Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
Anyone done one for basic farm chainsaw work?
Not climbing work .
Who provides them and what sort of cost?
Not climbing work .
Who provides them and what sort of cost?
Chainsaw safety course
- Thread starter Grassman
- Start date
- Location
- North West
Probably someone closer to you but these guys do training on pretty much everything Agricultural and more.
One Ash Training - Chainsaw Training Courses
One Ash Training offers agricultural training, horticultural training and arboricultural training courses throughout the North West including Lancashire, Merseyside, Wirral, Cheshire and Manchester.
www.oneashtraining.com
tullah
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- Location
- Linconshire
A must for anyone using a saw.
Davey
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- Location
- Derbyshire
Been a good few years since I did mine but it was an informative couple of days, plus its always nice to be doing something s but different
Davey
Member
- Location
- Derbyshire
I went through Dart Training but the course was in the woodland of a local reservoir
Y Fan Wen
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- Location
- N W Snowdonia
At my local college, 2 day course for 280.00.
www.gllm.ac.uk
Chainsaw Maintenance and Cross-cutting
The course will give you an insight into basic chainsaw maintenance and cross-cutting. (e.g. for firewood) You will learn about all aspects of safe use of a chainsaw, what equipment, protective clothing and tools you require. Course dates: £280
www.gllm.ac.uk
- Location
- Angus
I did the maintenance, cross cutting and felling small trees up to 16" which was 5 days training + assessment, it cost a bit but it was really interesting and I don't regret a penny of it.
- Location
- northumberland
Did the basic cross cut and maintenance 1 and the felling 1 years ago
- Location
- East Sussex
If only Colleges could get more young people to take these courses.
At this time of the year we have loads of work, but it is fencing, tree and woodland work.
I have had three young guys in the last month asking for work, one today. I ask if they have chainsaw tickets and the answer is always NO.
Today's one said I have been using a chainsaw for two years and I am very safe!!
Then I said go and do the courses and come back with the tickets and I will pay you £15.00 an hour.
At this time of the year we have loads of work, but it is fencing, tree and woodland work.
I have had three young guys in the last month asking for work, one today. I ask if they have chainsaw tickets and the answer is always NO.
Today's one said I have been using a chainsaw for two years and I am very safe!!
Then I said go and do the courses and come back with the tickets and I will pay you £15.00 an hour.
TheTallGuy
Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire
The problem there that is you can get £9.50/hour working in a supermarket so with that extra £5.50 it's going to need ~70 hours of guaranteed work to justify the cost of getting a chainsaw ticket, which they would have to fund up front. If they are trying to get into the industry, there's many different tickets that they might be needing to fund - how are they going to do that if they can't get the work through lack of tickets? If they seem like potentially good candidates, offer to put them through their training on the basis of an interest free loan or a clawback clause if they don't last.
Could they cut the coffee breaks and make it a one day course?At my local college, 2 day course for 280.00.
Chainsaw Maintenance and Cross-cutting
The course will give you an insight into basic chainsaw maintenance and cross-cutting. (e.g. for firewood) You will learn about all aspects of safe use of a chainsaw, what equipment, protective clothing and tools you require. Course dates: £280
- Location
- Breconshire
I doubt it. When my two boys did theirs, maintenance, cross cutting and felling, there was no time wasted which impressed them.
I did mine 1982 at the time of the Falklands war. Where has the time gone?
- Location
- East Sussex
I have put two through the courses, only one who stayed!!
I would do as you suggest but you have very little chance of getting the money back if they go off somewhere else!
- Location
- South Devon
Is this for your own property or are you going out to work ?
What is your current experience level ?
Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
Would /do you trust your employee with a saw now? If not IMO he won't be any safer when he's done the course, if you do trust him then it's a good investment.
Also think courses could be more farm related as there's a big difference between cutting straight tree's in a wood to fencing , hedge laying or scrub clearance on farms.
Just my opinion
Sprog
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- Location
- South Shropshire
If only colleges would do these courses! My son has done his first year at college on agricultural course and is now out on farm doing his middle year. They only did a telehandler course which i thought was pathetic as they had finished classroom stuff by Easter and could have put the students through more particularly as so many were going out on mid year placement. We paid for the telehandler test and would happily have paid for quad bike, PA1, chainsaw and others if they had bothered to run them. One of his mates was at another college and was only offered a telehandler course but at a lot more money than he could do it for back home so he didn’t bother.
Willie adie
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Mine was a 2week course when I was at forestry commission, two things i learned first day , start saw within 6ft of fuel can , fail.
Take one step without chain brake on , fail,
And I've seen numerous folk since do it,
Take one step without chain brake on , fail,
And I've seen numerous folk since do it,
- Location
- Cumbria
You really believe the type of person who wants to work in forestry, would be happy stacking shelves for £9.50 an hour ?
All education is a long-term investment, not a weeks !!!!