Description
Duration
One day
Group Size
Maximum of 14 learners per course
Who should attend
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.
What you will learn
Course aims
The course aims to ensure learners are aware of legal and safety implication of hazardous trees and carrying out basic tree survey inspection.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course the learners will cover the following content:
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 limitations Who 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 Outline:
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
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