Reference for Qualifications and Initials for Tree Advisors

AMInst LM

Associate Member of the Institute of Leadership and Management

LCGI(Hort)

Licentiate of City & Guilds Institute (Horticulture)

BA (Cantab)

Bachelor of Arts degree Cambridge University

MA

Master of Arts

BA (Hons)

Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)

MAE

Master of the Academy of Experts

BSc

Bachelor of Science

MArb (RFS)

Master in Arboriculture Royal Forestry Society

BSc (Hons)

Bachelor of Science (with Honours)

MArborA

Professional Member of the Arboricultural Association

CBiol

Chartered Biologist

MBE

Member of the Order of the British Empire

CEnv

Chartered Environmentalist

MBS

Master of Business Studies

CUEW

Cardiff University Expert Witness

MEWI

Member of the Expert Witness Institution

Cert Arb (RFS)

Certificate in Arboriculture Royal Forestry Society

MICFor

Member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters

Cert Ed

Certificate of Education

MIEEM

Member of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management

DMS

Diploma in Management Studies

M Hort

Master of Horticulture

DPhil

Doctor of Philosophy

MI Hort

Member of the Institute of Horticulture

Dip Arb (RFS)

Professional Diploma in Arboriculure Royal Forestry Society

Mlf L

Member of the institute for Learning

Dip Hort

Diploma in Horticulture

MPhil

Master of Philosophy

Dip LA

Diploma in Landscape Architecture

MRICS

Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Dip LD

Diploma in Land Design

MSB

Member of the Society of Biology

FArborA

Fellow of the Arboriculural Association

MSc

Master of Science

FdSc (Arb)

Foundation Degree in Arboriculture

NCH Arb

National Certificate in Horticulture (Arboriculture)

FICFor

Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters

ND Arb

National Diploma in Arboriculture

FIOG

Fellow of the Institute of Groundsmanship

ND Hort/Arb

National Diploma in Horticulture/Arboriculture

FLS

Fellow of the Linnean Society

NDF

National Diploma in Forestry

FRES

Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society

OBE

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

FRICS

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors

PDArb (RFS)

Professional Diploma in Arboriculture Royal Forestry Society

FRSA

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

HND Arb

Higher National Diploma in Arboriculture

Tech Cert (ArborA)

Technician's Certificate Arboricultural Association

HND Hort

Higher National Diploma in Horticulture

TechArborA

Technician Member of the Arboricultural Association

ISA Cert Arb

Certificate in Arboriculture International Society of Arboriculture

WDH

Wisley Diploma in Horticulture

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