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Assisted Tree Felling Course
The assisted felling training course from H&W is an advanced course for experienced operators of chainsaws. The course will involve the felling and processing of trees with an overall diameter at felling height above and below 380mm (15 inches).
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Pre-requisites
Duration
Pricing and Funding
Qualifications
This course covers the use of winches and rope systems to assist with the felling of trees as well as the following areas:
- Risk assessment
- Legislation
- Personal protective equipment
- Felling safely and accurately large or difficult trees over one times guidebar length
- Use of a winch* for directional felling
- Sned or delimb trees to specified standards of safety and quality
*Winch may be a hand winch or tractor mounted
- 201 (CS30.1)
- 202 (CS30 (CS31)
2 days training | 1 day assessment
£450.00 + Vat per Person
Funding options:
- Modern Apprenticeships (MA) – working for you from day one apprentices gain the skills you need to increase productivity. SDS will make a contribution to training costs and a learning provider can organise the training for you if required.
- Employer Recruitment Incentive (ERI) – employers get an incentive of up to £2,000 –depending on criteria – to take on a Modern Apprentice who has had a barrier to employment in the past or is unemployed.
- Flexible Training Opportunities (FTO) – businesses with existing staff of up to 150 employees can get up to 50% of training costs reimbursed up to a maximum of £5000 for 10 training episodes. FTOs aim to help smaller firms weather the recession.
- Low Carbon Skills Fund – Businesses who train their staff in carbon reduction and energy efficiency, can access up to £500 each towards a maximum of 25 training experiences
Assisted Felling operation Unit 303
