buildings and footpaths. Michael Ellison of QTRA Tree
Safety Management has developed a Quantified Tree Risk Assessment (QTRA), that is becoming an accepted system, and a number of trained licensed users can be found around the UK. For a tree-failure hazard to
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exist, two criteria must be fulfilled. There must be potential for failure of the tree, and potential for injury or damage to result. The tree owner, or manager, needs to consider the likelihood of a combination of tree failure, people and property, resulting in harm, and the likely severity of the harm. The system enables tree assessors to allocate numerical estimates of risk, which can be compared with a generally accepted level of risk. There are three components of QTRA - 1) target; 2) impact potential and 3) probability of failure. The product of these component probabilities is referred to as the ‘Risk of Significant Harm’. More details can be found at
www.qtra.co.uk. An estate manager now has
two choices when inspecting his trees. He either becomes qualified, or has to use a qualified tree inspector. LANTRA Awards, the sector’s skills council, has created two qualifications for tree inspection through the Arboricultural Association:
1. Basic Tree Survey and Inspection
This course is a one day Lantra Awards course aimed at providing specific tree survey and inspection training at a basic level for contractors, highway engineers, tree wardens, grounds maintenance staff, rangers and other persons of a non- arboricultural background or with limited arboricultural knowledge. The course teaches them to identify obvious defects from ground level, and then to report their findings to a line manager. There is no assessment at the end of the day.
2. Professional Tree Inspection
A three day course that provides specific tree inspection training at an advanced level, for competent arboriculturists to enable them to identify defects from ground level, from a climbed inspection, or an inspection aided by the use of a Mobile Elevated Working Platform (MEWP). The course provides training in
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is if you are in a conservation area. You need to notify the planning authority of any work you wish to undertake by giving six weeks notice. My advice is always to talk to your local tree officer on a regular basis to sort out the problems before they occur. From the 1st October 2008 the
new TPO regulations came into force. These introduced a standard application form for work on protected trees, and a fast track appeals system. The forms are readily available
how to specify the necessary remedial works and record the inspection process. This then forms part of a defensible system. At the end of the course, candidates undertake a competence based assessment directly related to tree inspection. This qualification is being
specified by many public authorities for arboricultural consultants carrying out inspections.
Tree Preservation Orders
Want to carry out tree surgery or simply fell a few? Take care, they may be subject to a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) applied by your local planning authority. If you are not sure always check.
on your local council website, usually in the planning section. Fill out the form with details of the work planned and either a plan or sketch of the site. If permission is refused, there is an option to appeal (at no cost) which usually results in a site inspection by a government inspector before a final decision is made.
Useful Web pages:
For land training qualifications
www.lantra.co.uk
Arboriculture Information Exchange
www.aie.org.uk
The Arboricultural Association (AA), who set out to raise standards and research in the industry, offer a number of training courses at different levels.
www.trees.org.uk
Quantified Tree Risk Assessment (QTRA)
www.qtra.co.uk
Forestry Commission
www.forestry.gov.uk
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