Learn to cultivate, maintain and protect the environment around you. Promote environmental sustainability and discover everything you need to know about being an arborist from the ground up.
Through a mix of theory and practical coursework you'll learn to identify trees, manually fall trees, implement tree maintenance programs, perform pruning operations, and more.
This course would be suitable for those with an interest in plant and tree management, and a real love for the botanical world.
You'll need effective collaboration and communication skills, with possible job options upon completion including climbing arborist, ground based arborist, or elevated work platform arborist.
Choose a WA TAFE college that delivers this course
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There are a wide range of career opportunities for arborists worldwide. If you enjoy the outdoors, have an interest in nature, like to be physically active, have a sense of adventure and excitement and like the idea of becoming a proficient operator of specialised tools and equipment, this may be the career for you.
Arboriculture offers a variety of opportunities in the management of high value amenity trees including becoming a professional tree climber, elevated work platform operator, crane and rigging specialist, works coordinator and environmental arborist.
This career will challenge you to become an expert at risk management and in tree biology and ecology, whilst offering the thrill of performing meaningful work close to nature, often at dizzying heights, in amongst the leaves and branches of the treetops.
The wise management of trees is growing in profile as we seek to manage our environment in a more sustainable way. A career in arboriculture offers the opportunity to become involved in this transformation.
Choose a private training provider that delivers this course
This course is available from registered training organisations (accredited private training providers) that are also funded through Jobs and Skills WA. Select from the list below, and follow the link to the provider's website for further information about the course and how to enrol.
Complete your Certificate III in Arboriculture apprenticeship with Interlink Training. We deliver the qualification in the Climbing, EWP and Works Coordinator streams. Our training is delivered in our fully equipped training rooms and in outdoor environments to give you a balance between the theory and the practice needed to be a qualified arborist. Some training and assessments can be completed on the job. Call us on (08) 6235 8200 for more information and to discuss your options.
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