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Whether Wikipedia is trustable or not, the definition is still pretty fair. Use any dictionary and I think it'll be pretty similar.

 

Just implying it's not a reputable source... :001_smile: You'd come across as smarter if you used a proper dictionary... :001_tongue:

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It seems that there are as many definitions of "tree surgeon" as there are posters.

I think anyone taking part in tree surgery is a tree surgeon. There is of course bad tree surgery done by bad tree surgeons, good tree surgery carried out by good tree surgeons. NPTC qualified tree surgeons, experienced tree surgeons, fat ones thin ones and ones who cant spell.

The argument about NPTC units is ridiculous, as anyone over 35 will tell you. I was a tree surgeon for 15 years before I took my first one. Previous to this I wasn't a cowboy, I wasn't incompetent.

Are countries outside of the remit of NPTC devoid of tree surgeons? No. Considering how easy NPTC units are, I think they serve little purpose in defining anything other than NPTC qualified.

 

A good tree surgeon is someone who has an understanding of why, shed loads of how and is mindful of the ifs.

Their attitude to their work and the quality of the work itself is all that really matters.

An arborist? kettle, fish. another.

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i still dont consider myself a tree surgeon as ive only been climbing a year (plus 2 years on the ground and 1 year at college) and there is so so much more i have to learn. if someone asks me what i do though i say 'i do tree work'. they usually think im some kind of lumberjack but i can be axxd explaining what a tree surgeon/arborist is. in the UK 9 out of 10 people wont have a clue what an arborist is. in NZ though evryone seems to know what arborists do for a living. weird.

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