Apprenticeship training course
Arborist (level 2)
Planting, felling and maintaining trees.
- Qualification level
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2
Equivalent to GCSE. - Typical duration
- 24 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Agriculture, environmental and animal care
- Maximum funding
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£15,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Also known as
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- arboricultural officer
- arborist
- forestry worker
- landscape gardener
- tree climber
- tree cutter
- tree surgeon
- woodsman
- Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Recognise health and safety needs onsite and work safely
- Take instruction from the job supervisor and other senior work colleagues to include signing onto the site specific risk assessment / emergency action plan and maintaining records
- Select appropriate equipment for the Load and unload equipment safely
- Set out work place signage (highway & non highway) and assists with traffic control
- Process tree work arisings using appropriate machinery
- Take appropriate care of tools, equipment and customer property
- Recognise a basic range of tree and shrub species using common and scientific names
- Identify pests, diseases, disorders and tree defects
- Carry out a range of ground-based pruning operations
- Fell and process small trees
- Support aerial tree workers both Mobile Elevated Work Platform (MEWP) and climbing with transfer of equipment for aerial tree work operations
- Perform an aerial rescue of colleague from a rope and harness and a MEWP
- Work safely at height in the tree under supervision
- Prepare sites for planting, plant trees and provide support, protection and aftercare
Full information on Arborist (level 2) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.