Ourย 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 commentsย from our candidate feedback forms:
Ground Based Operator
โBrilliant course, instructor was knowledgeable, & very helpful & well organised but also firm if something was done incorrectly. Very good venue.โ
Ground Based Operator
โThoroughly 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.โ
Windblown & Uprooted Trees
โCan we have more training from TKF. People who actually know what they training you in.โ
Basic Tree Survey
โCourse 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!โ
Ground Based Operator
โAn 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.โ
What are our pass rates?
We are very proud to say our candidates the following pass rates on our chainsaw training courses:
