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Howiya lads.. ive injured myself in work unfortunately and am looking at taking the time off to upskill and hopefully get to Inspection level.

 

All the HCC courses are RFS and ABC but the Arb Diploma isint. I think im abit late for the Tree Life courses and the HCC dont seem to be doing it by terms. Its also a distant learning im looking for so i can get on with it asap.

 

Your light much appreciated

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I don't think the HCC dip is accredited so unless the person interviewing you doesn't really know what they are doing, it wont get you very far.  If you are going down this route then I would go with the one that is awarded by ABC as this is an accredited course and will get you onto the next level.  They only do L2 but you will need minimum L4 for surveying ideally, L6 for planning and expert witness, again ideally.  L2 is a good starting point though.  I think Treelife do a correspondence version called Tree-mail that you can start any time, at least they used to although they don't encourage it.  There is also the ISA as an entry level that you can realistically study yourself and then step up to L4 from that, it will be a bit of a jump but its doable.   

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23 minutes ago, CanopyKing said:

Thanks will get on it

Just a had another thought.  Check how the portfolio is assessed for the ABC qualification as it isn't clear on the HCC website.  It should be assessed formatively as you progress by the tutor as you need to meet 100% of the assessment criteria.  i.e. If they mark it and you get 70%, they should give it back to you and tell you what areas you need to improve on to get to 100%.   It would then be subject to summative assessment by ABC at the end of the course which should be a formality if the tutor has done their job right with the formative assessment.   Its no good them sending you info and leaving you to get on with it and then only checking at the end.  That isn't how the ABC courses work.  Also check if the ABC assessment is included in the course fee or if you have to arrange it yourself. 

 

Good luck

 

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