This prestigious CPD event is based upon the highly successful 2007 workshop and similar training and assessment courses that Claus has previously run in Singapore. It is aimed at experienced practitioners who are already reasonably familiar with the concept and principles of visual tree assessment. To ensure that all participants have the opportunity to discuss the subject trees directly with Claus and thus derive the greatest benefit from the training, numbers will be strictly limited to a maximum of eighteen delegates.

The first day will consist of indoor lectures at the Field Head Hotel, focussing on the updated VTA field guide in the morning and covering tree engineering aspects in the afternoon.

The following three days will be spent in the field, primarily in the historic Bradgate Deer Park and adjacent woodlands, and include practical exercises on symptom detection, defect confirmation and evaluation, failure analysis of broken or windthrown trees, and the selection and detailing of mechanical aids.

Delegates will be subject to an oral examination during the final day and, upon satisfactory completion of this, will obtain a certificate confirming their status as a 'VTA USER WITH INTENSIVE ELITE TRAINING'

As you will appreciate, this is a high calibre training event and due to its duration and the limited number of delegates has had to be priced accordingly. The delegate fee (on a non-residential basis) will be £1400.00 plus V.A.T. (£1610.00 incl.), which will include the provision of a suite of relevant books by Claus. Lunch and refreshments are included in the cost and will be provided at the hotel on the first day and in the visitor centre complex in the centre of Bradgate Park on the following three days.

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Claus explaining the compensatory
growth of a hollow veteran oak

Failure diagnosis

Discussing the background formulae for tree container dimension calculation