I want to do a chainsaw course that teaches felling branches from height on a standing tree, felling the trunk in sections when you can't do a full length fell from ground, felling against the natural fall/lean and techniques like plunge cutting. My local TAFE (tertiary educational facility that does a lot of practical courses, like trades eg carpentry, plumbing, metalwork, mechanics etc for trade apprentices) runs a Chainsaw Operations Level III course that covers some of these things in 3 days, but you have to demonstrate competency in Chainsaw Operations Level II.
Level I covers chainsaw maintenance and safety and limbing & bucking on the ground. Level II covers basic felling of small to medium trees.
I have put together a 10 minute video to demonstrate these competencies to the course teacher and would appreciate any feedback before I submit. I realise the video quality is poor with washed out colours but I won't be tested on video production quality, just the content. Any advice or suggestions on technique, particularly safety aspects I either overlooked or breached, would be gratefully accepted. If there's something really bad I might have to do another video.
Here it is on youtube:
Thanks in advance, I realise it's a few minutes of your life you won't get back!
Level I covers chainsaw maintenance and safety and limbing & bucking on the ground. Level II covers basic felling of small to medium trees.
I have put together a 10 minute video to demonstrate these competencies to the course teacher and would appreciate any feedback before I submit. I realise the video quality is poor with washed out colours but I won't be tested on video production quality, just the content. Any advice or suggestions on technique, particularly safety aspects I either overlooked or breached, would be gratefully accepted. If there's something really bad I might have to do another video.
Here it is on youtube:
Thanks in advance, I realise it's a few minutes of your life you won't get back!