Newlands Training to Increase Countryside Safety With Lantra Awards Course in Professional Tree Inspection

DORCHESTER, England, May 12, 2010 - From June 2010 leading Dorset Arboriculture training
(www.newlandstraining.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=5) provider,
Newlands Training will be offering the rarely taught Lantra Awards Course in
Professional Tree Inspection. This 3 day course aims to provide specific tree
inspection training at an advanced level and is the follow-on qualification
to basic tree inspection. Aimed at competent arboriculturist, the course will
enable holders of the qualification to care for and manage trees
professionally, making estates, green spaces and public gardens safer places
to visit.

'We have decided to run this course as there is a real need for advanced
training in this area,' said Lesley Simpson, Newlands Training
(www.newlandstraining.com/) Managing Director. 'Dorset is full of
beautiful tree specimens which to the untrained eye may look perfect. Funghi
can lurk in the internal areas of these huge trees, which if left untreated
are accidents waiting to happen, especially in public places. The Lantra
course will teach arboricultirists with basic training to identify and treat
such trees, preventing the occurrence of unnecessary accidents.'

The basic course requirement is that trainees have at least a Level 3
arboricultural qualification before applying. The Lantra Awards Course in
Tree Inspection provides training in how to specify necessary remedial works
and record the inspection process. At the end of the course candidates will
undertake a competence based assessment directly related to tree inspection.
The course is not aimed at covering report writing; however it will involve a
written exam, fungal identification and tree inspection. Tree climbing and
use of MEWP will not be required during the course and prospective trainees
should have an in-depth knowledge of plant and arboricultural science,
including a thorough knowledge of wood decaying fungi, identification and
interpretation of signs and symptoms of ill health and structural failure
across a wide range of tree species and circumstances. Competence in tree
inspection and survey is also a pre-requisite.

For more information visit the Newlands Training website
www.newlandstraining.com/media/2010/05/lantra-awards-course or contact
Lesley Simpson on +44(0)1305-848454

For more information visit the Newlands Training website www.newlandstraining.com/media/2010/05/lantra-awards-course or contact
Lesley Simpson on +44(0)1305-848454