Arborist

Fulltime hours as a Casual in a Local Council working in their urban forestry crew.

This position is located in the Ivanhoe area.

Pay rate: $35.44 per hour
**Position**:

- Assists in the management of Councils tree population to be healthy, provide high amenity and remain a low risk of causing injury to the community and damage to property.
- Inspect and report on arboriculture matters
- Provide high quality arboriculture advice and technical support to Council staff, business units, and relevant service authorities
- Provide excellent Customer Service so that the Community is satisfied in the way that Council delivers tree management services including tree replacement

**Essential**:

- Certificate/ Diploma/ High level National accreditation in Arboriculture (cert 3 or higher is required) combined with significant experience in tree management
- Experience in the planning and completion of work programs within agreed timeframes and to specified standards.
- Experience writing high quality arboriculture assessments
- Demonstrated ability to supervise contractors to achieve specified and established standards of performance
- Demonstrated excellence in providing customer service to internal and external clients
- Current ESI Powerline Vegetation Control
- Current elevated work platform
- Current MR Driver’s Licence

A Police Check, Working with Children's check are required for this role upon successful placement