Update the full range of your chainsaw skills with our dedicated refresher course.

Overview in brief

• Chainsaws are powerful and dangerous tools.
• Operating and maintaining them with total confidence and expertise is essential.
• Our combined maintenance, cross-cutting, felling and processing refresher course will help you do just that.
• This course is designed for the forestry industry and meets the requirements for the Forest Industry Safety Accord (FISA).

The finer details

• Our two-day course offers a balanced mix of theory and practical sessions.
• There are five modules in all.
• The first covers safety, health and welfare and is mandatory. It must be completed before the other modules.
• We will, however, accept equivalent health and safety certification if it has been completed within five years of this refresher course.
• Examples of equivalent certification include:
  1. IOSH (Managing Safely)
  2. NEBOSH Certificate
  3. Lantra Awards Health & Safety and Practical Risk Assessment
  4. Construction Skills Health and Safety equivalent to 5 days training
  5. BSC level 3 Occupational Safety or above
  6. Level 3 Award in Controlling Risks to Health & Safety in Agriculture and Production Horticulture (QCF).

Worth noting:

You will need a minimum level of fitness to complete this course.