Do you need a provisional FMO certificate? There’s a long history of Forest Machine Operations (FMO) certification and various organisations will need operators of forest machinery such as forwarders, harvester, […]
Speedlines In Arboriculture (3)
In the last part of this series we began to look at the forces involved in using speedlines by looking at the calculations used for highlines; then also learnt that […]
Speedlines In Arboriculture Operations (2)
In the last article of this series, we introduced the use of speedlines in arboricultural; in this one we’ll take a quick look at the components that make up the […]
Using Speedlines In Arboriculture Operations
Introduction In a recent refresher / update course, we covered the use of speedlines in arboriculture operations and I thought it might be interesting to take a look at the […]
Getting The Right Pesticides Qualification
Introduction Getting the pesticides qualification is important as a number of years ago the world of pesticides qualifications went through a change and the likes of PA.1, PA.6, etc. were superceded […]
Taking Your Pesticides Assessment?
Some Notes on PPE for Sprayer Training Candidates This area is often confusing, and sometimes stressful, for candidates arriving at their pesticides training course. So we thought a few guidelines […]
Do You Need Refresher / Update Training?
Refresher / Update Training: Is It A Waste Of Time? Let’s face it, it is a pretty commonly held view that refresher / update training is just a waste of […]
Choosing Your Chainsaw Course
Choosing which chainsaw course to take can be confusing, especially when the vast majority of them have pre-requisites that you must meet before attending the course you actually want to get […]
New LANTRA Off-Road & Trailer Handling Courses
LANTRA Withdraws Off-Road & Trailer Courses LANTRA Awards will be withdrawing the current suite of off-road driving and trailer handling courses on Wednesday 14th June 2017 and no further course […]
Do you need RoLO training?
If you’re a landscaper or landscaping company you may well need RoLO training – but how do you know? What Is RoLO? RoLO is the Register of Landbased Operatives and […]