Treepartner Training Courses
A02
Pruning Techniques for Aerial Tree Work
Pre-Course Requirements:
To attend this course trainees must already hold qualifications in Tree Climbing and Aerial Rescue and Use of Chainsaw from a Rope and Harness.
Why Treepartner Training?
- 2:1 trainee to instructor ratio
- Delivered by instructors with extensive and current experience
- Uses a wide range of equipment
- Addresses the requirements of the Work at Height Regulations, including working with two independent fall protection systems
- Provides an opportunity to update existing climbing skills
- Access to excellent worksites at nearby Grizedale Forest
This 3-day course will cover the following topics:
- Legislation
- Risk Assessment including site zonation and communication
- PPE and First Aid Provision
- Duties of a competent grounds person and aerial operative
- Tree care overview (understanding the importance of appropriate work position techniques and their significance in relation to good tree care practice)
- An introduction to the principles of good pruning techniques
- Visual tree assessment
- Climbing system selection, inspection, and system design
- Ascent and work positioning techniques
- Crown thinning and reduction operations using a range of tools including: secateurs, hand saws, loppers, extendable pruning tools and battery & petrol driven chainsaws (for delegates who already hold qualification 0039-23 Using a Chainsaw from a Rope and Harness).
Notes
- On completion of the training, a Treepartner Training Record of Training and Achievement (certificate) will be issued
- Following successful completion of the training, Treepartner Training Ltd can organise the related City & Guilds NPTC Level 3 Certificate of Competence in Aerial Tree Pruning (Qualification No: 0039-31)
