- Type Learning
- Level Advanced
- Time Days
- Cost Paid
Dealing with Interwoven & Part Blown Trees - Refresher
Issued by
mwmac Ltd
Individuals who are qualified chainsaw operators and under Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) are required to have refresher training every 3-5 years. This refresher training course is for experienced chainsaw operators who are required to tackle multiple windblown trees which may be interwoven, snapped and/or part blown (such as a clear-fell/windblown site). This course utilises the assistance of winches for the restraint of the tree.
- Type Learning
- Level Advanced
- Time Days
- Cost Paid
Skills
- Chainsaws
- Clearfell
- Continual Professional Development
- Forestry
- Interwoven Stems
- Interwoven Trees
- Part Blown Trees
- Refresher
- Trees
- Winches
- Windblow
- Windblown
Earning Criteria
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Understand background, Risk Assessment, HSE Guidance and Environmental Protection
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Sever blown stems under and over guidebar diameter
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Restraint of rootplates or stems with side tension (inc. SWL’s, PUWER & LOLER)
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Deal with half blown trees
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Deal with snapped trees and felling standing stems