Arboriculture Courses

This course builds both skills in management and arboriculture.

For managers and supervisors in arboriculture; covering diagnosing tree problems, tree surgery, pruning, tree nutrition, trees for rehabilitation, propagation, tree selection and identification. Management studies covering office practices, business operations, management and marketing.

There are 7 modules plus a 200 hr workplace project in this course. These are the 4 core units common to all streams of this Advanced Certificate, and three specialist units of study relating to the selection and culture of plants, with an emphasis on trees.

Develop your ability to manage trees beyond the basics (building on Arboriculture I), in order to minimize potential long term tree problems. Learn about better tree selection, strengthening and improving health of existing trees. Techniques used to better remove trees and stumps, that must be removed.

This certificate focuses on the culture and care of trees, providing a sound foundation for any working or hoping to work with tree establishment or maintenance. Unlike many other courses in arboriculture, this course also provides a broad foundation across all aspects of horticulture.

Work with trees the lungs of the world.

To work in the challenging and stimulating arboriculture industry you need fundamental knowledge and understanding of trees, their amenity value and their indisputable value to the environment. Such knowledge includes the maintenance and management of trees; tree assessment for health, monetary or environmental value, fundamentals of planting, transplanting, pruning, site planning, identification and treatment of pests diseases, nutritional and other disorders, tree surgery, aftercare and advice and tree removal.

Trees are the longest living organisms on earth, they benefit the community and improve our quality of life in almost immeasurable ways. They create the oxygen we breathe, reduce air and water pollution and uptake water to help reduce storm water run-off. They also provide shade, beauty, sound barriers, windbreaks and reduce summer urban heat.

If a tree is growing in a favourable environment and its genetic make-up also favours that environment it will be healthy and grow to optimum size and shape. A knowledgeable arborist understands that this is not always the case and sometimes, through environmental or other factors, trees will need help. They will also know that working with trees is about more then felling them; once a tree is removed it cannot be put back! Arborists are there to encourage and maintain healthy, growing trees where at all possible; their work therefore has an important role in the community.

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What is Arboriculture?  How do I get a career in Arboriculture?

Learn the culture and care of trees, developing a sound foundation to work in arboriculture, whether tree establishment or maintenance. Horticulture I provides a broad foundation in horticulture, followed by studies which include tree identification, tree botany, planting, transplanting, tree surgery, diagnosing pests and diseases, plant health, protection, trees for rehabilitation, plant selection-establishment and more.

Not many courses available combine general horticulture units along with specialist arboriculture units - this is a unique opportunity to gain knowledge in both areas.

This course develops an understanding of environmental systems and the rehabilitation of degraded landscapes. You will learn about:

• seed collection
• storage and germination
• propagation
• plant selection
• establishment techniques and 
• controlling pest & disease after planting.