Treepartner Training Courses
A03
Use of Chainsaw from a Rope and Harness
Pre-Course Requirements:
To attend this course, trainees must already hold qualifications in Tree Climbing & Aerial Rescue, Chainsaw Maintenance & Cross Cutting and Felling & Processing Small Trees up to 380mm.
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 (including the use of spikes)
- Techniques for lifting, lowering and securing chainsaws to the harness
- Procedure for dealing with a ‘trapped’ chainsaw
- Methods for removing sections safely including the use of a pull line for free fall sections and a sling for ‘handheld’ sections
- Cutting techniques using battery powered and petrol driven chainsaws & handsaws.
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 Using a Chainsaw from a Rope and Harness (Qualification No: 0039-23)
