If you plan to purchase any tree climbing equipment from Treetools make sure you know exactly how to use this gear before you get into a tree. The following educational institutions offer arboricultural and climbing tuition.
thoughtplanters grow better thinkers. They provide advanced technical skills, effective supervision, management and leadership training and coaching for the green industry both in New Zealand and Asia. thoughtplanters is a Private Training Establishment headed by Richard Wanhill, Trevor Gardiner and Mark Roberts - provider of training to the New Zealand Horticulture Industry Training Organisation (NZHITO).
thoughtplanters
Hort Training New Zealand are specialist providers of industry training in the horticulture sector and their courses include Certificates and Diplomas in Arboriculture. Training can be conducted on-site or in the classroom and they also provide generic and specific horticulture options.
Hort Training New Zealand
Telford Rural Polytechnic offer training and diplomas in agriculture, equine, forestry and arboriculture. The Telford Certificate in Arboriculture is a short course designed for those wishing to enter the arb industry. Telford is located in Balclutha, Otago.
Telford Rural Polytechnic
Waikato Institute of Technology is based in the Hamilton Gardens and offers a Diploma in Arboriculture (Level 6) which combines theoretical classroom work with practical hands-on learning. This is the highest arboricultural qualification available in New Zealand. Wintec has strong relationships in Europe, USA and the UK and their qualification is bench marked against international standards.
Waikato Institute of Technology
Otago Polytechnic provides a Certificate in Arboriculture (Level 4). The programme teaches a wide range of practical arboricultural skills: pruning, felling, transplanting and maintaining the health of trees. Based in Dunedin.
Otago Polytechnic
ARBTALK discussion forum for arborists covering the latest in tree climbing gear and techniques. Some of New Zealand's leading tree climbers are members - talk to the experts.
Arbtalk UK
TreeBuzz.com was originally designed as a daily web-stop for arborists covering ITCC and the TCI expo as well as local workshops and seminars. Now it is a forum for practicing arborists - an excellent way to learn all the ins and outs of tree work.
TreeBuzz.com
Treemagineers Mark Bridge, Chris Cowell and Bernd Strasser are well known for their presentations and success in tree climbing competitions but perhaps their biggest contribution to arboriculture is the development of exciting new products. The
Treemotion, Ocean Polyester and the
Hitch Climber make excellent examples. A site well worth visiting.
Treemagineers
Portable Winch is based in Canada and they make the best 'portable winch' on the market. The site is full of tips and helpful advice for rigging a winch system along with technical specifications, applications etc for the Portable Winch itself.
Portable Winch
Pro Climb offer climbing services for arboriculture, forestry and vegetation management - they also make one of the best lowering bollards on the market. Headed by international arborist Andreas (Rossy) Ross, Pro Climb offer professional tree rigging workshops aimed at arborist companies and individuals wishing to extend their rigging knowledge.
Pro Climb
Jords tree Climbing Corner is a Facebook website written by Australian climber Jordan Glossop. If you want to know anything about the Asia-Pacific Tree Climbing scene, login to Facebook and have a look at the wealth of information available on Jords website - worth registering with Facebook!
Jords Tree Climbing Corner
Northland Tree Climbers Assocaition is another Facebook-based website. The NTCA was initiated by well known tree climbers Joe Cooper and Troy Alderton. They also started the Agathis Tree Climbers Crisis Fund to offer support to tree climbers in need. The Agathis Fund generates income from the sale of the Agathis Fund
lanyard and other fund raising events supported by the New Zealand tree climbing community.
Northland Tree Climbers Association
Climb Every Thing this is my life. Johno Smith, Zane Wedding and Drew Bristow form the Climb Everything team. They are all experts in their field - if you want something climbed - talk to these guys! Also check out the Climb Every Thing
Facebook page for their latest clmbing stunt!
Climb Every Thing