Arboriculturist

Level 4 Arboriculturist Apprenticeship Standard. This occupation is found in arboricultural, utility, facilities management and grounds maintenance organisations. These include local authorities, arboricultural consultancies, estates, commercial organisations and charities. The broad purpose of the occupation is to undertake tree inspections and surveys, recording information on tree management databases and to evaluate each tree individually. Although evaluating a tree requires balancing a wide range of factors and is complex and varied by nature, Arboriculturists focus on well‑defined and more commonly found situations.

The Arboriculturist would be supported when dealing, for example, with ancient or veteran trees, those that are rare, those that are of historical or cultural importance or those involved in subsidence.

• Location:
  
  Workplace Delivery supported with Online Lectures and Tutorial Support
• Course length: 21 Months delivery plus end point assessment (Next intake is September 2025)
• Fees:
  Costs will be determined by several factors including size of employer and age of apprentice. Register for more information.

We’re looking for a Community Forester to help deliver woodland creation and management projects across Raise:
Cumbria Community Forest. This role will support the delivery of woodland creation and restoration projects with landowners, contractors, communities and volunteers across a range of sectors.

We’re looking for an Operations Manager to help lead and deliver forestry services across Raise:
Cumbria Community Forest. This role will lead woodland creation, management and monitoring projects across Cumbria, working with a range of funding programmes, partners and contractors. You’ll manage stakeholder relationships, project budgets, and compliance with environmental regulations.

The Project Officer will be the focal point for the Trust's work on woodland creation and tree planting. They will develop projects and work closely with other organisations active in woodland creation to drive a strategic approach to riparian woodland creation in the Lune catchment.

As the largest land manager in the country, Forestry England oversees a vast and diverse network of more than 1,500 forests and woods, spanning over 250,000 hectares. We often celebrate our landscapes for their natural beauty and ecological significance, yet they also harbour some of England’s most diverse habitats and ecological challenges.

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