Apprentice Arboriculturist - Level 4 - CMB

Apprenticeship – Arboriculturist - Level 4

Salary: From September 2026 – £8.00 per hour (Apprenticeship Wage – first 12 months). If 19 years old or over, after 12 months your salary will increase to the minimum wage for your age.

Hours: 37 hours per week

Location: Carlisle

Contract: Apprenticeship

Start Date: From September 2026 onwards

Apprenticeship Duration: Typically 30 months

Closing Date: 9th March

Interviews: Between 30th March – 20th April 2026

Kickstart your career as an Arboriculturist with Cumberland Council! Join a team that protects, manages, and champions our trees and woodlands. You’ll learn how to assess tree health, manage risks, and support decisions that shape our local environment. Expect hands‑on experience supervising contractors, handling enquiries, and applying real‑world tree law. You’ll work with the public, landowners, and infrastructure teams while building specialist skills in planning, surveying, and woodland management.

This apprenticeship is perfect for someone who loves the outdoors, wants real responsibility, and is ready to grow a career that makes a visible impact across the community.

• Assess tree health and safety across Cumberland
• Plan and deliver professional tree surveys
• Support decisions on tree work, planning and legal duties
• Work with contractors and check quality on‑site
• Give advice to colleagues, landowners and the public

• Please complete the online application form and read all the Supporting Information, including the Apprenticeship Description carefully to help you complete your application.
• Ensure you have answered the three questions telling us why you’re interested and how you have or would develop the essential skills, qualities and behaviours and give examples. Please remember to indicate which apprenticeship you are applying for – it could be both!
• List all your qualifications, including any predicted exam grades.
• If you have any additional information you’d like to provide to support your application, for example a copy of your CV or a covering letter, please upload it with your application form.

Training providers will carry out eligibility checks. Some of the details you have included in your application form – e.g. name, date of birth, home address, email address, telephone/mobile number and qualifications – will be shared with commissioned apprenticeship training providers for the purpose of the recruitment, training and management of the apprenticeship programme.

We believe in cultivating potential over perfection. If this apprenticeship sounds like you and you resonate with our values, we encourage you to apply or contact earlycareersandappre for an informal chat prior to your application.

Cumberland Council is an ambitious and forward‑thinking authority dedicated to shaping a better future for our communities. We are passionate about creating a vibrant future by addressing inequalities, fostering thriving economies, and protecting our environment.

We welcome applications from everyone. At Cumberland Council, we are dedicated to enhancing the diversity of our workforce, striving to mirror the rich tapestry of the communities we proudly serve. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and are devoted to fostering an inclusive, supportive culture that embraces and appreciates our unique differences.

As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that applicants with disabilities, meeting the essential criteria for this position, are guaranteed an interview as part of our commitment to equal opportunities.

We’re also an Age Friendly Employer, meaning we commit to providing an inclusive workplace for people in their 50s and 60s and taking the necessary action to help them flourish in a multigenerational workforce.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. If you require any reasonable adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please let either the hiring manager or our Resourcing Team know on  Adjustments are not always guaranteed, although we will endeavour to make adjustments that are…