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Location and start date

Bicton College - 22 July 2025
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Level

Level 2 Levels Explained

Duration

3 Days, 9am-4pm

Subject area

Horticulture, Floristry & Arboriculture Find out more

Attendance

Part-time

Course information

This course is an introduction to the suite of NPTC Certificates of Competence relating to chainsaws. On successful completion of the course you will receive a L2 Certificate in Chainsaw Maintenance and Cross Cutting.

This is a 3 day course - 2 days training and an assessment on day 3 which takes around 3 hours.

You will cover the following:

Basic use and maintenance of the chainsaw

Current health and safety legislation and safety clothing (PPE) guidance

Fuel mixtures and lubricants

Power unit, safety features, recoil starter

Chain identification, bar maintenance, sharpening

Hot and cold start

Chainsaw handling and cutting techniques

Bicton College

Bicton College

Bicton College is based in East Devon, near Exeter, and set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, just two miles from the Jurassic Coast. The historic Georgian mansion, commercial farm, animal husbandry school, modern veterinary nursing building, world-class engineering and heavy plant machinery workshop, walled garden and arboretum are all set in over 200 hectares of historic parkland.



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