Chainsaw Cross-Cut and Maintenance Course (LANTRA)

Chainsaw cross-cut and maintenance is an integrated training and assessment (ITA) LANTRA course suitable for business, domestic or leisure chainsaw users.

Provider

H&W Training, Dumfries

£300.00

This course is available on the H&W Training website.

Description

Chainsaws are powerful and dangerous tools, therefore it is essential when operating and maintaining them that you have total confidence and expertise in what you are doing, so avoiding accidents.

Our two day 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. You’ll learn:

Identify the necessary personal protective equipment required, report on its condition and locate the various standard marks
Identify required safety and health features on a chainsaw
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
Organise site safety and state the procedures required
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 all routine maintenance in accordance with the manufacturer’s instruction book and/or the Lantra Awards workbook
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

About H&W Training

H&W Training, based in Dumfries (South West Scotland), and with training sites in Cumbria and Newcastle (North England), are fully qualified NPTC Assessors and LANTRA training providers covering the whole of the UK and Ireland.

We provide training courses for individuals, business or groups who need to expand their skills in certain areas for the job they are in, or for themselves.

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