Tree Workers maintain and care for individual trees and shrubs in urban environments by pruning and shaping branches, treating for pests and disease, removing dead or decaying trees, and advising on general tree care. They often employ specialist skills including aerial access of the tree using rope access or elevated work platforms.
Occupation description
Tree Workers maintain and care for individual trees and shrubs in urban environments by pruning and shaping branches, treating for pests and disease, removing dead or decaying trees, and advising on general tree care. They often employ specialist skills including aerial access of the tree using rope access or elevated work platforms.
Occupations considered suitable under this ANZSCO code:
- Tree Surgeon
- Utility Tree Worker
Occupations not considered suitable under this ANZSCO code:
- Forester
- Park Ranger
Tree Worker is a VETASSESS Group D occupation
This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the educational level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Certificate III or higher. Applicants can fulfil the assessment criteria for this occupation in one of four ways.
* Highly relevant paid employment duration (20 hours or more per week)
Pathways 1–3
minimum years of post-qualification employment highly relevant to the nominated occupation, completed at an appropriate skill level in the five years before the date of application for a Skills Assessment.
Pathway 4
minimum 4 years of relevant employment required – Three years of relevant employment (can be outside the last 5-year period) in addition to at least one year of highly relevant employment within the last five years before applying.
A positive assessment of both qualification level and employment duration is required for a positive Skills Assessment outcome.
Qualification & employment criteria
AQF Certificate IV
Focus areas include:
- Arboriculture
- Forestry
- Horticulture
Employment
Highly relevant tasks include:
- examining individual trees to assess their condition, potential risks associated with limbs or trees falling, and determine treatment
- climbing trees using ropes and harnesses and elevated work platforms to reach limbs and branches
- maintaining and caring for trees and shrubs by pruning limbs and shaping branches using chain and handsaws
- removing dead and decaying trees, and grinding out tree stumps
- clearing trees from overhead electricity and telecommunications lines
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