Chainsaw Maintenance & Cross-Cutting (Unit 201)

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Level 2 Chainsaw Maintenance and Cross-cutting (previously City & Guilds CS30)

Our chainsaw maintenance and cross-cutting course will provide you with the appropriate techniques and safety guidelines to ensure that you are not only confident when using a chainsaw but also aware of relevant health and safety guidelines making sure you stay protected.

Our training is delivered by experienced instructors to small groups, ensuring candidates receive plenty of individual attention. The course is supplemented with course materials, and we work closely with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to ensure that our materials reflect current safe working practices.

Who is it for?

Our chainsaw maintenance and cross-cutting course is suitable for anyone who maintains and operates chainsaws for cross-cutting timber only.

If you intend to work in the forestry and/or arboricultural industry and may go on to further chainsaw units in the future, this course is for you. It will prepare you for the Level 2 City and Guilds/NTPC Award in Chainsaw Maintenance and Cross Cutting.

As standard, this is a two day training course plus independent assessment on a third day.

Course content

  • State and identify the necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) required, report on its condition and locate the various standard marks
  • State and identify required safety and health features on a chainsaw
  • Identify faults and defects on a chainsaw and cutting equipment and decide which the operator can remedy and which require a service engineer’s attention
  • Select and identify correct tools to enable maintenance to be carried out and report on their serviceability
  • Carry out correctly all routine maintenance in accordance with the manufacturer’s manual
  • Prepare the chainsaw for use with the correct fuel/oil mix and chain lubrication
  • Start the chainsaw from both cold and hot in a safe manner
  • Carry out pre-cutting safety tests and state the procedures if the chainsaw fails these tests
  • State the possible hazards/risks when carrying out maintenance or operational tasks
  • Cross-cut timber accurately to required lengths
  • Assess and explain the terms ‘tension’ and ‘compression’ in timber
  • Adopt safe procedures to remove a trapped guide bar
  • Handle and stack timber in a safe manner
  • Organise site safety and state the precautions required

Course summary

Title: Chainsaw Maintenance and Cross-Cutting

Course Code: City and Guilds Unit 201 (previously CS30)

Assessment: Level 2, independently assessed on separate day 

Cost: £460+VAT to include registration, 2-days training, City & Guilds/NPTC assessment, certificate, and ID card

Prices may vary depending on location and/or numbers.

Duration: 3-days including City & Guilds/NPTC assessment

Lantra Awards training of competence version is available, please ask for details.

Learners will require…

  • Chainsaw (maximum 15″ guide bar)
  • PPE:
    • chainsaw boots
    • chainsaw trousers
    • forestry helmet (with ear defenders and visor)
    • work gloves
    • forestry first aid kit
  • Operator maintenance tools
  • 2-stroke fuel and saw chain oil
  • Packed lunch

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