Lantra Chainsaw Courses and NPTC Chainsaw Proficiency
Home use for cutting firewood, hedge-laying, ground-work not including any felling
Lantra 2 day chainsaw course in maintenance and cross-cutting
Integrated Training and Assessment (ITA) Course (valid for 5 years)
Our price: £200 + VAT per person for a 2 day course
Coppicing and felling small trees up to 8 inches in diameter
Lantra 4 day chainsaw course in maintenance, cross-cutting and felling trees up to 8" in diameter
Integrated Training and Assessment (ITA) Course (valid for 5 years)
Our price: £380 + VAT per person for a 4 day course
Felling trees up to 15" in diameter and any work for the Forestry Commission
Lantra 5 day chainsaw course in maintenance, cross-cutting and felling trees up to 15" in diameter
Training Only Course (certificate of attendance only).
Our price: £450 + VAT per person for a 5 day course
This course needs to be followed up by
NPTC assessments in:
CS30 Chainsaw cross-cutting and maintenance (valid for life)
CS31 Chainsaw felling trees up to 15" diameter (valid for life)
NPTC assessments are valid for life, but evidence needs to be provided of continual updating of skills at roughly 3 yearly intervals.
NPTC assessments are must be carried out by an assessor who has had no part in training the candidate.
We arrange our assessments through Mid Wales and the Marches Assessment Centre www.mwmac.co.uk and normally the assessment can be carried out at the same site as the training course.
Prices for assessments can be found on the MWMAC website.
These are the basic chainsaw courses. Environment Skills Training delivers more advanced chainsaw training on application.
The next levels are:
Felling Medium trees (15" to 30" diameter), includes use of felling wedges and winches
Felling Large trees (over 30" diameter)
Felling Individual Windblown trees
Felling Multiple Windblown trees
Pruning using a Pole Saw
Tree climbing and aerial rescue using ropes (basic tree-surgery unit)
Use of chainsaw in a tree (basic tree-surgery unit)
Each of these more advanced units requires its own NPTC assessment. Please call us on 0800 118 55 11 to discuss exactly what you need in your work situation.
All chainsaw courses offered by Environment Skills Training are accredited by Lantra Awards.
Call us on Freephone 0800 118 55 11
Note: If you are a farmer - you may be eligible for a 50% grant for Environment Skills Training chainsaw courses through Farming Connect.
