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Safe Use of Pesticides - 28th November 2022
UFU members price £125 inc VAT
Non-member price £153.75 inc VAT
1 day + 1 hr assessment
to enquire about future date, please email: training@countrysideservices.com or phone: 028 8778 9770
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Boom Spraying - 29th & 30th November 2022
UFU members price £275 inc VAT
Non-member price £337.50 inc VAT
1 day + 2.5 hr assessment
to enquire about future date, please email: training@countrysideservices.com or phone: 028 8778 9770
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Rodent Control - UFU price £118.75 inc VAT (non discounted price £143.75 inc VAT)
1 day course
- Understand your responsibilities under the law and help you become a safe and competent biocide user
- Interpret and use product label information
- Store and transport biocides safely
- Dispose of biocides and containers safely
- Record information correctly
- Identify rats and mice and the typical symptoms of damage caused
- Identify non-target species
- Identify the degree and source of an infestation
- State the legislative obligations and responsibilities relevant to the control of rats and mice
- Describe the lifestyle, habits and habitats of rats and mice
- Plan, implement and monitor an effective control programme for rats and mice
- Select and carry out the most appropriate methods of rat and mouse control, in line with current legal guidelines and recognised good practice
- Understand the effect rodent control can have on the environment and ensure risks to non-target animals are minimised.
Online option available : https://elearning.lantra.co.uk/register/12/49
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Woodchipper UFU price £118.75 inc VAT (non discounted price £143.75 inc VAT)
Areas covered on this course are :
- Produce a site-specific risk assessment for wood chipping operations
- State the principles of Health and Safety Executive legislation and safety guidelines for using a woodchipper
- Select the appropriate personal protective equipment and state the maintenance requirements
- Carry out operator checks and identify the safety features of a woodchipper
- Carry out routine operator maintenance
- Inspect and identify defects on the blades
- Prepare machine prior to operation, start the machine, carry out safety checks and stop machine
- Prepare a work area and a range of materials for chipping and identify hazardous materials not to be chipped
- Use approved techniques to chip woody brash and both short and long sections of timber safely and effectively
- State the procedure for removing blockages
- State the safety and environmental factors associated with the disposal of woodchips and the various end uses of woodchips
- Prepare machine for transport and storage.
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Hand Held Applicator / Knapsack- UFU price £175.00 inc VAT (non discounted price £210 inc VAT)
(please note - Safe use of pesticides must be completed before booking this course)
Course will cover the following areas:
- Basics of spray application
- Hygiene and personal protective equipment
- The working principles of a knapsack
- Preparation of the applicator for work
- Nozzles
- Calibrating a knapsack
- Mixing, filling and site work
- Calibration – concentration method
- Decontamination, tank washing, and storage.
==IT IS ESSENTIAL, YOU HOLD A SAFE USE OF PESTICIDES CERTIFICATE, PRIOR TO BOOKING THIS COURSE==
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Telehandler Course - UFU price £204 inc VAT (non-discounted price £246 inc VAT)
This course is suitable for those with some experience in operating this type of machinery.
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1 day course
Areas covered on this course are :
- Prepare the various lift trucks for driving or manoeuvring by:
- Having site safety awareness
- Identifying basic construction and components, and the purpose and use of all controls and gauges
- Identifying and complying with the manufacturer’s operator’s manual (MOM) and other information sources, such as rating plates and applicable regulations
- Carrying out all pre-use and running checks
- Configuring the lift truck for travel
- Placing the lift truck in an out-of-service condition.
- Operate, move or manoeuvre the lift trucks:
- Both with and without a load
- In confined areas using forward and reverse direction, with and without a load.
- Select, transfer and position loads using a lift truck by:
- Setting up the lift in order to lift various loads
- Lifting various loads within the full working range of the lift truck
- Ensuring load integrity and security
- Transporting loads
- Placing and retrieving loads accurately at various places
- Placing and retrieving loads from a vehicle bed or trailer
- Keeping within safe working parameters
- Operating with bulk loads
- Explaining the loading and unloading procedure, on and off a transporter.
- Load and unload a container, vehicle, vessel or craft using a reach lift truck
- Place and retrieve loads from a vehicle bed or trailer
- Undertake post-operational checks on a lift truck
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Hand Held Hedge Trimmer UFU price £118.75 inc VAT (non discounted price £143.75 inc VAT)
Course content includes:
By the end of the course, you'll be able to:
- produce a site-specific risk assessment for hedge trimmer operations
- identify the necessary Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required
- identify the health and safety features required on a hedge trimmer
- identify defects on a hedge trimmer and decide which the operator can remedy and which require a service engineer’s attention
- correctly carry out all routine maintenance in accordance with the machine manufacturer’s information and/or this workbook
- prepare the hedge trimmer for use with the correct fuel/oil mix
- start the hedge trimmer from both hot and cold start in a safe manner
- state the possible hazards/risks when carrying out maintenance or operational tasks
- maintain the hedge trimmer in a safe and efficient working condition
- adjust the hedge trimmer for safe and comfortable operation where a harness is used
- operate the hedge trimmer in a safe manner, having regard for the safety of the public, property and environmental factors
- organise the site and use a systematic method of working where possible
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