RFS Certificate Level 2

[mindofmercury]

Hi there,

 

I'm new to this site, apologies if this question has been comprehensively answered already...!

 

My father is a tree consultant - he got into it through the surgery route, with later study, qualifications etc.

 

I've been working part-time for him for several years now, helping out on reports, doing site visits, measuring trees, drawing scale plans first on paper, then AutoCAD, etc.

 

I'm looking to be more useful in the business (junior consultant sort of thing), but need to learn more about trees, and how they actually work!

 

Bottom line: Will the RFS level 2 course be a good way to go as I aim to become a junior consultant in the future (e.g. go on to level 4, 6 perhaps)? (And to get the Cert. Arb. RFS qualification, will I need NPTC certs.?)

 

I can only train/work part-time at the moment, having other time constraints.

 

Thank you all for your time in considering these questions.

[testcricket01]

hi ive just finished a RFS course this year, you need no qualifications in the trade to do it, it was part time 1 day a week in college, you learn theory side of trees how they work, tree surveys, latin names, fungi etc etc good starter course i would have said