Tree Climbing and Rescue City & Guilds Award Level 2

Tree Climbing and Rescue City & Guilds Award Level 2

This training course is intended for those involved in tree climbing operations and leads to the NPTC Certificate of Competence to Climb Trees and Perform Aerial rescue. It does not involve use of a chainsaw, but covers the minimum requirement for a ground person working with a climber in arboriculture.

As aerial rescue is obligatory, those attending should have a ‘head for heights’.

Training takes place over the first 5 days.

On this course you will identify functions and fitting of specialist equipment, use and tying of specialist knots, pre-climbing equipment checks; identification of hazards such as overhead cables, role of the climber and of the ground person, secure working position, climbing techniques, branch walking, use of supplementary anchor points, storage of equipment and regulations (LOLER, PUWER).

This course runs every month, please contact us for further details on dates and times.

Please note that full payment for this course must be made at least 2 weeks before the course takes place. This course is for the operator who requires training and certification in arboricultural climbing & rescue techniques.

What you will learn Entry requirements Bicton College

What you will learn

This is a 5 day course, normally Mon-Fri with an assessment the following Monday. The course will give you an in-depth experience in the use of all equiment and techniques that go into the C&G Certificate of Competence.

Entry requirements

There are no pre-requisited, but you must be physically fit and not suffer from vertigo or similar condition that might affect your safety.

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.

What You Will Learn

This is a 5 day course, normally Mon-Fri with an assessment the following Monday. The course will give you an in-depth experience in the use of all equiment and techniques that go into the C&G Certificate of Competence.

Entry Requirements

There are no pre-requisited, but you must be physically fit and not suffer from vertigo or similar condition that might affect your safety.

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.