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Lantra Professional Tree Inspection

~3.0 Day(s)
From £480.00
A 3 day preperation course for the Professional Tree Examination to demonstrate competance to carry out tree surveys and make recommendations for effective and appropriate tree management.

Description

The course

This is an intensive 3-day short preparation course for the Professional Tree Inspection examination. The integrated training and assessment programme is aimed at helping those who already have the skills and knowledge to identify and diagnose potential problems, recommend and prioritise appropriate treatments and work programmes. The course is designed to help candidates recognise hazardous trees as part of their main duties and then implement the control measures in a specified and appropriate timescale. It aims to confirm the competence of a professional arboriculturist, and their part in a defensible tree management system.

Entry Requirements

Aimed at those who already hold a Level 3 or higher national qualification, such as a National Diploma in Arboriculture or studying towards a higher-level qualification. As an experienced and qualified arborist with in depth knowledge of plant and arboricultural tree surveys. It requires extensive previous knowledge, and the ability to study written technical information and experience in surveying trees.

We expect that you will have a detailed pre-existing knowledge of tree biology, the tree as an undamaged self-optimised structure, biological and mechanical weaknesses, pathology, legislation, remedial options and their likely implications and the British Standard 3998 Recommendations for Treework.

Assessment

This is an integrated training and assessment course. There will be a written question paper, fungi identification and a practical tree inspection.

At the end of the course candidates will carry out an assessed tree inspection.

Availability

Lantra Professional Tree Inspection
Islip Training Centre
8th August 2023
12 Places Available!
£480.00
(Ex Vat)

Please contact us to discuss your requirements

Course Specific Notes

Candidates should have read the following books prior to attending the course and if possible bring with them;

1. Lonsdale D (1999) Principles of Tree Hazard Assessment and Management, Research for Amenity Trees - No 7 Stationery Office, London

2. Mattheck C & Breloer H (1994) The Body Language of Trees, Research for Amenity Trees - No 4 Stationery Office, London

3. Strouts R G & Winter T G (1994) Diagnosis of Ill Health in Trees, Research for Amenity Trees - No 2 Stationery Office, London

4. Davis C Fay N & Mynors C (2000) Veteran Trees: A Guide to Risk and Responsibility - English Nature, Peterborough

5. Fay N Dowson D C & Helliwell R (2005) Tree Surveys: A Guide to Good Practice - The Arboricultural Association

6. Shigo A L (1991) Modern Arboriculture - Shigo & Tree Associates, Durham, NH, USA

7. Weber K & Mattheck C (2003) Manual of Wood Decay in Trees - The Arboricultural Association

8. Recommendations for Tree Work BS 3998 (1989 with 2010 amendment) - British Standards Institute, London

9. Tree Identification book(s)

10. Fungi Identification book(s)

Other relevant publications;

11. Ellison M (2005) Quantified Tree Risk Assessment: used in the management of amenity trees - Journal of Arboriculture Vol 31, International Society of Arboriculture

12. Clarke J & Matheny N (1993) A photographic guide to the evaluation of hazard trees in urban areas, 2nd edition - International Society of Arboriculture, USA

13. Schwarze F W M R Lonsdale D & Fink S (1997) An overview of wood degradation patterns and their implications for tree hazard assessment - Arboricultural Journal Vol 21, The Arboricultural Association

14. Lonsdale D Hazards from Trees F C Practice Guide 13 - Forestry Commission

15. Blanchard R O & Tatter T A (1997) Field and Laboratory Guide to Tree Pathology, 2nd edition - Academic Press

16. Mattheck C (2002) Tree Mechanics: Explained with sensitive words by Pauli the Bear - Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe

17. Schwarze F W M R Engals J & Mattheck C (1999) Fungal Strategies of Wood Decay in Trees - Springer-Verlag Berlin

18. Mattheck C & Huber H (1995) Wood - The Internal Optimization of Trees - Springer-Verlag Berlin

19. Hayes E (2001) Evaluating Tree Defects: A field guide - Safetrees, Rochester, MN, USA

20. ISA Glossary of Arboricultural Terms (2005) ISA Champaign, IL, USA

21. AAIS Research Information Notes

22. AAIS Tree Damage Alert Notes

Important Information:

Courses are non refundable and non transferable from the point of sale.

It is the responsibility of the booker to check candidates have the correct requirments to attend this course.

Lunch will not be provided, hot and cold drinks are provided.

Training will take place at Islip Training Centre - Northamptonshire