Level 3 Award in the Safe Use of a Chainsaw from a Mobile Elevated Work Platform (NPTC 0021-15)
If you use a chainsaw from a Mobile Elevated Work Platform (MEWP) in your work, this qualification will help prove your skills, be it in arboriculture, maintenance or repair work.
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Who is this course for?
If you use a chainsaw from a Mobile Elevated Work Platform (MEWP) in your work, this qualification will help prove your skills, be it in arboriculture, maintenance or repair work.
Entry Requirements
The minimum age limit for candidates is 16 years.
The candidate must have previously completed pre-requisite units (201) Chainsaw Maintenance, (202) Cross-cutting and (203) Felling and Processing up to 380mm.
Candidates must also hold a current suitable competence certificate in operating the MEWP that is going to be used for the assessment. This could be the City & Guilds NPTC Level 2 Safe Use and Operation of Mobile Elevated Work Platforms or an alternative nationally recognised certificate as agreed by City & Guilds NPTC. Assessors must have sight of this prior to commencing assessment.
What will you learn?
The course will cover:
- Understand relevant health and safety and industry good practice
- Be able to promote health and safety and industry good practice
- Understand how to set up and operate a MEWP
- Be able to set up and operate a MEWP in accordance with industry good practice and the operator’s manual
- Understand how to deal with emergency situations affecting operators working from a MEWP
- Understand how to operate a chainsaw from a MEWP
- Be able to operate a chainsaw from a MEWP
- Be able to prepare a MEWP for transport
How will you learn?
This course will be delivered on-site.
What will you need to bring with you?
You will be required to supply your own:
- Appropriate PPE including steel toe-capped boots
- Writing materials
- Lunch (there will be facilities on-site if you wish to purchase your lunch here)
How will you be assessed?
There is a practical assessment which is taken on a separate day from the training.
Where next?
DCG offers a range of one-day, weekend and evening courses relating to machinery, forestry and tree surgery, as well as a wide range of other land-based topics – please see the DCG part-time prospectus for a full list and details.
Who do you contact for more information?
For more information, contact DCG on 0800 0280289 or tracey.burgin@derby-college.ac.uk
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Course Information Last Updated On: June 25, 2025 1:17 pm
