Chainsaw Operation
NPTC Level 2–3 chainsaw and arboricultural training at CAFTA. Maintenance, cross‑cutting, felling, aerial rescue, rigging, MEWP and windblown tree courses in Northamptonshire.
Chainsaw Operation Training & Certification
Safe and effective chainsaw operations, demand proper training and recognised certification.
Whether you are looking to cut up your log wood for the fire at home, or professional Arborist/Forester; being competent with a chainsaw, significantly reduces risk of harm, if you apply the appropriate training and Assessment feedback you receive.
Our Courses
Price per place: £1,050.00 excl. VAT
This course is delivered over two days, and is designed to provide the knowledge and practical skills for a trainee to carry out basic chainsaw maintenance, chain sharpening and the safe cutting of logs.
Price per place: £547.00 excl. VAT
This course is delivered over four days, and is designed to provide the knowledge and practical skills for a trainee to carry out the felling of forward leaning, upright and slightly backward leaning trees, up to a diameter of 380mm. The training also deals with the processing of felled trees and how to deal with a hung tree (undertaken with hand tools), where one tree has been felled into another tree.
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This course is delivered over five days, and is designed to provide the knowledge and practical skills for a trainee to climb open grown trees as well as the use of climbing spikes, leading on to rescue from a tree and standing stem using climbing spikes.
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This course is delivered over three days, and is designed to provide the knowledge and practical skills for a trainee to carry out aerial cutting of a tree using both hand held and free fall techniques.
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This qualification is for individuals who operate ground working tasks as part of their work in arboriculture, forestry, or other industries. It will provide the individual with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to carry out arboricultural ground worker tasks, e.g., preparing equipment, setting equipment, and supporting aerial workers on site.
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This qualification is for individuals who operate branch removal and crown breakdown tasks as part of their work in arboriculture, forestry, or other industries. It will provide the individual with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to carry out branch removal and crown reduction.
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This course is delivered over two days, and is designed to provide the knowledge and practical skills for a trainee to carry out basic maintenance, sharpening and the safe use of a pole pruner.
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This qualification is for individuals who use chainsaws as part of their work in arboriculture, forestry or other industries. It will provide the individual with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to use assisted felling safely and to industry standards in line with current legislation.
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This qualification is for individuals who use chainsaws as part of their work in arboriculture, forestry or other industries. It will provide the individual with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to carry out aerial tree pruning safely and to industry standards in line with current legislation.
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This qualification is about the removal of sections from a tree crown under the control of rope rigging and lifting gear. The work will be carried out by operator with significant experience of arboriculture operations and chainsaw operations in a canopy.
Price per place: £900.00 excl. VAT
This course is delivered over three/four days (depending on previous experience), and is designed to provide the knowledge and practical skills for a trainee to carry out the felling of forward leaning, upright and slightly backward leaning trees, up to a diameter of 760mm.
Price per place: £688.00 excl. VAT
This qualification is for individuals who operate and carry out felling and processing large size trees over 760mm as part of their work in arboriculture, forestry, or other industries. It will provide the individual with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to carry out this work.
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This qualification is for individuals who operate and carry out tasks in dealing with interwoven stems and part blown trees as part of their work in arboriculture, forestry, or other industries. It will provide the individual with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to carry out this work.
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This qualification is for individuals who operate and carry out tasks in dealing with emergency treework planning as part of their work in arboriculture, forestry, or other industries. It will provide the individual with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to carry out this work.
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This qualification is for individuals who operate and carry out tasks in dealing with individual windblown trees as part of their work in arboriculture, forestry, or other industries. It will provide the individual with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to carry out this work.
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This qualification is for individuals who operate and carry out tasks in operations using a chainsaw from a mobile elevated work platform (MEWP) as part of their work in arboriculture, forestry, or other industries. It will provide the individual with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to carry out this work.
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