Chainsaws – Maintenance and Cross-Cutting ITA

This course is for anyone who is required to operate chainsaws for cross cutting only.

Course Overview

This 2 day practical course will enable candidates to successfully state and identify the necessary personal protective equipment required, report on its condition and locate the various standard marks. They will state and identify required health and safety features on a chainsaw and identify faults and defects on a chainsaw and cutting equipment and decide which the operator can remedy and which require a service engineer’s attention. Participants will select and identify correct tools to enable maintenance to be carried out and report on their serviceability along with carrying out correctly all routine maintenance in accordance with the manufacturer’s instruction book and/or the Lantra Awards workbook. Candidates will prepare the chainsaw for use with the correct fuel/oil mix and chain lubrication, start the chainsaw from both cold and hot in a safe manner, carry out pre-cutting safety tests and state the procedures if the chainsaw fails these tests and state the possible hazards/risks when carrying out maintenance or operational tasks. They will go on to cross-cut timber accurately to required lengths, assess and explain the terms ‘tension’ and ‘compression’ in timber while adopting safe procedures to remove a trapped guide bar. The course also covers handling and stacking timber in a safe manner and organising site safety and stating the precautions required.

Duration: 2 Days – Practical

Costs including VAT and Registrations: £226.51 per person.