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Basic chainsaw safety includes understanding equipment parts, maintaining proper posture, using correct cutting techniques, and always wearing PPE. These fundamentals significantly reduce accidents and ensure safe, confident operation whether cutting wood, pruning trees, or completing outdoor tasks.
there's no official licence - but you do need the right training and certification. In the arboriculture and forestry industry, employers and insurers expect operators to hold NPTC units of competence for chainsaw use.
Yes. All of our courses are accredited by CPD. Our core health and safety courses are also approved by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) whilst our risk-based courses are accredited by IIRSM.
Noisy work is not allowed on Sundays and bank holidays.
The most common of these mistakes are holding the chainsaw wrong, cutting materials the tool isn't intended for, and not wearing the proper safety gear. Holding a chainsaw the wrong way is a serious safety hazard.