Trim and Cut Felled Trees (Level 1 chainsaw operation)
Duration and objectives
This course is delivered over three days, comprising one day of theory and two days of hands-on operation.
It provides detailed instruction on how to trim and crosscut felled trees, and deal with typical hazards encountered in a forest or bushland setting. The course also covers basic chainsaw maintenance and sharpening. The second and third day of training are carried out in the forest, where participants are given extensive practical experience in cutting and boring techniques.
Topics covered
- Outline of the Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Personal equipment and chainsaw kit
- Professional attitude and confidence
- Chainsaw safety features and general safety
- The cutting attachment
- Sharpening, tensioning and depth gauge setting
- The problem of kickback
- Crosscutting theory and practice
- Dealing with compression and tension in timber
- Safe techniques for limbing, swinging and step cuts
- Safe techniques for boring and ripping cuts
- Safe techniques for cutting oversized logs
- Using wedges
- Environmental care procedures
Competency accreditations
- FPICOT2237A: Maintain chainsaws
- FPICOT2239A: Trim and cut felled trees
Cut materials with a hand-held chainsaw
Duration and objectives
This course is generally delivered over one day, subject to variation depending on the site requirements.
It provides operators with basic instruction in how to use a chainsaw safely and carry out simple maintenance procedures. The course is designed for people who need to crosscut timber products or small-diameter logs under controlled conditions, such as in a timber yard or manufacturing plant, or at home cutting firewood to length.
Note that people who use a chainsaw to clear windblown trees or crosscut logs in a forest environment should do the course: Trim and cut felled trees.
Topics covered
- Chainsaw hazards
- Outline of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the operator's 'duty of care'
- Personal protective equipment and chainsaw kit
- Maintaining a professional attitude
- Chainsaw safety features and general safety
- The cutting attachment
- Basic sharpening theory and daily maintenance (optional)
- The problem of kickback
- Crosscutting principles and safe work practices
Competency accreditations
- FPICOT2237A: Maintain chainsaws (optional)
- FPICOT2238A: Cut materials with a hand-held chainsaw
Basic and Intermediate Tree Falling (Level 2 chainsaw operation)
Duration and objectives
This course is delivered over three days. However, participants should already be competent in trimming and crosscutting felled trees and basic chainsaw maintenance. Where all of the units are delivered together in a single block of training, the duration will depend on the participant's level of skill and experience.
At the end of the course, participants will be accredited in the competencies they achieve. Those participants who are able to demonstrate aptitude and tree falling skills beyond the 'basic' level will be offered an assessment of competency at the 'intermediate' level.
Topic Covered
- Safety procedures and environmental care
- Chainsaw maintenance (see Trim and cut felled trees)
- Trimming and crosscutting (see Trim and cut felled trees)
Plus:
Basic Tree Falling
- Assessing a tree and planning the falling procedure
- Preparing an escape route
- Cutting the scarf
- Cutting the back-cut
- Using wedges
Intermediate tree falling
All of the Basic Tree Falling, plus:
- Correct use of multiple wedges
- Correct use of multiple back cuts
Competency accreditations
- FPICOT2237A: Maintain chainsaws
- FPICOT2239A: Trim and cut felled trees
- FPICOT2236: Fall trees manually (basic)
- FPIFGM3212: Fall trees manually (intermediate)
Also available are:
- FPIHAR3220: Harvest trees manually (intermediate)
Advanced Tree Falling (Level 3 chainsaw operation)
Duration and objectives
The duration of this course is dependent on the participant's level of aptitude and experience. Note that participants should already be competent and experienced tree fallers at the intermediate level.
The objective of this course is to hone the specialist skills of the tree faller to enable them to handle problem trees safely and with expert judgement.
Topics Covered
- Advanced boring techniques
- Assessing hazardous trees
- Advanced falling techniques for problem trees, including trees that are:
- dead
- forward leaning
- side leaning
- hollow
- burnt out
- co-domminant stemmed
- diameter of more than twice the length of the cutting bar
Competency Accreditations
- FPICOT2237A: Maintain chainsaws
- FPICOT2239A: Trim and cut felled trees
- FPICOT2236: Fall trees manually (basic)
- FPIFGM3212: Fall trees manually (intermediate)
- FPIFGM3213: Fall trees manually (advanced)
Also available are:
- FPIHAR3220: Harvest trees manually (intermediate)
- FPIHAR3221: Harvest trees manually (advanced)
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