211-266 Amenity Tree Management

Availability

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

211-253 Amenity Vegetation Management.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Upon completing this subject the student should be able to:

• design tree surveys and technologies to suit a range of situations;

• read plans;

• locate and asses trees and interpret arboricultural specifications;

• diagnose and manage stressed and defective trees;

• quantify and cost tree management works;

• understand safety issues relating to managerial and supervisory aspects of arboriculture;

• manage an arboricultural work site;

• and understand the law, insurance, competitive tendering, quality control and tree maintenance scheduling.

The content includes:

• arboricultural safety;

• supervisory and managerial;

• managing defective trees;

• tree replacement strategies;

• tree locating and assessment;

• designing tree surveys;

• diagnosing and alleviating stress in trees;

• advanced hazard assessment;

• tree maintenance scheduling;

• costing and quoting on arboricultural works;

• insurance, trees and the law;

• competitive tendering;

• specifications and quality control;

• and managing an arboricultural operation.

Assessment

One three-hour written examination worth 50% of final marks, two assignments equivalent to 2500 words and worth 25% of final marks each.