Course Overview
NVQ Level 2 course from Black Mountains College in Coppicing and Greenwood Trades, to develop skills and knowledge for a successful and rewarding career in woodland management and timber work.
This vocational course will give practical outdoor learning backed up with classroom theory to:
• Identify tree species and their properties
• Cut, process and extract coppice
• Fell and process trees up to 380mm
• Cross-cut timber using a chainsaw
• Process coppice materials and green wood products
• Sharpen and maintain edged hand tools
• Control pollution incidents
• Monitoring and maintaining health and safety
Course tutors have extensive experience from a broad spectrum of coppicing and green wood working, bringing up-to-date techniques and knowledge.
Alongside the NVQ, students will participate in the unique and innovative BMC diploma, covering life skills, ecology and sustainability.
Students will study in beautiful woodland training settings in Talgarth in the Brecon Beacons.
After this course, students can choose from a wide range of fun and rewarding career paths.
Students may be able to:
• Move into Level 3 Green Woodworking and Coppicing
• Use transferable skills for employment opportunities in the trees and timber sector
• Use this qualification towards entry to the BMC undergraduate course
This course equips students with skills and knowledge about woodland management, for minimum impact, safety, biodiversity and sustainable green wood use.
Core:
-Process coppice materials and greenwood products
- Sharpen and maintain edged hand tools
- Cut, process and extract coppice
- Identify tree species and their properties
- Fell and process trees up to 380mm
- Control pollution incidents
- Cross-cut timber using a chainsaw
- Monitoring and maintaining health and safety
Optional:
- Build & maintain tools & devices to process coppice
- green wood products
- Maintain woodland by coppicing
- Plant trees
- Process wood fuel in woodland setting
Optional:
- Install site furniture and structures
Safety boots, gloves, head-gear and eye protectors, chainsaw trousers, personal First Aid kit. £340 approx.
You will have the option to purchase these yourself, apply for a grant from us or borrow them from Black Mountains College.
