Land-based training courses from Morton Training Limited
High quality land-based training courses, Morton Training Limited are a Lantra registered Training Provider and City & Guilds/NPTC Assessment Centre. This means that we are able to meet all your land-based training and assessment requirements.
All our instructors are highly qualified and registered with Lantra and our Assessors used are all NPTC qualified.
Land-based training courses, at a glance...
Chainsaw Training
Ground Units
- Chainsaw Maintenance, Cross Cutting & Felling up to 380mm (Units 201 & 202)
- Chainsaw Maintenance and Cross-Cutting (Unit 201)
- Felling and Processing Trees up to 380mm (Unit 202)
- Felling and Processing Trees over 380mm (Unit 304)
- Individual Windblown Trees (Unit 308)
- Assisted Felling (Unit 301)
- Emergency Treework Operations (Unit 305)
- Chainsaw Maintenance, Cross-cutting, Basic Felling up to 200mm
- Arboricultural Ground Worker (Unit 205)
- Refresher – Chainsaw Maintenance, Cross Cutting and Felling up to or over 380mm
- Powered Pole Pruner
Aerial Units
- Tree Climbing, Aerial Rescue & Chainsaw from a Rope and Harness (Units 203/204)
- Tree Climbing & Aerial Rescue (Unit 203)
- Using a Chainsaw from a Rope and Harness (Unit 204)
- Aerial Tree Pruning (Unit 302)
- Aerial Tree Rigging (Unit 303)
- Chainsaw from a MEWP (Unit 309)
Pesticide Training
- Rodent Management
- Aluminium Phosphide (PA-AP)
- Safe Use of Pesticides (PA1)
- Field Crop Sprayer (PA2A)
- Knapsack Sprayers (PA6A/PA6AW)
- Safe Use of Pesticides (PA1) and Hand Held Applicators (PA6) – Refresher
- Stem Injection (PA6INJ)
Arboricultural & Groundcare
- Brushcutter
- Woodchippers
- Stump Grinders
- Basic Tree Survey and Inspection
- Professional Tree Inspection
- Mobile Elevated Work Platform (MEWP)
- Hand Held Hedge Trimmer
- Clearing Saw
- Leaf Blower
- Powered Pole Pruner
Tractors & Mowers
- Ride-on Mowers – Rotary/Cylinder/Flail
- Pedestrian Mowers – Rotary/Cylinder/Flail/Reciprocating
- Remote Control Mowers
- Tractor Driving
- Combi Tractor Mower
- Arm Mounted Cutter (Flail and/or Saw)
Health & Safety
- Emergency First Aid at Work
- First Aid at Work
- Winching
- Abrasive Wheel Machines
- Animal Transport by Road – Short Journeys
- Slinger/Signaller
4x4 & Plant Machinery
- Sit-in ATVs
- Sit-Astride ATVs
- Rough Terrain Telescopic Lift Truck
- Counterbalance Lift Trucks
- Mobile Elevated Work Platform (MEWP)
- 360° Excavators under 10 tonnes (mini digger)
- 180° Excavator Above 5 Tonnes (JCB type)
- Dump Truck (articulated chassis up to 15 tonnes)
- Forward and Side Tipping Dumpers (Wheeled)
- Forward and Side Tipping Dumpers (Tracked)
- Slinger/Signaller
- 4 x 4 Off Road Driving
- Skid Steer Loader
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Tailored Courses
We are able to offer our own in house courses which can be tailored to suit your training requirements. Morton Training Limited certificates of attendance will be provided for all in house training courses, with details outlining what was covered on the bespoke training. Please contact us with your requirements for a quotation.
Meeting Room Hire
Large Room Hire – up to 50 people: £120 plus VAT for the day.
Buffets available from £11 plus VAT per person including Tea and Coffee.
Please call 01430 860057 for further details.
Training and Tree Felling (and Donation to National Trust)
When selecting woods for training people to fell trees we partner up with local landowners who have areas of woodland that have often been neglected and may not be commercially viable for big contracts and machines.
Tree are marked up to take out the weakest or worst formed trees thus enhancing the chances of the remaining trees.
The brash is normally left in the wood as habitat piles. Often small glades are created giving further opportunity for diversity with woodland species like foxglove, bluebells and wild garlic.
The timber is then extracted either for logs or biomass. Occasionally some will be left in the wood as habitat.
Because all of our felling is done by hand rather than machine the impact on the wood is minimal and always leaves the woodland in a better condition than before.
We have also donated to National Trust to plant 500 Square Metres of Woodland on our behalf. If you wish to donate, please click here to access the National Trust site.
Morton Training Brochure
Please click below to see the brochure we created to celebrate the opening of our new site and over 30 years of Morton Training: