Arboriculture Warnborough College

Overview

You learn about the standard tree surgery practices, to prune and train both young and established trees, and safety measures to follow.

Aims of the Arboriculture course from Warnborough College

• Describe measures to provide healthy trees in different situations, including appropriate plant selection.

• Explain tree biology, including morphology, anatomy and physiology, as it relates to arboriculture.

• Develop procedures to manage soils for improved tree growth.

• Develop procedures for managing health disorders with trees, including environmental, pest and disease problems.

• Determine surgical techniques commonly used in arboriculture to repair damage to plants

• Explain tree surgery techniques commonly used in arboriculture to prune growth.

• Determine appropriate equipment for arboricultural practice.

• Determine appropriate workplace health and safety practices for an arboricultural workplace

Examples of what you might do on this course

• Distinguish between plants in order to identify different trees.

• Prepare plant reviews, naming and describing many different trees.
• Explain how to treat three specified soil related problems that can effect trees.
• Investigate a specific horticultural workplace (eg. a park or tree plantation) and determine the requirements for a tree survey program.
• Using diagrams, show the difference between the way phloem and xylem function.
• Explain the physiological processes which cause a tree to increase in size.