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Chainsaw - Windblown Trees (NPTC)

All staff who work with windblown trees using chainsaws.

To provide delegates with the skills to safely sever uprooted or windblown trees using a chainsaw.

At the end of the course, candidates should be able to:-

Sever uprooted and windblown trees using a chainsaw

Understand relevant health and safety legislation and industry good practice in relation to windblown trees

Risk assessment and hazard identification

Emergency procedures

Minimising environmental damage

Use and maintenance of tools, equipment and PPE

Maintaining health & safety consistent with relevant legislation and good practise

Safe starting of chainsaw

Planning a system of work

Using banksman, operator communications and maintaining safety where machinery is present

Preparing sites and establishing escape routes

Preparing stems

Safety precautions and considering additional factors when using winches

Setting up winches

Using winch restraints when they are necessary for root plates and stems

Tension and compression

Severing root plates and hazards

Felling broken trees and safe removal using appropriate methods and tools

Severing partially uprooted and windblown trees

Methods of severing uprooted trees, under and over guide bar length in diameter

Cross cutting timber to length using a chainsaw

Stacking produce using appropriate aids and tools

Checking that the site and trees worked on are left tidy in a safe condition

Methods of waste disposal in line with legislation

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