CHAINSAW TRAINING COURSE

 4 members of staff including myself have just completed a 2 day chainsaw course. The course covered health and safety, saw maintenance, cross cutting and felling and was undertaken within the grounds of Rossie school.

 Saw maintenance with Brian the instructor.

 Liam cross cutting.

 Steve cross cutting.

 Paul and the instructor felling a tree. 

 Paul cross cutting.

 Steve under instruction.

undertaking a bit of branch  removal myself.

For Steve and Liam this was the first time that they had been on a chainsaw course while Paul and myself were undertaking a refresher course having previously carried out assessments.

 Although at Montrose we mainly use the chainsaw for gorse removal the cutting principles and safety procedures are the same as for cutting trees. It also gives the staff a bit more confidence using what can be a dangerous piece of equipment.

Les Rae,

First Assistant,

Montrose Golf Links Limited.