Profile

Brad Bowden has over 25 years experience with urban trees and plantation forest trees working as a practicing arborist and also as a consulting arborist, and has worked both in the commercial sector and within local government.  He is also a certified trainer/ assessor and delivers arboricultural training on topics including correct pruning techniques, hazard tree identification, tree selection and establishment, root-sensitive designs near trees, and protection of trees during construction/ development works.

Formal Qualifications:

• B. Sc. Sustainable Forestry
• Dip. Arboriculture & Parks Management (Burnley)
• Cert. IV TAE40110 Training & Assessment 
• Certificate of Horticultural Practice

Additional Certifications:

• ISA Certified Arborist - Municipal Specialist AU-0020AM
• Tree Risk Assessment Qualified (TRAQ) by the International Society of Arboriculture

Professional Memberships:

• Arboriculture Australia Ltd
• International Society of Arboriculture (ISA)