Our chainsaw training is delivered in small groups by experienced City & Guilds / Lantra Awards instructors, who work meticulously to ensure each trainee is ready to take assessment. Certain courses are now available with Integrated Assessment; please contact us for more information.
Alternatively take a look through the courses we offer to see which is best for you.
For professional chainsaw users involved in emergency/urgent tree works typically as a result of tree failure, vehicular accident or weather-related emergency.
Occasional User & TKF Ground Based Update – Professional user. Refresher training is recommended by the HSE and should be completed every 3 to 5 years depending on experience.
Our chainsaw training courses cover a wide range of training from chainsaw maintenance, cross-cutting and felling to the more advanced Emergency Chainsaw Operations and Chainsaw from a MEWP. The chainsaw maintenance, cross-cutting and felling, (City & Guilds Ground Based Operator) is the pre-requisite qualification to several other chainsaw courses. Comprehensive training is a must if you want to be a safe and valued operator.
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Here are some comments from our candidate feedback forms:
Ground Based Operator
❝Brilliant course, instructor was knowledgeable, & very helpful & well organised but also firm if something was done incorrectly. Very good venue.❞
Ground Based Operator
❝Thoroughly enjoyed the course, excellent venue and facilities. Phil was a very good instructor and made me feel confident in what I was doing and very approachable.❞
Windblown & Uprooted Trees
❝Can we have more training from TKF. People who actually know what they training you in.❞
Basic Tree Survey
❝Course was spot on for our requirements to assess tree’s as housing officers. Very well delivered + good that we actually assessed some real life trees!❞
Ground Based Operator
❝An excellent course which has been very beneficial. I have learnt a massive amount & have really enjoyed it. Dave has been a vey good instructor. 10/10.❞
What are our pass rates?
We are very proud to say our candidates the following pass rates on our chainsaw training courses:
