On Tuesday 28th September the VTIO in partnership with Council Arboriculture Victoria (CAV) will be running a workshop on tree hazard assessment in the beautiful grounds of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.
Details are still to be finalised, but we hope to be working with several leading speakers to cover a range of topics related to visual tree assesment, identifying structural weak points and discussing targets, as well as offering a guided ‘walk and talk’ around some of the interesting trees in the gardens. Further information will be posted here as soon as it becomes available.
Registration is available using the form given here.
The dates for the Victorian Tree Climbing Competition have also been pencilled in – we hope to run the competition across the weekend of October 23rd/24th, with the venue tentatively confirmed as Warragul. Further details and entry forms will be given here as they become available.
And so another Arborcamp has been and gone. It was a great weekend, with lots of workshops and activites: hopefully everyone had a good time, and picked up a few new tricks! Thanks to everyone who took part, helped run events or cleaned up afterwards. A full write-up of the weekend can be found on the Arborcamp page.
The VTIO would particularly like to thank our Gold Sponsor, Cannings Outdoor Power Equipment of Mt Waverley. Cannings has been a leading importer, manufacturer, distributor and retailer in the Outdoor Power Equipment Industry for over 50 years, as well as being importers and suppliers of high quality Yale ropes, world standard climbing gear and industrial height safety equipment and techniques, through the ATRAES brand. Cannings are always ready to offer their support to the industry, particularly through their sponsorship of events such as Arborcamp and the annual Victorian Tree Climbing Competition.
The VTIO relies on the support of its sponsors to continue to host events such as Arborcamp and the annual Victorian Tree Climbing Competition. We would like to thank our Silver Sponsors: Bandit Tree Equipment; Treegear; and Vermeer. All put in to help fund the event, and were there on the day to give their support to the industry, and to demonstrate their products.
In addition, Arborcamp was held with the support of our Trade Sponsors. The VTIO would like to thank Arbormaster; Rayco; Arbortrim; Citywide Tree Care and Mt William Tree Nursery.
The next Victorian Arborcamp will be held in 2012, as next year sees the world Arborcamp coming to Australia for the first time, and we will be putting our energies toward helping with that. Hopefully we will see you all there, but if not, see you in 2012!
The Victorian Tree Industry Organisation would like to thank all of the sponsors, judges and competitors who made the 2009 Victorian Tree Climbing Championship such a success. Congratulations to Grant Cody for winning the Men’s Masters’ Challenge, and to Jessica Knott for retaining the Women’s title . André Saudan won the Men’s B-Grade, and Zac Goyen-Shearer won the inaugural C-Grade Competition.
The results for each grade can be downloaded using the links below.
Men’s Masters’ Challenge
Men’s A-Grade Preliminary Results
Men’s B-Grade Final Results
Women’s Preliminary Results
Student (C) Grade Final Results
The VTIO is proud to announce a new service for its members, and for the wider arboricultural community in Victoria.
Our new Employment Platform will allow anyone looking for work in the industry to send their information to many prospective employers by filling out a single form. And any employer who wishes to subscribe to the service will receive brief details of every suitable candidate who applies.
Please visit our new employment page for more details.