A introduction to forestry machinery and an exciting opportunity to experience timber haulage and gain CPC+F module certification
The taster aims to provide a ‘first step’ pathway into the forest machinery operation and give candidates enough experience to:
- Make a decision on whether a career in machinery operation is for you
- Generate high quality elements to support your CV
- Become more employable to a timber harvesting business
Forest Machinery
Timber Haulage
If you are interested please contact richard.hunter@confor.org.uk
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That’s a remarkable amount of work hours for a single machine, the Norcar 600 owned by Erkki Rinne is taken well care of, it even has the original Diesel engine.
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Kieran Anders is a forestry contractor working in the lake district. His work involves hand cutting and extracting timber using a skidder and tractor-trailer forwarder.
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It is not possible to eliminate chain shot, but there are simple steps that can be taken to reduce the risk.
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Arwel takes great pride in the fact that the mill has no waste whatsoever, “the peelings are used for children’s playgrounds, gardens and for farm animals in barns in the winter and the sawdust has multiple uses in gardens and farms as well.
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Timber hauliers need to encourage young blood in, and also look after the hauliers we have, we need make the sector a safe and positive place to work.
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