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Few people employ arboriculturists regularly, yet many people will do so from time to time but who do you need to employ, consultant or contractor? The simple "rule of thumb" is:

A consultant will give professional advice on the health and/or safety of a tree, relationships with proposed or existing buildings or any other tree issue requiring a report or survey ...

A contractor will give a professional service including pruning, removal and other management operations as required.

Please click on the picture for the service you require, if in doubt a longer list of work undertaken by each provider is listed below

 		Approved Contractors



Listed by Region,
these Contractors ("Tree Surgeons")
are all approved by the Arb. Assoc.
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Services typically required of an
Arboricultural Consultant are: 		Services typically required of an
Arboricultural Contractor are:
  • Assessing trees for hazard and where appropriate remedial work.


  • Investigating cases where trees are alleged to be involved in structural damage to building.


  • Providing advice in relation to tree preservation law and when necessary, expert evidence to the planning inspectorate.


  • Providing advice in relation to trees and development and, when necessary, expert evidence to the planning inspectorate.


  • Assessing trees for hazard and where appropriate remedial work.


  • Providing Expert witness to courts.


  • Investigating acccidents caused by tree failure and/or tree work.


  • Designing arboricultural features


  • Assessing plantecology and providing environmental impact assessments.


  • Formulating tree and woodland management plans
Consultants listed in the scheme have submitted their work to The Arboricultural Association for assessment and have been found competent to provide arboricultural consultancy services. The Association ensures that the professional competence of Registered Consultants is maintained through a programme of Continuous Professional Development and they are required to hold Professional Indemnity Insurance for at least £500,000’
  • Tree maintenance (pruning, bracing or feeding operations) to relevant British Standard..
  • Tree felling including dismantling of dangerous trees or trees in confined spaces
  • Pest and disease identification and control.
  • Advice on the above.
  • Some contractors undertake tree planting and other landscaping works.
Contractors listed in the scheme have submitted their work to The Arboricultural Association for assessment and have been found competent to provide contracting services.

The Arboricultural Association assessment of Approved Contractors is not limited to their knowledge of trees and tree pruning but:
  • Their understanding and practical application of current arboricultural practice..
  • Their compliance with legislative requirements of arboricultural practice..
  • Their compliance with health and safety requirements of arboricultural practice..
  • Their excellence of service to clients through efficient business management.
Each Arboricultural Association Approved Contractor is required to identify a principal or manager who is responsible to the Association for the company's standards. The standard required by the Association is very high and Approved Contractors are subject to reassessments at regular intervals to ensure that standards are maintained. The standards themselves are regularly reviewed to ensure that they reflect contemporary arboricultural research findings, legislative and health and safety requirements, business practices and customer expectations.

Full copy of the Technical Criteria can be seen
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Registered Consultants



Expert tree advice
(health, safety, planning, development, landscapes, legal, etc.)
Click Here 		  Approved Contractors



Listed by Region, these Contractors ("Tree Surgeons")
are all approved by the Arb. Assoc.
 Click Here