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Maintenance, basic felling and cross-cutting
This Chainsaw course in Maintenance, basic felling and cross cutting (up to 200mm in diameter) is an Integrated Training and Assessment course (ITA) leading to a Lantra Awards Certificate in Basic Training.
Am I eligible?
For Chainsaws, the ITA route is suitable for “someone who intends to use the chainsaw for business, domestic or leisure activities, but does not intend to work in forestry or arboricultural activities or work on Forest Enterprise land, or fell material up to 200mm in diameter”.
Course duration
A four-day course for a maximum of four trainees
Course content
- Workshop safety awareness
- Guide bar, saw chain and power unit maintenance
- Re-assembly
- Health and safety features
- Lubrication and fuelling
- Personal protective equipment
- Starting and pre-cutting checks
- Site safety awareness
- Cross-cutting and stacking timber
- Preparation (basic felling)
- Felling
- De-limbing
- Takedown of hung up trees
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