- Type Learning
- Level Foundational
- Time Days
- Cost Paid
Utility Arboriculture - Ground Based Operator - Training
Issued by
mwmac Ltd
This course is for those who will be tackling vegetation and tree works from the ground only (i.e. non climbing, ground based operatives), using both hand pruning tools and chainsaws. *Attendees must be over 18 to attend this course, due to the constraints of the awarding body.
- Type Learning
- Level Foundational
- Time Days
- Cost Paid
Skills
- Arb
- Arboriculture
- Chainsaw
- Electricity
- Emergency Management
- Felling
- Ground Based
- Management
- Operations
- Powerlines
- Risk Analysis
- UA
- Utility
- Utility Arboriculture
Earning Criteria
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Risk assessment, hazards, risks, controls, emergency planning and personal protective equipment (PPE)
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Risk Zones recap – Proximity zones, vicinity zones, live zones
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Identify common species of tree and fungus
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Know the associated growth rates and the typical timber characteristics of differing species
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Understand work methods for all tree categories
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Basic hazard recognition – identify dangerous trees through understanding pests, diseases and the bio mechanics of trees, and how they function as living organisms
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Maintain & assemble insulated tools
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Use insulated tools to prune trees in proximity to overhead power lines
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Fell trees adjacent to overhead power lines
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Clean & tidy site to specification
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To be able to work safely