COURSES & AWARDS
Our Certifications & AWARDS
ALL Forestry Training Courses are approved by City & Guilds NPTC and Lantra Awards
Adrian works with both City & Guilds NPTC and Lantra as a registered Trainer and Assessor. We provide clients with reliable access to a range of awards through our assessment centre. Adrian provides a flexible schedule and a nationwide service.
Many of the training solutions that we provide are aimed at providing the trainee with the knowledge required to successfully complete an NPTC or Lantra assessment. This service however is not exclusively for trainees and is available to anyone over 16 years of age.
NPTC has now been fully integrated in to the City & Guilds group and is now also known under the name City and Guilds Land based Services.
Lantra Awards is a nationally recognised Awarding Organisation, specialising in the development and delivery of training courses and qualifications for the environmental and land-based sector. Lantra Awards is the UK and Ireland’s only awarding organisation that offers both training and qualifications, with options for beginners through to advanced learners. With over 350 quality training courses and qualifications on offer, all your training requirements can be met by one awarding organisation.
City & Guilds NPTC
ASSESSMENT & TRAINING
NOTE: REQUIREMENTS for all courses
- All courses require PPE ware, list will be given.
- Some courses need previous training & the prerequisites are listed in each case.
- Please contact us to ensure you are selecting the right course.
Depending on the equipment you will be using, you will need to get specific classifications of PPE ware.
In general you will require:
– Chainsaw Trousers
– Chainsaw Boots
– Chainsaw Helmet (with strap for aerial work)
– Chainsaw Gloves
If you send us a message from here we will send you a full list of what you require. You do need to buy your own PPE as you will need it after the course to carry out any work.
CHAINSAW TRAINING COURSES – Level 2 (BASIC)
City & Guilds NPTC awards
Pre-requisites: None
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 1 full day plus assessment
Course Description: Candidates will learn the skill of chainsaw maintenance. Included risk management and highest safety standards.
Course Objectives:
– Maintenance of a Chainsaw
– Hazzard Identification Risk Assessment
– Health and Safety Legislation & identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: Requires 201 awarded
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 1 full day
Course Description: Candidates will learn the skill of chainsaw maintenance and crosscutting timber under tension and compression. Included risk management and highest safety standards.
Course Objectives:
– Crosscutting under tension and Compression
– Hazzard Identification Risk Assessment
– Health and Safety Legislation & identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Fell and process trees up to 380mm.
– Remove branches from felled trees safely.
– Take down hung-up trees.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: None
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 1 full day plus assessment
Course Objectives:
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Ability to remove branches and breakdown crowns using a chainsaw.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: Requires 201 & 202 awarded
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 2 full days plus assessment
Course Objectives:
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Be able to work safely.
– Understand how to support colleagues undertaking off ground tree related operations.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: None
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 1 full day plus assessment.
Course Objectives:
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Be able to work safely.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: None
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 1 full day
Course Objectives:
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Understand a range of forestry clearing saw activities.
– Ability to effectively and safely operate a forestry clearing saw.
– Ability to review and develop their own practices and carry out a range of tasks to the required industry standard.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: None
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 1 full day plus assessment
Course Objectives:
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: Requires 201 & 202 awarded
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 1 full day plus assessment
Course Objectives:
– Know relevant Health & Safety legislation and industry good practice.
– Identify the risk assessment and emergency procedures on a worksite.
– Be able to select and prepare equipment required to fell a utility pole.
– Be able to prepare a utility pole for felling.
– Be able to fell a utility pole using an approved method.
CHAINSAW TRAINING COURSES – Level 3 (Advanced)
City & Guilds NPTC awards
Pre-requisites: Requires 201, 202 & 203 awarded
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 3 full days plus assessment.
Course Objectives:
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: Requires 201, 202, 203, 206, 301 & 303 awarded
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 2 full days plus assessment
Course Objectives:
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Ability to fell medium tree using a chainsaw.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: Requires 201, 202, 203, 206, 301 & 303 awarded
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 2 full days plus assessment
Course Objectives:
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to fell large trees using a chainsaw.
