What is involved in Tree Surgery and Forestry work?
Tree Surgery and Forestry are two completely different industries, but some of the skills required are common to both. Tree Surgery, or Arboriculture, involves the care of amenity trees, including crown reductions, removal of dead wood, felling, or more frequently, dismantling trees that need to be removed. It is undertaken in a wide variety of venues – in private gardens, on commercial sites, in public parks, along power lines for utility companies, adjacent to railway lines for track safety, etc, etc. Virtually anywhere there is human habitation, there is potentially treework to do. It is not surprising therefore that there is a very wide range of companies offering services in this sector, from ‘one man bands’ to national organisations. However, they all have one thing in common – every operative has to have been trained and certified as competent to undertake whatever tasks the work involves. The work is often skilled and potentially dangerous, and formal training is compulsory. Yo
