College Of The Peak : Woodland Management Woodland Management

1. Introduction to health and safety including safe tool use followed by an overview the day’s activities and of the area we will be working in.
2. Introduce participants to areas they will be working pointing out hazards etc.
3. Explain to the participants the history and practice of coppicing and its place in managing woodlands in our country side.
4. Demonstrate to the participants techniques involved in cutting the coppice correctly and picking out what wood can be used for hurdles etc also what wood is to be used for habitat piles informing participants of what creatures utilise these spaces.
5. Participants to practice techniques under observation.
6. Demonstrate safe practice of felling small trees.
7. Following the fell of each tree the student will learn how to clean down a tree for safe extraction from the woods and again how to build wild life habitats with the material left.

Day two charcoal burning and willow hurdle creation.

1. Again H&S and safe tool use with overview of day’s activities and history of charcoal production, as well as, hurdling and its uses.
2. Introduce participants to the charcoal kiln and how it is loaded up and fired up etc we will be collecting the wood coppiced from the previous day in order to produce the charcoal
3. Once the kiln has been fired up there is very little to be done apart from quick regular checks to ensure all is going to plan, so following this the participants would be introduced to willow hurdling via me giving a demonstration to all. I would then be observing and facilitating the participants with there own hurdle.
4. As soon as all arrive the next day we empty charcoal kiln and bag up our produce which will be grade A charcoal.

Day three pole lathing.

1. Introductions to H&S and safe tool use and overview of day’s activities.
2. Introduce students to pole lathe and do them a demonstration of how to use it correctly
3. Show the students examples of what they could potentially make in the time given.
4. With the wood felled from the previous day each individual will make a object such as a candle stick, baseball bat, honey spoon, light pulls, spoon, rolling pin, baby rattle etc
5. On completion of all activities we tend to have a BBQ from the charcoal they produced.

Further Information
Fee concessions may be available . Follow the links belwo to check course dates or to apply for a place. Course dates 2008 / 2009 Online booking form 2008/2009 Downloadable booking form A deposit will also be required - please send a cheque to: College of the Peak, Hallyard House, Bakewell Road, Over Haddon, Derbyshire DE45 1JE.