– Understand how to carry out emergency operations.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: Requires 201, 202, 203, 206, 301 & 303 awarded
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 2 full days plus assessment
Course Objectives:
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Identify hazards and risk and produce a risk assessment for the worksite.
– Using a winch to control overhanging root plates and/or excessive side tension.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: Requires 201, 202, 203, 206, 301 & 303 awarded
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 2 full days plus assessment
Course Objectives:
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Identify hazards and risk and produce a risk assessment for the worksite.
– Safely sever windblown tress up to and over 308mm in diameter, recognising tension and compression.
– Using a winch to control overhanging root plates and/or excessive side tension.
– Full list available upon request.
ARBORIST TRAINING (Level 2)
City & Guilds NPTC Awards
Pre-requisites: Requires 201 & 202 awarded
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 3 full days plus assessment
Course Description: Candidates will learn the skill of the felling of trees up to 380mm. Included risk management and highest safety standards.
Course Objectives:
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: Requires 201, 202, 203, 206, 306 awarded
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 3 full days plus assessment
Course Objectives:
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: None
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 1 full day plus assessment
Course Objectives:
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Full list available upon request.
ARBORIST TRAINING (Level 3)
City & Guilds NPTC Awards
Pre-requisites: Requires 201, 202, 203 & 301 awarded
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 2 full days plus assessment
Course Objectives:
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: Requires 201, 202, 203 & 301 awarded
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 1 full day plus assessment
Course Objectives:
– Health & Safety, safeguarding the environment & waste management in ground based forestry & arboriculture.
– Using a winch
– Recognising tree species and hazardous trees.
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: Requires 201, 202, 203, 206, 301 & 303 awarded
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 2 full days plus assessment
Course Objectives:
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Carry out aerial pruning.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: Requires 201 & 202 awarded
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 1 full days
Course Description: The course is designed for practical based training for operating chainsaws from a MEWP gaining the skills to effectively use the operation of the equipment. It is aimed at candidates who use the various types of machines as part of their work, either in forestry, farms and horticulture.
Course Objectives:
– Setting up a MEWP for the work.
– Safety and working position with the MEWP.
– Skills on successful removal lateral limbs.
– Skills on successful removal vertical stem sections.
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Full list available upon request.
Pesticides TRAINING
City & Guilds NPTC Awards
Pre-requisites: None
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 1 full day
Course Description: This qualification is a classroom based course and covers the theory aspect of the safe handling and application of pesticides. This training course is requirement for anyone needing a recognised qualification who needs to apply pesticides in a public place as farms, golf clubs and parks.
Candidates will require this PA1 training course plus one other PA training module in order to gain their full certificate of competence. Also, the candidate must pass PA1 before they can take one of the other PA modules.
Course Objectives:
– The safe handling and application of pesticides
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: Successfully passed PA1
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 2 full days (1 day training, 1 day assessment)
Course Description: The course is the practical based training, focusing on safe practice, routine maintenance and calibration of the Boom Sprayer and field operating techniques. This award, PA2A, along with successfully passing PA1 offers candidates a recognised qualification to apply pesticides in a public place such as farms, golf clubs and parks.
Course Objectives:
– The safe handling and application of pesticides
– Safe practice, routine maintenance and calibration of the Boom Sprayer and field operating techniques.
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: Successfully passed PA1
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 2 full days (1 day training, 1 day assessment)
Course Description: The course is a practical based training, focusing on safe practice, routine maintenance and calibration of the Broadcast Sprayer and field operating techniques. This award, PA2F, along with successfully passing PA1 offers candidates a recognised qualification to apply pesticides in a public place such as farms, golf clubs and parks.
Course Objectives:
– The safe handling and application of pesticides
– Safe practice, routine maintenance and calibration of the Broadcast Sprayer and field operating techniques.
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: Successfully passed PA1
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 2 full days (1 day training, 1 day assessment)
Course Description: The course is a practical based training, focusing on safe practice, routine maintenance and calibration of the Knapsack Sprayer. This award, PA6A, along with successfully passing PA1 offers candidates a recognised qualification to apply pesticides in a public place such as farms, golf clubs and parks.
