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FWPCOT3347 – Fell trees manually (intermediate)

Persons found to be competent in this unit should be able to effectively fell most trees except for the very large and those that have significant defects and/or characteristics causing excessive complexity. It provides detailed instruction on how to fall trees (up to 80 cm in diameter and 40 metres in height on a maximum ground slope of 15°) and deal with typical hazards encountered in a forest or bush land setting. The course also covers basic chainsaw maintenance and sharpening. The second and third days of training is carried out in the forest, where participants are given extensive practical experience in cutting and boring techniques, scarf cutting, back cuts and the use of wedges.


COURSE REQUIREMENTS

  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is required for this course. Participants must wear steel capped footwear, hi-visibility clothing and a hard hat during this course.
  • A Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) assessment is required prior to course commencement. English language skills need to be sufficient to understand and comprehend written and verbal instructions. Numeracy skills are needed to interpret calculations and formulas

CONTENT

  • Workplace Health and Safety
  • Personal equipment and chainsaw kit
  • Chainsaw safety features
  • The cutting attachment
  • Sharpening, tensioning and depth gauge setting
  • Environmental care procedures
  • Crosscutting
  • Safe techniques for cuts and using wedges
  • Assessing a tree, planning the falling procedure and preparing an escape route
  • Cutting the scarf

Before you register online you will need to have:

Your Unique Student Identifier (USI). If you do not have one you will need to have either one of the following – Medicare Card, Birth Certificate, Driver Licence, Australian Passport, Citizenship Document, Certificate of Registration by descent, ImmiCard or Australian Entry Visa during this online process. To create or find your USI, please follow this link: https://www.usi.gov.au/

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This course is run on demand. Please reach out to our training team for course enquiries and available dates.

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