Powered Pole Pruner
Our Powered Pole Pruner course will provide you with the appropriate techniques and safety guidelines to ensure that you are not only confident when using a powered pole pruner but also aware of relevant health and safety guidelines making sure you stay protected.
Who is it for?
Our Lantra Powered Pole Pruner course is suitable for those who work in arboriculture, forestry, horticulture, landscaping, or grounds maintenance, and currently use or will be required to use a powered pole pruner.
This course is physical, so you must be physically fit and able to carry out the tasks required of the course programme.
Course content
- Personal protective equipment
- Safety and health features of a pruning saw
- Maintenance and sharpening of a pruning saw
- Fuelling and starting a pruning saw and performing pre-cutting checks
- Adjusting the engine
- On site risk assessments
- Pruning and cutting techniques
- Removing a trapped saw
- Clearing the site and pruning saw checks
Course summary
Title: Powered Pole Pruner
Assessment: Lantra Integrated
Duration:
1-day (existing chainsaw users)
2-days (novice chainsaw users)
Cost:
£180+VAT (1-day) or £315+VAT (2-days)
Per person to include Lantra training, assessment, and eCertificate
Prices may vary depending on location and/or numbers
Pre-requisites: None
Learners will require…
- Powered pole pruner
- Operators’ manual
- PPE:
- Forestry helmet with ear defenders and visor or safety goggles
- Work gloves
- Safety boots
- Fuel in appropriate container
- Maintenance tools
- Packed lunch
- Morton Park, Drain Lane, Holme on Spalding Moor, YO43 4DG
- info@mortontraining.co.uk
- 01430 860 057