To enable attendees to:
State the legal and safety implications of hazardous trees
Maintain your own health and safety while carrying out Basic Tree Survey and Inspection
Recognize hazardous trees
Determine level of risk
Decide on an appropriate course of action
Collect and maintain adequate information
Recognize your own limitations
Course aim:
This one-day course aims to provide specific tree survey and inspection training at a basic level for contractors, highway engineers, tree wardens, grounds maintenance staff, rangers and other persons of a non-arboricultural background or with limited arboricultural knowledge, to allow them to identify obvious defects from ground level and then to report their finding to a line manager.