Training & Certifications For Forestry, Horticulture & Viticulture Professionals
Why Choose Harris Training Services?
We have a commitment to ongoing quality training in contributing towards a safer more productive workforce in the public and private sectors of forestry, infrastructure, conservation, agriculture, horticulture and viticulture industries.
- Training work forces for over 15 years
- On location training and assessments
- Training is tailored to suit individual business needs
- Up-to-date training resources and equipment
Some of the businesses we work with
What Our Clients Are Saying About Us
Thank you for your assistance with getting this training done Shane. Even the guys who have been trained on chainsaws with a forestry background were effusive in their praise of the course and all agreed they had picked up enough to make it worth while. The rest of us reckon it’s one of the best courses they’ve done in a very long time. Shane and Kylie ,you guys rock!
A seamless, well oiled team, and we really appreciate that. We look forward to a refresher in a few years time. In the meantime thank you again, on behalf of Motunau Rural Brigade.
Tom Thomson ONZM Deputy Controller Motunau Rural Fire Brigade
Wonderful Thanks team.
I would like to add that the guys were really stoked with their training. Their site leader literally just emailed this to meā¦ āChainsaw course last week was rated very highly with both team members learning a lot after going into the course thinking it would be boring and they knew everything.ā
Thanks for making it more than a tick box training
NgÄ mihi
Amanda Daly Training & Compliance Co-ordinator Manawa Energy Limited
āI have been attending various training courses and assessments run by Harris Training Services for the last eight years, mostly as a result of my role as a Biodiversity Ranger Supervisor with the Department of Conservation in the Marlborough Sounds.
I have always found this training organisation to be a pleasure to deal with. Shane brings a very practical and experienced skills set, along with an easy, engaging teaching style that our staff find very effective and enjoyable.
Kylie provides a very efficient, helpful and friendly service at all levels, right from the first phone call through to the final qualification. They continue to go the extra mile to ensure a smooth process for our team.
They are first classā.
Aubrey Tai, Former Ranger Supervisor, Biodiversity Department Of Conservation
“In my role as General Manager for Pinoli Premium Pine Nuts. We have been using Harris Training Services since 2015 for Agrichemical and Chainsaw training for our staff and contractors. Our association with Harris Training has encouraged our staff to maintain a great attitude towards general and specific upskilling.
I have a forestry background and have been involved in training and in the NZQA unit standard system for 25 years. It seems to me that Harris Training (Shane Harris) sets the standard when it comes to delivering professional quality training. Shaneās manner and abilities inspires trainees to be safe and adhere to industry best practice.
I enthusiastically recommend Harris Training.”
Lee Paterson, General Manager, Pinoli Ltd
“The Chainsaw training course was exactly what I had signed up for. Using a chainsaw safely and being able to strip it down AND the all-important, reassembling it!! Iāve been disappointed when I attend courses because they can go off on a tangent to what is in the course description. Shane (Harris) certainly knows his stuff. He is practical, uses commons sense (not sure if thatās allowed these days) and he measures the course participants well and delivers the course content accordingly. Only problem now, Iām going to strip the chainsaws that I have here at home. Double edged bladeā¦. Do it well, my husband will make me do it forever more and Iāll owe that to Shane. Do it bad, Iāll never be allowed to go near the workbench with the chainsaws again and Iāll have to put that down to my lack of ability to retain good instruction lol. I took along a Stihl MSA 140 C (battery operated just in case you didnāt know). It can tackle some big jobs!! “
Tamara Orr , Nelson