Certificate III in Arboriculture (Works Coordinator)

• Supervise a team to ensure safe tree arborist operations, conduct a safety audit and provide First Aid

• Audit tree operations to ensure accurate work has been completed

• Perform pruning operations and ground-based rigging

• Identify trees, inspecting them for how to access and complete arboriculture work, and implement a tree maintenance program

• Trim, cut, and manually fell trees at an intermediate level using chainsaws

• Maintain chainsaws

• Skills to supervise and communicate with your team in arborist operations

• Confidence to complete safety audits and tree defect evaluations

• Knowledge to work safely in the arboriculture industry

• Confidence in your plant and tree management

• Experience in rigging techniques

• There are no entry requirements for this qualification. You can enrol now.

Traineeship 

• TAFE NSW also offers the Certificate III in Arboriculture (Works Coordinator) as a traineeship. To be eligible to enrol in the course as a trainee you must:

• Be in relevant employment as a Trainee, as this course is delivered in the workplace. You will need to submit a signed traineeship contract, as evidenced by a letter of support from your employer, and your Training Plan Proposal (TPP) with your application.

• Please ensure your Australian Network Provider (ANP) uses the Vocational Training Order (VTO ID) 7634 for your application.

• Thinking about a traineeship? Enquire today.

• To complete this course, you may need to attend a different TAFE NSW campus for specialist units, as training is pooled across Yallah (in Wollongong), Richmond, Padstow, Ryde, and Wetherill Park campuses. This arrangement ensures effective training, and your teacher will inform you when assessments are scheduled and if travel to another campus is necessary.

• The ability to provide your own steel-capped boots, long sleeve shirts and chainsaw protective pants (chaps) in drill cotton. These are required on the first day of class.

• A class C Car licence, to transport tools and vehicles around a range of TAFE NSW simulated environments that may be distant from your campus location

• Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) at a Year 12 high school level, to read arboriculture references, chemical labels, safety data sheets, and perform basic mathematical calculations

• TAFE NSW may ask you to complete a Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) skills test. This skills test helps us to understand your individual study needs, to design an individualised plan that supports your study success and ensures your LLN skills match the demands of the course.