Course Objectives:
– The safe handling and application of pesticides
– Safe practice, routine maintenance and calibration of the Knapsack Sprayer and field operating techniques.
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: Successfully passed PA1
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 2 full days (1 day training, 1 day assessment)
Course Description: The course is a practical based training, focusing on safe practice, routine maintenance and calibration of the Knapsack Sprayer working in areas near water. This award, PA6AW, along with successfully passing PA1 offers candidates a recognised qualification to apply pesticides in a public place such as farms, golf clubs and parks.
Course Objectives:
– The safe handling and application of pesticides
– Safe practice, routine maintenance and calibration of the Knapsack Sprayer and field operating techniques near water.
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: Successfully passed PA1
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 2 full days (1 day training, 1 day assessment)
Course Description: The course is a practical based training, focusing on safe practice, routine maintenance and calibration of the Pesticide Injection Equipment especially for the Japanese Knotweed. This award, PA6INJ, along with successfully passing PA1 offers candidates a recognised qualification to apply pesticides in a public place such as farms, golf clubs and parks.
Course Objectives:
– The safe handling and application of pesticides
– Safe practice, routine maintenance and calibration of the Pesticide Injection Equipment and field operating techniques.
– Understand relevant Health & Safety legalisation along with industry good practice.
– Be able to identify the correct PPE appropriate for the work.
– Full list available upon request.
Tractor, Plant & Machinery Training
City & Guilds NPTC and Lantra Awards
Pre-requisites: None
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 1 full day
Course Description: The course is a practical based training, focusing on safe practice, knowledge, skills and attitude to operate a Quad Bike on all types of terrain in a competent and safe manner.
Course Objectives:
– Bike inspections, start checks and driving the quad bikes
– Dealing with obstacles
– Descending, ascending & traversing hills
– Understanding the load capacities of quad bikes.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: None
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: half day
Course Description: The course is a combined of classroom based tutorials and practical based training for brushcutters and strimmers, focusing on safe practice and skills to effectively use the operation of a brushcutter and nylon cord strimmer. It is aimed at candidates who use the various types of machines as part of their work, either in forestry and horticulture.
Course Objectives:
– Skills in operating strimmers and brushcutters professionally.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: None
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: half day
Course Description: The course is a combined of classroom based tutorials and practical based training for hand held hedge trimmers, focusing on safe practice and skills to effectively use the operation of the equipment. It is aimed at candidates who use the various types of machines as part of their work, either in forestry and horticulture.
Course Objectives:
– Skills in operating hand held hedge trimmers professionally.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: None
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 1 full day
Course Description: The course is a combined of classroom based tutorials and practical based training for hand held hedge trimmers, focusing on safe practice and skills to effectively use the operation of the equipment. It is aimed at candidates who use the various types of machines as part of their work, either in forestry, farms and horticulture.
Course Objectives:
– Skills in operating hand held hedge trimmers professionally.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: None
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 1 full day
Course Description: The course is a combined of classroom based tutorials and practical based training for tractor mounted hedge trimmer on safe practice and skills to effectively use the operation of the equipment. It is aimed at candidates who use the various types of machines as part of their work, either in forestry, farms and horticulture.
Course Objectives:
– Skills in operating hand held hedge trimmers professionally.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: None
Approved & Award: City & Guilds NPTC
Duration: 1 full day plus assessment.
Course Objectives:
– Skills in operating hand held hedge trimmers professionally.
– Full list available upon request.
Pre-requisites: None
Approved & Award: Lantra Awards
Duration: 1 full day (1 day training plus assessment)
Course Description: The course is a combined of classroom based tutorials and practical based training to help candidates become proficient in operating mobile elevated working platforms. This training will provide you with the knowledge and confidence to operate the machine safely, protecting both you and those around you.
Course Objectives:
– Understand how to operate a MEWP safely.
– Full list available upon request.