Basic Tree Inspection

Who is the Course For?

Any persons employed as local authority highway inspectors, forestry, woodland or arboricultural employees, estate or park rangers, farmers and other landowners or their employees who may have a responsibility for trees in the course of their work. Additionally, this course may be useful for those who work with trees in a voluntary capacity.

Course Objectives

• State the legal and safety implications of hazardous trees
• Maintain your own health and safety while carrying out Basic Tree Survey and Inspection
• Recognise hazardous trees
• Determine level of risk
• Decide on an appropriate course of action
• Collect and maintain adequate information
• Recognize your own limitationsWho is the course for?
• Anyone required the use a pedestrian mower as part of their work. This would include novices and experienced operators who require certification or their skills updating.

Course Content

• Introduction
• PPE
• Risk Assessment
• Legal Framework
• Tree Surveys
• Tree Inspections
• Tree Hazard Assessment
• Determining the scope and limits of the survey
• Highways
• Parks, gardens, woodland
• Hazardous trees
• Methodology – what to look for
• Recording pro-formas
• Survey/inspection exercise