National Certificate in Horticulture (Arboriculture) (Level 4) ‘Advanced’

This qualification includes and builds on the requirements for award of the National Certificate in Horticulture (Arboriculture) (Level 4)

This is a certificate for people engaged in a career in the arboricultural sector of the horticulture industry. The ‘Advanced’ qualification recognises the skills of a qualified arborist. People credited with the strand are able to demonstrate competence in the knowledge and skills required by industry to work in the arboriculture sector with full autonomy.

This course has a selection of optional and prescribed specialist content, it contains NZQA Unit Standards in the following:
- Advanced arboricultural tree climbing
- Advanced tree care and pruning
- Advanced felling and tree dismantling
- Managing complex sites and situations
- Writing and understanding reports

Thoughtplanters deliver this course to those in the workplace in conjunction with Telford, a division of Lincoln University