboriculture activities, it may be necessary to complete NPTC CS30 Assessment). This chainsaw course involves Integrated Training and Assessment.
Course objectives: Introduction to Health & Safety
features of a chainsaw; maintenance; PPE (Personal Protective Equipment);
fuelling and starting a chainsaw; preparing site and chainsaw checks;
performing pre-cutting checks; site safety awareness; cross-cutting and
stacking timber.
Please note: Trainees must possess this chainsaw qualification
to participate in the Felling courses.
3: Fell & Process upto 380mm Diam. - From £410pp
Accreditation: LANTRA & NPTC CS31
Price: from £410 per person
(+VAT), based on 4 trainees attending four-day chainsaw training, including Lantra registration and certification.
(Travel fees may apply.)
NPTC CS31 chainsaw assessments are available, please contact us for details and prices.
Course length: Up to four days, depending on felling experience
Who it's for: Anyone intending to use chainsaws
for business, domestic or leisure activities (for those working in forestry or
arboriculture activities, it may be necessary to complete NPTC Assessment).
This course involves Integrated Training and Assessment.
Course objectives: Preparing site and chainsaw checks; performing pre-cutting checks; adjusting the chainsaw; felling demonstration; felling trees up to 380 mm diameter; additional felling techniques; de-limbing
felled trees; crosscutting trunks of felled trees; stack timber; take-down of
hung-up trees.
Please note: Trainees must possess a current certificate in 'Maintenance & Crosscutting' to participate in the Felling courses.
4: Fell & Process over 380mm Diam. - From £410pp
Accreditation: LANTRA & NPTC CS32
This is a 3-day course.
Fees for this chainsaw course: £410pp (+VAT), based on 4 people attending, including Lantra registration and certification.
(travel fees may apply.)
NPTC CS32 chainsaw assessments are available, please contact us for details and prices.
Please note: Trainees
must possess a current certificate in 'Maintenance & Crosscutting'
and 'Fell up to 380' to participate in this course.
5: Maintain-Crosscut-Fell to 380mm - From £670pp
This course brings together all elements of Courses 1 to 3
Accreditation: LANTRA & NPTC
Price: from £670 per person
(+VAT), based on 4 trainees attending five-day chainsaw training, including Lantra registration and certification.
(Travel fees may apply.)
NPTC chainsaw assessments are available, please contact us for details and prices.
Course length: Five days
Who it's for: Anyone wishing to combine all the elements of Courses 1 to 3.
If you work in forestry or arboriculture industries, you may also wish to undertake separate, independent assessment for NPTC accreditation.
On completion of the course, you will receive a
LANTRA certificate to verify the training you've undertaken.
6: REFRESHER chainsaw courses - From £225pp
Refresher chainsaw training courses are available to renew your chainsaw qualifications.
Chainsaw operatives are recommended to renew their certificates either:
Every 3 years if using a chainsaw on an occasional basis, or
Every 5 years if using a chainsaw on a professional basis.
Example prices:
1 day for Maintenance & cross-cut @ £225pp (+VAT), based on 4 people attending.
2 days for Maintenance, cross-cutting and Felling & processing up to 380mm @ £310pp (+VAT)
Prices include LANTRA training and assessment. (Travel fees may apply.)
NPTC CS30, CS31 and CS32 chainsaw assessments are available, please contact us for details and prices.
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