Professional Tree Inspection Course at Writtle College.
Writtle is running a Professional Tree Inspection Course (PTI Course) from the 20th to the 22nd of July 2009 and Dave Dowson of Tree Life will be the tutor for the 3 days.
If there are any questions about the course its self then we would be please to provide answers but if it is for the administration of the course then please contact Writtle College's Lorraine Cornwell 01245 424286.
Your tutor:
David Dowson of Tree Life is the author of the LANTRA 3 Day Professional Tree Inspection and trains the tutors. Therefore you could not be in better hands to undertake this qualification! to see Dave's qualification and arboricultural history please click here.
Format of the course:
The three-day course aims to provide specific tree inspection programme at an advanced level for competent arboriculturists to enable them to reach a level of competence that can be recognised as having received adequate training.
Candidates are required to inspect trees and specify the necessary remedial works and record the inspection process. This would then form part of a defensible system. The course is not aimed at covering report writing however, presentation of findings will be examined and advice given.
As a pre-requisite of attending the course it is fully expected that you will have a detailed knowledge of tree biology, the tree as an undamaged self-optimised structure, biological and mechanical weaknesses, pathology, legislation, remedial options and their likely implications and the British Standard 3998 Recommendations for Treework. Also any other specific arboricultural knowledge such as may affect detection and measurement of tree defects and recommendation of control measures that reduce the risk posed to an acceptable level.
It is also an opportunity for candidates to update their level of knowledge and its application to inspecting trees particularly if that previous knowledge was gained sometime ago.
Lantra Portfolio sheet for the course.
Assessment: The objectives of the course will be assessed, by written question paper, fungi identification and practical tree inspection. At the end of the course candidates will undertake a competence based assessment directly related to tree inspection. The pass mark for the test is 70% overall and 70% in each of the two tree inspections.
Back to Tree Life's Professional Tree Inspection Course page.