Course Level
Certificate III
Certificate III in Arboriculture - AHC30824
\r\n This qualification describes the skills and knowledge for trade level roles in the arboriculture industry, including, climbing arborist, EWP arborist, crane specialist, environmental arborist and an arborist works coordinator.\r\n Individuals with this qualification perform a range of arboriculture activities including, shaping and canopy management, tree health and remediation, environmental and habitat development, to tree dismantling and removal. The work involves high risk operations either working at heights or conducting support works to individuals working above ground. Work practices operate within a strict safety regime to protect workers and public.\r\n Legislation, regulations and by-laws relating to the treatment and removal of trees apply in some States and Territories.\r\n
Campus | Duration | Fees | ATAR |
|---|---|---|---|
Fairfield | Part-time - 2 years | $16,100 | N/A |
Subjects
- Maintain chainsaws
- Conduct a safety audit
- Perform a ground-based tree defect evaluation
- Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseases
- Install tree support systems
- Coordinate work site activities
- Verify pruning specifications
- Fell trees manually (advanced)
- Inspect trees for access and work
- Apply WHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry
- Fell trees manually (intermediate)
- Recognise fauna
- Trim and cut felled trees
- Apply work health and safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace
- Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Carry out inspection of designated area
- Perform elevated work platform controlled descent escape
- Transport and store chemicals
- Maintain wildlife habitat refuges
- Use cranes to access and dismantle trees
- Identify trees
- Control plant pests, diseases and disorders
- Operate a mobile chipper/mulcher
- Manage trees to create and maintain habitat refuges
- Trim trees using a pole saw
- Perform elevated work platform rescue
- Provide First Aid
- Control weeds
- Access trees for inspection
- Supervise and audit tree operations
- Undertake aerial rescue
- Implement a tree maintenance program
- Perform pruning operations
- Control traffic with stop-slow bat
- Use arborist climbing techniques
- Work safely in the vicinity of live electrical apparatus as a non-electrical worker
- Apply biosecurity measures
- Perform ground-based rigging
- Operate and maintain stump grinding machines
- Dismantle trees
- Work safely at heights
- Perform dogging
- Implement a tree protection program
- Licence to operate a boom-type elevating work platform (boom length 11 metres or more)
Entry requirements
- \r\n There are no entry requirements for this qualification.\r\n
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