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Qualifications

All Frontier Forestry staff members hold National Proficiency Tests Council (NPTC) and LANTRA qualifications.  We undertake regular external and in-house audits of our working practices to ensure our continued compliance with Arboricultural and Forestry Advisory Group (AFAG) and HSE guidelines.

Additional Staff Qualifications and Training

In addition to mandatory levels of training, all of our staff members undergo regular First Aid refresher training and undertake regular Aerial Rescue practice. 

Other staff qualifications within the company include a Royal Forestry Society (RFS) Certificate in Arboriculture, a City & Guilds in Arboriculture, an Advanced National Certificate in Arboriculture and a NPTC Certificate of Competence for Utility (Electrical) Arboriculture. Members of our staff hold International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) qualifications in the use of Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWP) so we are able to deal safely and efficiently with dangerous trees that are unsafe to climb.

Managing Director Andrew Jenkins is a qualified Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment (LOLER) Inspector in the Thorough Examination of Arboricultural Equipment, holds a BSc in Estate Management and an HND in Land Administration and is an HGV Licence holder. He also holds qualifications in Bat Awareness in Trees and Hazard Assessment of Trees.