CS 31 – Felling Small trees up to 380mm Including Takedown of Hung-up Trees Using Hand Tools

This course is for novice operators with little or no experience of chainsaw felling, who are required to operate chainsaws for felling to guide bar length. The course is designed to prepare candidates for assessment for NPTC Certificate of Competence unit CS 31. The CS 30 course must be achieved before the candidate can take this course.

Course Overview

This practical course will enable candidates to correctly assess the situation prior to
free felling a straight open grown tree. This is done with the aid of wedges and /or a
felling lever. Candidates will be successful in removing tree limbs, cross cutting and safely stacking timber. As always the candidate will have the ability to identify potential hazards and stresses and select the appropriate technique to assess and deal with timber in compression or tension. They will also take down hung up trees and be able to recognise situations where specialist help is required.

Duration:    3 Days – Practical, ½ Day – Assessment

Costs including VAT and Registrations: £421.55 per person.

You can complete this as a combined CS 30 & CS 31 course over 5 days plus 1-day assessment!!

Courses that follow on from CS 31:

CS 32 – Fell & Process Trees Over 38mm in diameter
CS 38 – Climb Trees & Perform Aerial Rescue
CS 39 – Operate a Chainsaw from a Rope & Harness
CS 42 – Carry out Stump Protection Using Stump Protection Fluids by Simple Hand Held Equipment
CS 43 – Fell Utility Poles
CS 45 – Arboricultural Ground Worker
CS 46 – Re-Pollard Trees at a Maximum Height of 5 meters
CS 47 – Operate Chainsaw from a MEWP – You must already hold a MEWP award to do this.
CS 48 – Powered Pole Pruners
CS 50 – Damaged Tree Techniques