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Hiring, pay and careers

Official pay tables, minimum pay rules, career paths, apprenticeships, job boards and working abroad.

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Becoming an arborist

Certifications & courses

Apprenticeships in tree work, country by country

The official apprenticeship routes into tree work in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, with the hours, terms and funding the government pages state.

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Work & pay

Do you need a degree to be an arborist?

What government career pages and ISA say about degrees, college programs and other routes into arborist work in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

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Work & pay

How do you become a tree surgeon in the UK?

The routes the National Careers Service lists, the entry requirements it gives, the apprenticeship standard behind the Arborist apprenticeship, and what HSE says about training.

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Work & pay

How do you become an arborist in Australia?

The national qualifications on training.gov.au for ground workers and climbing arborists, how they are packaged, and what Arboriculture Australia says about the skills shortage list.

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Work & pay

How do you become an arborist in Canada?

What Job Bank, Skilled Trades Ontario, SkilledTradesBC and the government of Quebec say about the routes into arborist work, with hours, exams and certificate status for each.

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Work & pay

How do you become an arborist in New Zealand?

The qualifications Tahatu lists for arborists, what the WorkSafe arboriculture code says about qualified arborists, and the employer subsidy and student membership pages.

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Work & pay

How long is an arborist apprenticeship?

The hours and years that Skilled Trades Ontario, SkilledTradesBC, the government of Quebec, TCIA and the National Careers Service give for arborist apprenticeships.

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Start here: tree work in Australia

One page that maps the essentials of tree work in Australia, where each state and territory has its own regulator: who publishes safety rules, which tickets employers name, the national and state associations, pay sources, pest reporting and work rights.

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Start here: tree work in Canada

One page that maps the essentials for tree work in Canada, where the provinces set most of the rules: who writes the safety rules, what employers ask for, where pay figures live, and which official pages to open.

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Start here: tree work in Ireland

One page that maps the essentials of tree work in Ireland: who publishes the safety rules, what the chainsaw training guidance says, the apprenticeship and college routes, the main association and where the forest felling rule sits.

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Start here: tree work in New Zealand

One page that maps the essentials of tree work in New Zealand: the WorkSafe code of practice, what the code says about qualifications, the industry association, pay sources, pest reporting and where work rights are checked.

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Start here: tree work in the United Kingdom

One page that maps the essentials of tree work in the United Kingdom: who publishes the safety rules, which tickets employers name, the main association, where pay figures live, how to report a tree pest and how to check work rights.

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Start here: tree work in the United States

One page that maps the essentials for tree work in the United States: who sets the safety rules, what employers ask for, where pay figures live, and which official pages to open.

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Career paths

Climber pay

Groundsman pay

Contract climbers

Job boards

Working abroad