Available as either a traineeship part-time or full-time course, you will gain the knowledge required for working within the horticultural industry. This qualification could lead you to work as a parks and gardens worker at local councils, resorts, retirement centres or as a wholesale or retail nursery assistant. Or you could even become self-employed!

• Free TAFE
• Traineeship Option

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This course covers the units FWPCOT2273 - Trim and Cut Felled Trees and FWPCOT2254 - Maintain Chainsaws (equivalent to level 1 chainsaw operation). This training will provide you with knowledge and skills to safely operate and maintain a chainsaw for trimming and cutting fallen trees using a range of cutting techniques. You will learn to identify cross cutting requirements, prepare and maintain equipment, assess trees and plan cutting and trim and cross cut safely and efficiently.

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This course is a prerequisite for undertaking the Diploma of Arboriculture. The skillset is aimed at those students who have several years of experience in industry, but they either don't have qualifications or their existing qualifications are no longer deemed equivalent.

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Gain the practical skills for operation and maintenance of a pole saw as a national competency. This training is useful to get additional skills for the Arboriculture and Horticulture industries.

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