Two new projects are underway to support skills development in manual tree felling with a chainsaw. They follow the 2023-24 Tree Felling Project, which reviewed and updated three units for manual tree felling. 

Pathway to tree felling skills project 

This project will investigate the need for learners to be equipped with appropriate safety skills before they participate in the practical aspects of training in manual tree felling. Introducing pre-requisites to the tree felling units received strong stakeholder support during the original Tree Felling Project but was outside the project’s scope. Consultation will take place throughout this project to explore the potential addition of pre-requisite requirements, as well as alternative approaches to creating a pathway for learners to acquire the necessary safety skills. 

For more information, visit the project page.

Tree allocation partnerships project 

This project aims to address challenges in sourcing trees for training and assessment of the tree felling units. This project will seek to establish mechanisms to facilitate partnerships between RTOs and other stakeholders – such as forestry companies, councils, landowners, and national parks services – to help identify and allocate trees for training purposes. Ensuring that RTOs can obtain enough trees to deliver training is crucial for enabling access to this important training.

For more information, visit the project page.

These Skills Insight JSC projects are being managed with the support of ForestWorks as part of their collaborative partnership with Skills Insight. ForestWorks has an enduring and strong connection working with the forestry, timber, paper, fibre and furnishing industries and have been engaged by Skills Insight to deliver these projects in partnership.