Basic Tree Survey

This 1-day course is aimed at candidates from a non-arboricultural background or with limited arboricultural knowledge, to allow them to identify obvious defects from ground level and then to report to a manager. The course will cover the following:
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• Introduction
• PPE
• Risk Assessment
• Legal Framework
• Tree Surveys
• Tree Inspections
• Tree Hazard Assessment
• Determining the scope and limits of the survey
• Highway
• Parks, gardens, woodland
• Hazardous trees
• Methodology – what to look for
• Recording pro-formas
• Survey / inspection exercise

Candidates will receive a Lantra Awards certificate of attendance