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2 Day - Chainsaw Maintenance and Cross-cutting

Workshop safety awareness
Guide bar, saw chain and power unit maintenance
Re-assembly
Health and safety features
Lubrication and fuelling
Personal protective equipment
Starting and pre-cutting checks
Site safety awareness
Cross-cutting and stacking timber.

In addition to the above, we go into the latest Health and Safety requirements and the Risk Assessment process.

This is essential knowledge for employers or the self employed.

In practice, we spend the first day on health and safety and saw maintenance, and the second day finishing the maintenance and carrying out a practical exercise. The practical exercise is aimed at foresters producing accurate lengths of timber from felled trees, but it can be tailored to give advice on other activities such as chopping up firewood or chainsaw carving.

What you need to bring

Day 1 : A packed lunch, practical clothes, steel toe-capped boots, chainsaw and tools (can be hired).

Day 2 : A packed lunch, chainsaw, fuel and safety gear (can be hired), plenty of water, fly repellent and sun cream if required.

Chainsaw cross cutting