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Before you prune, consider roosting bats!

Dead trees and branches can pose a threat to our safety – but they are also important habitat.  Here’s some information on bat habitat to consider when you prune.

  • Why do bats need a roost?  In Australia, most “microbats” (small, insect eating bats) rely on shelters like tree hollows as a place to roost, where they can rest extreme daytime temperatures.
  • Bats use roosts for shelter during the day, and also at night when they rest between feeding excursions. During the breeding season, female bats will group together in maternity roosts to raise their young.
  • Many bats like to use a number of roost sites, moving between them on a regular basis, so it’s important to have many suitable roost trees for bats to use.

To find out more read the attached flyer.

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Habitat Creation Documents:

A Manual of techniques to create simulated natural cavities in Slender Cypress Pine

Characteristics and uptake of simulated natural cavities for Major Mitchell Cockatoos in Slender Cypress Pine

“These documents provide a case study of the creation and restoration of habitat hollows in trees for a threatened species.  For more information on the use of these techniques, please contact Grant Harris of Ironbark Environmental Arboricultural at grant@ironbarkenviroarb.com”

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Tree Protection Documents:

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Tree-Protection-and-Structural-Root-Zone-Radii-for-Trees

Zone-of-Rapid-Taperii

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Health and Arborists

Please read our latest health documents created for Arborists by David Hall, Physiotherapist, Trainer and Facilitator for the VTIO

Mental Wellbeing for Arborists

Health Wellbeing for Arborists

Manual Handling for Tree Workers

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GPS Log Sheet

Feel free to print off and use for easy reference.

Hollow dimensions

If you were at the workshop some months back you would have been told about the downloads for Hollow Dimensions and also Nest Box Installation. The link below will provide that information.

Habitat Hollow Creation

Updated PDF of Habitat Hollow Creation, to be used as demonstrated in several workshops.  Document includes full guidelines for the creation of habitat hollows in trees, as well as a table giving a selection of habitat hollow sizes appropriate for a range of Victorian birds and animals.  For more information on the use of these techniques, please contact Pat Kenyon of Tree Tactics on 0419 567454.  Revised 13.09.10.

Working the Angles

Revised PDF of simple force vector applications in tree climbing and rigging.  Related to topics briefly raised at Arborcamp 2010, then covered in more detail in Advanced Tree Climbing Workshop I.   Any questions or comments please contact Joe Harris of The Tree Works on 0400 420079;  joe.elsewhere@gmail.com.  Revised 24.07.10.

Introduction to Redirects

PDF of redirect use, featuring fairly comprehensive list of basic, complex and obsolete artificial redirects.  Details on The Redirect Challenge.  A handout for VTIO Advanced Tree Climbing Workshop I.  Any questions or comments please contact either Grant Cody of TreeSpec (codza@bigpond.com) or Joe Harris (contact details above).  Revised 22.07.10.

Single Rope Technique

A primer in the basics of SRT, featuring a guide to a variety of systems.  A PDF handout for VTIO Advanced Tree Climbing Workshop I, which includes a revised section on ‘Working with SRT’ and some tips for clever access line use.  For more information, or if you know a good system that ought to be included in this document, please contact Joe Harris of The Tree Works (joe.elsewhere@gmail.com) Revised 25.07.10.

Knots for Arboriculture

PDF covering the basics of rope selection and use; a list of knots and their strengths and weaknesses.  Covers (almost) every knot that a climber could need.  Written by Scott Sharpe and Frank Somerville.

VTIO Draft Climbing Guidelines

Draft copy of the proposed Victorian Tree Industry Organisation Tree Climbing Guidelines.  These are published online to solicit comment from interested parties, with the intention of creating a document which defines and represents as accurately as possible what we as tree workers in Victoria think of as best practice in tree climbing.  If you wish to contribute or think the guidelines can be improved, please use the comment form on the guidelines page.

VTIO Draft PPE and Climbing Gear Inspection Record

Draft excel spreadsheet for climbers to document monthly and bi-annual climbing gear and PPE inspections, as recommended in the VTIO Draft Climbing Guidelines.  Can be completed electronically, or printed out and filled in by hand.  Will be used as climbing gear inspection sheet in the VTIO climbing competitions.  Questions or comments please contact Kiah Martin(kiahmartin@hotmail.com).

Habitat Creation Documents:

A Manual of techniques to create simulated natural cavities in Slender Cypress Pine

Characteristics and uptake of simulated natural cavities for Major Mitchell Cockatoos in Slender Cypress Pine

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