Apprentice Arboricultural Consultant - Basingstoke - Level 6 - August 25 start onward

AECOM LIMITED

Basingstoke (RG21 7PP)

Closes in 31 days (Saturday 30 August 2025)

Posted on 28 July 2025

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Summary

In 'addition' to your identified external training provision in Arboriculture level 6 our Apprentice ADVANCE programme is designed to help you further build your career in AECOM consisting of instruction led sessions, webinars, and an assigned mentor. We also offer an attractive benefits package.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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Flexible benefits package Company contribution pension scheme Cycle to to work scheme Season ticket loan Free advice on finance, legal, medical Private medical insurance and life assurance 25 days annual leave 2 paid social value days

Training course
Professional arboriculturist (level 6)
Hours
Monday to Friday (Flexible timings). Total of 40 hours per week. Shifts to be confirmed.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 29 September 2025

Duration

3 years 6 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

Due to the continued growth and expansion of our Environmental Arboriculture and Forestry Team in our Basingstoke office we are looking to increase our technical workforce and are seeking to recruit an Apprentice Arboricultural Consultant to join our Team for an August 25 onwards start with a view to enrolling with a training provider either Sept 2025 or Sept 2026.

The training provider will be Myerscough College University who deliver the following course - Level 6 Professional Arboriculturist. The course is delivered mostly online but there is one week of college attendance during the third year. Accommodation at the college Preston site is made available for this.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an award-winning team (we won the Gold Green Apple Award for our tree protection measures for London’s Thames Tideway project). Ours is a supportive and growing team; with a full range of consultant grades, we provide excellent career support and development. We have our own integrated technical team producing our plans as well as a dedicated internal software development team and AI/Machine Learning specialists. We are part of a wider group of technical experts that includes planners, engineers, ecologists, and landscape architects, which enables knowledge sharing and support across the business. We work across a broad range of sectors and on a diverse range of projects in the UK and internationally.

About you

You will be proactive, competent, and passionate about delivering high quality work in the arboriculture sector.  You will also be a flexible and pragmatic team player with good attention to detail and a willingness to learn new skills.

About the job 

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop a career in this field, gaining valuable work experience and developing technical skills mentored by professionals within our established and successful consultancy.  

Projects

AECOM are at the forefront of delivering Arboriculture and Forestry Team assessments for a massive range of projects of all scales, from individual tree assessments to the nationally significant infrastructure projects that are providing for our future.  Key projects include sustainable energy generation and distribution and water distribution. 

You will be involved in a huge variety of different types of work.  Recent projects we have worked on include extensive BS5837 surveys in Cork, Ireland, forestry assessments in the Scottish Highlands, tree condition and BNG surveys in Manchester, providing technical advice for projects in the Middle East and veteran tree assessments in a heritage parkland in London.

Here’s what you’ll do:

As an Apprentice Arboricultural Consultant, you will be required to support the team.

Responsibilities will also include but are not limited to:  

  • Undertake tree surveys for planning purposes and to assess tree condition
  • Prepare arboriculture reports to BS 5837:2012, Arboriculture Impact Assessments (AIA) and Arboriculture Method Statements (AMS)
  • Prepare Tree Condition Reports
  • Working with other arboriculture and environmental professionals, in the planning, delivery and management of arboriculture and forestry services
  • Ensuring health and safety issues are embedded in project delivery from the outset

