European Arboricutural Council

[William]

Hi all,

 

Has anyone had any experience of the European Arboricultural Council: EAC -

 

I see that they offer 2 qualifications 1) European Tree Worker, and 2) European Tree Technician. Does anyone have one of these qualifications - are they of use in the UK?

 

Cheers:001_smile:

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Hi William,

 

The AA has a rep on EAC in Jonathon Cocking, AA Registered Consultant, just as a matter of interest.

 

However in response to your question the EAC 'Treeworker' qual. has mutual recognition across Europe with the ISA Certifieed Arborist...or at least that's as I understand it.

 

Reg Harris of Urban Forestry (Bury St Edmonds) arranged a recent course somewhere over that way, i.e. Suffolk, which was delivered by de Gouret Litchfield.

 

That said the qual is not widely availbale in the UK because of the prevalance of other quals., i.e. NC Arb / RFS Cert Arb / C&Gs Arb Phase II / ISA Cert Arb etc., but it may become so in the future.

 

Is it worth doing?...yes I'm sure it is, as any education is.

 

Sorry for my ramblings..

Paul

[storm]

Hello William.

 

Both the tree technician and treeworker are good qualifications to have. If you live in Europe. And since you live in the Uk i certainley wouldn't bother with these ones.

I myself am a qualified european treeworker. But only because when i moved from the UK to Holland i wasn't allowed to do any non-private treework anymore.

They just brought this qualification in to get arborists in Europe to work with the same method everywhere.

Maybe it is a good thing maybe not.

But i do think the name is badly chosen too. I would have preferred european arborist.

 

I hope this has helped you a bit.

 

 

Storm:confused1: