Since sending out our 2017 Rural Skills Courses Brochure we have arranged additional course dates at Cotswolds Discovery Centre, Northleach, Gloucestershire for our one day LANTRA Brushcutter/Trimmers – Maintenance and Operation Course. These dates are
Thursday 18th May 2017
Wednesday 5th July 2017
LANTRA Brushcutter/Trimmers – Maintenance and Operation £135 (1 day)
This one day course is designed for anybody with some experience of using brushcutters and/or trimmers or who has previously gained their LANTRA certificate and would like to refresh their skills. This course is physical so you must be fit and able to carry out the tasks required in the course programme. The course is suitable for employees or volunteers in the fields of agriculture, horticulture, landscaping and grounds maintenance.
On this course you can expect to learn about the following:
- Safe working practice, including warning signs and guards; correct protective clothing to wear and the standards required.
- Performing routine maintenance in accordance with the manufacturer’s handbook
- Identify faults and defects on a brushcutter/trimmer and decide which the operator can easily remedy, and which should be referred to a specialist.
- Identify which cutting head to select for the relevant operating conditions.
- Carry out fuel mixing correctly and be able to start the brushcutter/trimmer from both a hot and a cold condition in a safe manner.
- Operate the brushcutter/trimmer in a safe manner having regard for the safety of themselves, the public, property and environmental factors.
- Plan systematic working operations.
- Use the manufacturer’s instruction book and parts list. Once you have successfully carried out this course you will receive a LANTRA accredited certificate of training for brushcutters/trimmers. All machines, tools and personal protective equipment (except footwear).
Please note, if you have your own machine and would like to use this to train on then you are welcome to do so. The brushcutter/strimmer must be in safe working order prior to the course.
To book online visit http://www.cotswoldsruralskills.org.uk/events/?searchfilter=text&SearchQuery=brush
Or call 01451 862001 if you need to pay by other means.
Our latest brochure can be downloaded from here http://www.cotswoldsruralskills.org.uk/userfiles/file/cotswolds-rural-skills-brochure-2017.pdf
Mandy Pressland
Cotswolds Rural Skills Administrator
Cotswolds Conservation Board
Cotswolds Discovery Centre, Fosse Way,
Northleach, Gloucestershire, GL54 3JH
01451 862000