OPEN Lantra Chainsaw Basic Felling Techniques up to 200mm
Lantra Chainsaw Basic Felling Techniques up to 200mm
Description
Who is this course for?
- Novice and experienced chainsaw operators
- Frequent and occasional chainsaw operators
- Those required to operate chainsaws for the purposes of cross cutting and felling small trees with a diameter of no more than 200mm
- Those working in roles within the forestry, agriculture, horticulture, woodland, local authorities and conservation sectors
What are the course objectives?
- State and identify the necessary personal protective equipment required, report on its condition and locate the various standard marks
- State and identify the required health and safety features on a chainsaw
- Identify faults and defects on a chainsaw and cutting equipment, decide those fixable by the operator and those which need a service engineer’s attention
- Select and identify the correct tools to enable maintenance to be carried out
- Prepare the chainsaw for use with the correct fuel/oil mix and chain lubrication
- Start the chainsaw in a safe manner
- Carry out pre-cutting safety tests and note the procedures if these are failed
- State the possible hazards when using the chainsaw
- Cross cut timber to appropriate lengths
- Assess and explain the terms ‘tension’ and ‘compression’ in timber
- Adopt safe procedures to remove a trapped guide bar
- Stack and handle timber in a safe manner
- Organise site safety and state the precautions required
- Understand the risk assessment procedure
- Assess the tree to be felled for hazards and associated risks
- Prepare trees to be felled and available escape routes
- Fell trees up to a diameter of 200mm/ 8” safely and accurately using different techniques
- De-limb felled trees
- Select, use and maintain hand tools
- Take down hung-up tress using hand tools
- Give examples of techniques which must not be used
Prerequisites
Lantra Chainsaw Maintenance and Cross Cutting qualification.