Services - CPD Seminars and Training
Aspect periodically offers training events and seminars on a number of key topics. Arboriculture is a rapidly changing and developing industry and the company makes considerable efforts to disseminate the latest up-to-date information whenever possible.
Key Topics
Trees and the planning process
This seminar offers a very valuable insight into how trees are assessed by Local Planning Authorities and how to best plan for sites with trees. The speaker, Dominic Scanlon, has over 14 years experience, including 10 years within local planning departments. This talk provides design advice, an understanding of why and how trees are such an important constraint to development and how best to deal with that constraint. The talk includes working examples and some of the pitfalls to watch out for. This seminar is essential to anyone involved in the planning and development sphere.
Tree Risk Management – Asset or Liability?
This seminar looks at current practice and recent case law to give tree owners and managers a realistic overview for managing trees near public access. The seminar provides the principles for simple and cost effective method for landowners and agents to ensure they manage any liability effectively.
Tree work specifications and applications
Increasingly LPA’s require a very high level of detail for tree work applications. They will frequently turn away or refuse applications without an appropriate level of detail. This seminar provides a valuable insight into the protected tree system and identifies ways of clearly specifying works that provides tree surgeons with a clear idea of what they need to do in the tree. This is suitable for all those carrying out or specifying and pricing tree surgery.
Other topics
We are happy to provide tailor made seminars on a wide range of tree related topics. We can provide special format seminars and presentations to organisations who would favour in house CPD training. Please contact us for further details.