JoeD 24 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Does anyone know of any good places around Hertfordshire / Bedfordshire or around that way who do the chainsaw courses? If not can anyone recommend a good place nationally. Joe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shaunpauls7 131 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Would be interested in this as well if anyone knows of any in the central Scotland area? sorry for hijacking your post bud just interested in this line of work as well. atb shaun Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JoeD 24 Posted October 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 No problem mate, I will travel anywhere for it but local would be better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 27,040 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Oaklands college. NPTC Chainsaw Maintenance and Cross Cutting Certificate at Oaklands CollegeCourse Details Phone Course description This course consists of training in the NPTC Operation of chainsaws CS30. It includes CS30.1 includes: PPE and Risk assessment; dismantling and check the saw, saw safety, test for correct operation, sprocket and chain types, emergency planning, servicing the bar, chain sharpening, chain and bar identification, fuel and air filters; CS30.2 includes: PPE, assessment of tension compression forces, cross cutting techniques, correct use of associated tools, fuel and lubricants, cold and warm starting, boring, freeing trapped freed saws, safe lifting and correct stance. On completion of course, participants will also receive a College Certificate of Attendance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 27,040 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 OAKLANDS COLLEGE Smallford Campus Hatfield Road St. Albans AL4 0JA Tel: 01727 737777 or 07974 964560 Fax: 01727 737752 Email: n.cartwright@oaklands.ac.uk Website: www.oaklands.ac.uk Smallford Campus is a well established training centre for the land-based sector in the South East. Appropriate training and NPTC assessments for tree surgery and more can be arranged to suit you for the following: Pesticide Application Chainsaw & Tree Surgery Operations Tractor Operation and Maintenance All Terrain Vehicles (quad bikes) Wood Chippers Trimmers, Brushcutters and Clearing Saws Horticultural Machinery Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JoeD 24 Posted October 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Mackem I went to that college and they now don't run that course anymore unfortuately. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 27,040 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 http://www.ecotreecare.co.uk/jobs_in_tree_surgery.htm Bedfordshire Badger Hill Training & Assessment Centre Ltd. Badger Hill Farm Clophill Road Maulden Bedford MK45 2AD Tel: 01525 860220 Fax: 01525 861613 Email: lfisher@badgerhillfarm.freeserve.co.uk BHTAC provides nationwide tree surgery training and independent assessment for all NPTC tree surgery qualifications in one complete package. Training and assessment on your site or ours. Pesticides Application PA1 - PA13 including: Use of Knapsack sprayers Mounted or Trailed ground crop or broadcast sprayers Boat Mounted Sprayers Granule Applicators Fogging, Misting, Dipping Seed Treating etc. Tractor Driving & Handling; Tree Surgery Units: Chainsaw & Related Operations; Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ossie n Arch 1,682 Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 We did our course's at Moulton college in Northampton. Maintainence, cross cut and felling, that sort of thing. Can't remember the numbers though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
willy17 1 Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 i did that course at cannington college near bridgewater Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cragman 2,788 Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 For those in the north, Myerscough agricultural college in Preston run courses, and they're on my place of work some weeks doing these courses. I took my course in a forestry above Holmfirth in West Yorks and it was run by a decent fella called Tim Kirk. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hounddog 4 Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 i think there's one down the a10 harlow way Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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