Reporting to the Team Leader, the post holder’s key responsibility shall be climbing arboricultural duties, including tree pruning, dismantling and felling. 

Day-to-day tasks include:

Off-ground arboricultural skills: branch removal with power saws and hand tools as required, the ability to perform aerial rescue;

On-ground arboricultural skills: tree felling with power saws and hand tools, brushwood chipping, traffic management, respect for Health and Safety, work site organisation;

 Assist colleagues in their work, for example the complex breakdown of a tree’s crown and the dismantling of the stem;

 Undertake basic arboriculture operations with appropriate regard for third party property, for example taking due care and attention when working adjacent to walls, fences, greenhouses, shed roofs etc;

 Undertake activities utilising underpinning knowledge, for example interpretation of plans, site preparation and management;

 Operate a range of machinery, including power tools and light plant such as stump grinding or brushwood chipping machinery;

 Drive company vehicles as required;

 Ensure that the principles of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 are adhered to at all times, for personal safety and that of colleagues and the general public; 

 Carry out routine maintenance. 

A skilled Arborist would be required to demonstrate that he/she had received adequate training and had obtained a relevant certificate or national competence award to use a saw in a tree, and to demonstrate a sound understanding of the arboricultural business. The arborist will be able to produce certificates of competence in relevant subjects, as issued by the NPTC, or other such bodies. A sample of suitable NPTC units is given below:

01 Climb Trees 

02 Perform Aerial Rescue 

CS30 Maintain and Operate a Chainsaw 

CS31 Fell Small Trees 

CS39 Use a Chainsaw from a Rope and Harness 

CS40 Carry out Pruning Operations 

CS41 Undertake Sectional Felling 

CS47 Use of Chainsaw from a MEWP 

First Aid Appointed Person 

Risk Assessment 

Roads and Street Works Act Units 1 & 2