There are no formal entry requirements for this course.

Be aware of protected species such as badgers and squirrels. It's your responsibility to ensure your felling operations do not break any laws or requirements. 3. Check local planning controls. Consult the planning department at your local authority to see if legal controls exist in the area such as Tree Preservations Orders (TPOs).

Tree-felling is, by its very nature, a hazardous undertaking. It takes a skilled and confident practitioner to carry it out both safely and efficiently.

That's what you'll become at the end of our intensive three-day training course. It's ideal if you work in a number of industries, Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. Most Popular Courses LANTRA Tree Climbing & Aerial Rescue - Refresher Horticultural 3 Week Block Course Tree Surgery 4 Week Block Course Tree Surgery 6 Week Block Course Manual Handling Courses Woodchippers Course (Unit ).

Jul 19, Our small tree felling courses (under mm) are carefully structured to build confidence, add knowledge progressively and set students up to work safely in forestry or arboricultural circumstances. This blog series has been written to give a more comprehensive insight into what is actually in a tree felling course.

FELLING OF TREES UP TO MM - Assessed Course - This is a two day course felling trees to a maximum diameter of mm.

This course is assessed and will provide a Lantra Awards Certificate of Basic Skills and a photo ID card.

The course is aimed at those persons who do not intend to use chainsaws commercially. LANTRA Awards and NPTC chainsaw courses and arboriculture training courses delivered in Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, Glasgow, Central Scotland and throughout the UK by experienced professionals. Our trainers are experienced chainsaw instructors and industry professionals both foresters ans tree surgeons who deliver training courses to LANTRA and NPTC standards.

This 5 day LANTRA award chainsaw course is for novice operators with little or no experience of chainsaw use, who are required to maintain and operate chainsaws for both cross cutting and felling to mm. The course is designed to prepare candidates for assessment by LANTRA.

Tree Felling Courses to suit your needs. We offer a wide range of Tree Felling courses perfect for anybody looking to begin or develop their career as an arborist. All of our course instructors are expert City and Guilds and/or Lantra Awards registered, and we keep our course Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Central Scotland training courses. All of our training courses on offer at SRUC Oatridge, West Lothian. tailored to the individual's needs.

Prices include all registration, assessment and certification fees.

Felling and Processing Trees up to mm covers the directional felling of trees using a chainsaw. The felling technique will be appropriate to tree size, weight, condition and species as well as taking.