Arboriculture awareness courses. Continuing professional excellence
In its continued support and development of its staff, Ground Control once again arranged Arboricultural Awareness training for Managers who manage services in the infrastructure division.
The bespoke course was developed specifically for Ground Control, in line with industry good practice; and focused on Ground Control’s arboricultural services, within Rail, Highways, and Fencing. The course was designed to ensure all operational managers are trained to the highest level of competence and continue to deliver outstanding customer service.
To achieve this, Ground Control enlisted the expertise of leading trainers Chris Cooper Abbs, Matt Brooker, and Simon Cox. In addition to being top of their game in arboricultural training, Chris, Matt, and Simon are highly respected in the industry as co-authors and contributors to the Arboricultural Association industry good practice publications:
Industry Code of Practice for Arboriculture – Tree work at Height
Industry Technical Guides:
- TG1: Tree Climbing and Aerial Rescue
- TG2: Use of Tools in the Tree
- TG3: Rigging and Dismantling.
The two-day course comprised practical demonstrations and theoretical sessions that included:
- Tree biology
- Recognising defects, and ill health
- Ground-based chainsaw operations
- Industry good practice (FISA/AFAG)
- Equipment selection
- PPE
- Acts, regulations & ICOP
- AA Technical Guides
- Supervision and auditing of operations
- Fungi, pests & diseases
- Tree identification & survey
- Aerial-based chainsaw operations
Austin Brown, Ground Control Infrastructure Director commented:
Gavin Rowe, Ground Control Infrastructure Support Manager commented:
As always, it is a pleasure to partner with Chris, Matt, and Simon, to ensure Ground Control Managers are receiving the highest level of training in relation to our industry, and the required good practice. This course is a great opportunity to support and develop our operational managers, and whether a novice to Arboriculture, or with 25 x years experience, all our Managers found the course both enjoyable and educational.
Delegate feedback:
Thank you for organising the Arb Awareness course, it was genuinely insightful, and I learned a lot. You can tell great efforts have been made to make the course as relevant and specific as possible with minimal additional “faff”.
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