Specialist first aid training designed for tree surgeons, arborists, groundworkers, estate and woodland managers. Covers the real hazards you face: chainsaw wounds, remote site emergencies, lone working protocols, and managing casualties far from emergency services. Delivered by Paul Chandler — with a background in Search & Rescue and extensive outdoor emergency medicine experience.
Forestry is one of the UK's most dangerous industries
The HSE reports that agriculture, forestry and fishing consistently has the highest fatal injury rate of any sector. Remote working, power tools and unpredictable environmental conditions demand specialist first aid training — not generic office-focused courses.
Standard Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) training is designed for low-risk office environments. It doesn't cover the scenarios you're most likely to face on a woodland site: severe lacerations from chainsaw contact, crush injuries from falling timber, anaphylaxis from insect stings, or managing an unconscious colleague in difficult terrain with a 20-minute ambulance wait.
Our Forestry First Aid course bridges this gap. Paul draws on his background in Search & Rescue operations to deliver training that reflects real-world woodland emergency scenarios, not classroom hypotheticals.
Paul brings over 20 years of outdoor emergency experience, including active Search & Rescue operations. He understands what it's like to treat casualties in difficult terrain, with limited equipment and delayed emergency service access. That experience makes this training genuinely relevant to forestry professionals.
We can deliver training at your yard, site office or even in the woodland itself. Serving tree surgeons and forestry professionals across Berkshire, Surrey, Hampshire and the wider South of England.
We deliver first aid training onsite at your premises, or at a local venue. Click your nearest location to find out more.