Training too be a surveyor

[christrees]

Hi all, I've been a tree surgeon for the last 12 years and have all my chainsaw licenses and a good general knowledge on trees, but I've always fancied been a surveyor does any1 have any advice abought training etc that I could do that wouldn't interfere too much with my general workday ie short courses or online based courses?? Cheers

 

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[bob]

I got a lot out of the professional tree inspectors course and 9 on my course were utility surveyors

Only 3 days so not too bad but not cheap IMO

[christrees]

Cheers Bob had a look into them just didn't know how they held up in a legal sense on giving proffesional advice

 

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[TreeTiger]

Industry standard is LANTRA PTI. Did mine with TreeLife.

Having this has got me work that I otherwise wouldn't have got.

For instance Transport for London insisted on their surveyors being PTI qualified.

Maybe have a chat with treelife and they will advise if you have the requisite knowledge or if you should do basic tree inspection first....

[penfold]

Adverts I have seen have either asked for PTI or level 3 or above.

 

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[10 Bears]

Purely for reference, this is the reason why the levels were chosen Forsters - News - Publications

 

although that said, Atkins Vs. Scott 2008 subsequently established the principle that qualifications aren't everything and experience can be a suitable qualifier for this type of work...