For once I have to totally agree with you Julian!
The ins and outs of what is said , and more importantly IMO, what is not
said in the Blue Book and Guide to the Hedgerow Regs is a degree course
in itself. You only have to check the postings here on points of
interpretation from folk who have been doing TO's jobs for years. I for
one learn something completely new about trees and the law on a regualar
basis. There are always weird situations arising.
AALGO will at least give beleaguered TO's a chance to get thouroughly up
to date on all aspects and give us the proffessional base we need. I'm
currently looking thru the prospectus. All I need to do now is persuade
my section head to part with the not-inconsiderable sums of dosh
required to make it happen. Wish me/us luck!
-----Original Message-----
From: TREECISION (Julian Forbes) [mailto:treecision@xxxxx.co.uk]
Sent: 19 January 2002 09:45
To: uktc@xxxxxxxxx.co.uk
Subject: Whoops! How many more of those have you got?
Cor lummy, stone the crows and, in fact, flippin 'eck:
Just on the confirmation bit that Chris Hastie raised, Regulation 9 of
the
1969 regs (later superseded by the 1999 Regs.)states that:
The authority shall, as soon as practicable after reaching a decision
on
the
order,inform the owners and occupiers of the land to which the order
relates.................of their decision .........
Now I know this is going to sound deeply rude, but Richard's quote would
seem to be news to a frightening number of arb officers out there.
Mr Nicholson is a wise and learned gentleman as we know but in this case
he
is not exactly translating from an obscure bit of Cuneiform B scratched
into
a rock in a Babylonian ruin.
Knowing whether or not notification of confirmation is a necessary
component
of a valid TPO is not exactly rocket science.
This underlines what many have for long suspected: that HND, ND and BSc
Arb
training is not equivalent to Tree Officer School which, until recently,
didn't exist.
With AALGO, however, there is no longer any reason for a lack of
technical
competance. I very much hope that it won't be all that long before AALGO
becomes a job pre-requisite. This forum is a good source of technical
info,
but I do worry at some of the questions being asked by those already in
positions of considerable responsibility.
Perhaps the time has come to do something about filling those basic
knowledge gaps?
In anticipation of a massive backlash (but I'll still be right),
Julian.
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