Where you'll work

AECOM, Midpoint
Alencon Link
Basingstoke
RG21 7PP

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

MYERSCOUGH COLLEGE

Training course

Professional arboriculturist (level 6)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Provide professional advice including on legal frameworks and environmental legislation.
  • Collect and evaluate arboricultural information and research papers including the identification and analysis of data trends.
  • Identify trees and their site requirements.
  • Create and interpret maps and plans.
  • Communicate technical and non-technical information using various methods and formats. Including verbal, written and electronic (methods) and graphs, tables, images and maps (formats).
  • Use GIS and CAD software.
  • Create business cases.
  • Interpret policy, legislation, regulation and organisational best practice.
  • Procure arboricultural services through a contract awarding or a tendering process.
  • Inspect trees in relation to abiotic and biotic tree health, structure, physiological condition and suitability for location.
  • Specify tree works to achieve defined objectives and which promote long-term tree health, quality standards, biosecurity measures, tree risk management and nuisance management.
  • Create a tree strategy to include application of tree risk management principles to inform decision making.
  • Apply tree valuation methods to inform decision making.
  • Specify tree planting and aftercare requirements. Including species selection, technical planting guidance and planting plans.
  • Identify existing and potential threats of tree pests and diseases; and plan management actions to prevent, treat and mitigate their impact on people, trees and habitats including any relevant legislation.
  • Choose the appropriate tree health and stability measuring and or monitoring technology (for example structural stability assessment equipment, biological activity monitors).
  • Manage own performance, identifying improvements and training requirements. Seek clarification when necessary, know limits of expertise and when specialist input is required.
  • Engage stakeholders impacted by changes to trees and manages their expectations.
  • Manage tree survey and inspection regimes for the strategic management of trees.
  • Find solutions in challenging and complex situations.
  • Lead and manage projects with multiple stakeholders.
  • Promote the organisation, products or services.
  • Assess and evaluate soil in relation to tree establishment, growth and health.
  • Manage employees, contractors or volunteers including compliance with employment legislation, health and safety, inclusion, performance, quality, training, recruitment, development and evaluation of processes to improve the efficiency and productivity of others.
  • Manage organisational systems. For example recording, monitoring or reporting systems.
  • Set, monitor and manage budgets
  • Manage professional relationships and interactions with others including negotiation, collaboration, advocacy, chairing and participating in meetings.
  • Advise on the management of trees in the context of design, planning and construction.
  • Advise on the management of trees in relation to the built environment.
  • Assess the type, purpose, benefits, condition and quality of woodland.
  • Provide professional advice including on legal frameworks and environmental legislation.
  • Collect and evaluate arboricultural information and research papers including the identification and analysis of data trends.
  • Identify trees and their site requirements.
  • Create and interpret maps and plans.
  • Communicate technical and non-technical information using various methods and formats. Including verbal, written and electronic (methods) and graphs, tables, images and maps (formats).
  • Use GIS and CAD software.
  • Create business cases.
  • Interpret policy, legislation, regulation and organisational best practice.
  • Procure arboricultural services through a contract awarding or a tendering process.
  • Inspect trees in relation to abiotic and biotic tree health, structure, physiological condition and suitability for location.
  • Specify tree works to achieve defined objectives and which promote long-term tree health, quality standards, biosecurity measures, tree risk management and nuisance management.
  • Create a tree strategy to include application of tree risk management principles to inform decision making.
  • Apply tree valuation methods to inform decision making.
  • Specify tree planting and aftercare requirements. Including species selection, technical planting guidance and planting plans.
  • Identify existing and potential threats of tree pests and diseases; and plan management actions to prevent, treat and mitigate their impact on people, trees and habitats including any relevant legislation.
  • Choose the appropriate tree health and stability measuring and or monitoring technology (for example structural stability assessment equipment, biological activity monitors).
  • Manage own performance, identifying improvements and training requirements. Seek clarification when necessary, know limits of expertise and when specialist input is required.
  • Engage stakeholders impacted by changes to trees and manages their expectations.
  • Manage tree survey and inspection regimes for the strategic management of trees.
  • Find solutions in challenging and complex situations.
  • Lead and manage projects with multiple stakeholders.
  • Promote the organisation, products or services.
  • Assess and evaluate soil in relation to tree establishment, growth and health.
  • Manage employees, contractors or volunteers including compliance with employment legislation, health and safety, inclusion, performance, quality, training, recruitment, development and evaluation of processes to improve the efficiency and productivity of others.
  • Manage organisational systems. For example recording, monitoring or reporting systems.
  • Set, monitor and manage budgets
  • Manage professional relationships and interactions with others including negotiation, collaboration, advocacy, chairing and participating in meetings.
  • Advise on the management of trees in the context of design, planning and construction.
  • Advise on the management of trees in relation to the built environment.
  • Assess the type, purpose, benefits, condition and quality of woodland.

Training schedule

Professional Development:

  • In addition to your identified external training provision in Aboriculture Level 6 (the course is delivered mostly online but there is one week of college attendance during the third year. Accommodation at the college Preston site is made available for this.)  our Apprentice ADVANCE programme is designed to help you build your career in AECOM
  • You will attend a number of instructor-led training sessions where you will meet and hear from people across the business and take part in a series of interactive activities to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in your role
  • Alongside the instructor-led elements of the ADVANCE programme, you will also engage with an online curriculum via AECOM University and may have the opportunity to join the ADVANCE monthly webinar series. Along with your mentor this will support you towards achieving your professional qualification

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C)
  • Maths (grade C)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative

Other requirements

The course requires a minimum of 5 GCSE’s (or Scottish Standard Grade or Junior Certificate in Ireland) at grade ‘C/4’ or above including Mathematics and English as well as 2 A-Levels (or equivalent) grade 'C' or above and a pass at Level 4 in Arboriculture. Candidates must have permanent right to work in the UK.

About this employer

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. Start here. Grow here There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us. Please apply to the following URL: https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AECOM2/744000069989196-apprentice-arboricultural-consultant-basingstoke-level-6-august-25-start-onward

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Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

  • This apprenticeship will support you towards achieving your professional qualification and the knowledge to become a Aboriculture Consultant within AECOM
  • On the successful completion you will have achieved the academic requirements to become a Professional Arboriculturist wiht a BSc (Hons) in Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

MYERSCOUGH COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334231.

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