Arboriculture Officer

Job Title: Arboriculture Officer

Location: Dudley

Rate: £21.65 per hour

Job Purpose:

To be one of the councils professional officers for arboriculture, advising council members, officers other department, members of the public, Borough solicitor and risk management officer on tree related issues and to ensure the sensitive and appropriate management of the borough's tree stock to be responsible for the management organisation and administration of the arboriculture team for a specific area of the borough

Background/Experience

Experience of managing staff and budgets
Experience of producing technical documents on reports writing
Competent in ICT skills including MS office applications and working with databases
Familiarity with condition assessment of trees and VTA
Knowledge of modern arboriculture practices
Experience of working with the publicQualifications and Training

Recognised arboriculture qualification to national diploma level or above
Must have a category B driving licencePractical Skills

The ability to identify trees and diagnose injury disease decay and structural defects
A working knowledge of legislation applicable to trees in particular planning legislation tree preservation order and relevant British standards
A working knowledge of all aspects of arboriculture operational techniques and tree management including health and safety issues on risk assessments
Knowledge and understanding of nature conservation and bell diversity issues including wildlife and habitat management

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