Treevolution Forestry Arboricultural Skills Training Scotland

Tree Climbing & Aerial Rescue – NPTC 203 (2026q4)

Training Duration: 6 Days (5 days training + 1 day City & Guilds NPTC Assessment)
Assessment: Training & preparation for City & Guilds NPTC Unit 203 (Formally 206 & 306) Assessment
Maximum Group Size: 4 Candidates
Costs includes all registration, assessment and certification fees

Tree Climbing & Aerial Rescue - NPTC 203 Training Course Scotland

Cost Per Candidate:
£850.00 Excl VAT - £1020.00 Incl VAT

On completion of this 5 day LANTRA training course, candidates will receive a LANTRA Certificate of Attendance for Access a Tree Using a Rope & Harness and Aerial Tree Rescue.

Please note there is no kit hire available at the Lochwinnoch Site.

This training is in preparation for City & Guilds assessment Unit 203.

Course Content:

  • Regulations, Best Practice & Risk Assessment
  • Operator safety & protection
  • Environmental & Legal requirements
  • Introduction to climbing equipment & knots
  • Operator equipment checks & record keeping
  • Access techniques
  • Movement within the crown of the tree
  • Achieving safe work positions
  • Use of hand tools
  • Pole climbing with spikes
  • Aerial Rescue Techniques (Tree Canopy & Pole)

Download LANTRA Access a Tree Using a Rope and Harness and Aerial Tree Rescue

RECOMMENDED READING
Arboricultural Association – Technical Guide 1: Tree Climbing & Aerial Rescue (Book)
Arboricultural Association – Technical Guide 1: Tree Climbing & Aerial Rescue (E-Book)

Assessments are normally carried out on the first working day following training, and the date is confirmed at the start of the training course. If you have specific requirements in respect of the assessment date please contact us.

TREE CLIMBING, AERIAL RESCUE, CITY & GUILDS ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW UNIT 203

Access a tree using a rope and harness

  • Be able to work safely.
  • Be able to access a tree using a rope and harness.
  • Know relevant health and safety legislation and industry good practice.
  • Know how to access a tree using a rope and harness.

Carry Out Aerial Rescue Operations

  • Be able to promote health and safety and industry good practice
  • Be able to carry out aerial rescue operations
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation and industry good practice.
  • Understand how to carry out aerial rescue operations.

Download full NPTC Assessment Documentation

CLIMBER’S KITS MUST HAVE EVIDENCE OF CURRENT LOLER THOROUGH EXAMINATION AND BE IN SERVICEABLE CONDITION.

There is a vast range of compliant climbing equipment on the market and climbers build systems to suit their own climbing styles/techniques and physique. The suggestions below will allow you to carry out all the objectives of your training course.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Requirements:

  • Clothing-to suit weather conditions with high flexibility.
  • Work/walking boots (above ankle)
  • Work gloves – close fitting ‘gripper’ gloves
  • Arborist climbing helmet with adjustable chin strap.(EN12492)

Essential: (basic system)

  • Arborist’s harness(Work positioning)-CE marked.(EN813,EN358)
  • 8 karabiner-3 way auto-lock action.(Aluminium rated at min. 22kN.) (4 x oval/4 x HMS)
  • 2 Friction savers to EN365 and EN795B
  • 2 Climbing rope-braided arborist’s rope.(EN1891) – 35m min length
  • 3 Prussik loops (2 large & 1 small).
  • 2 Eye-2-Eye (E-2-E) friction hitch cord.
  • 2 Micro Pulley (swing cheek)
  • Secondary adjustable strop.
  • First aid kit including large wound dressing, whistle, rescue knife
  • Throw line, 2 Throw-bags and Throw Line ‘Cube’ (Bag)
  • Climbing Spikes
  • Foot ascender

Desirable:

  • Hand saw.
  • 2 Tool karabiners
  • Wire core flip line with adjuster.
  • Rope bag / kit bag
  • Petzl Zig Zag
  • DMM Hitchclimber Pulley
  • 2 Accessory Clips (Petzl ‘carry tool’/DMM ‘vault’)