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Tree pruning — Tree surgeon — Professionals
Pruning leads suit arborists able to translate a customer's clearance or growth concern into a specific work specification. They should distinguish this from removal, confirm working access and avoid promising a particular shape without considering the tree itself.
Service scope
Selective management of branches for an agreed arboricultural objective, such as clearance, formative development or removal of identified damaged growth. Pruning is specified for the individual tree rather than treated as an unrestricted request to make every tree smaller.
What is normally included
- Assessment of a stated pruning objective
- Defined branch or clearance work
- Agreed handling of cut material
What is not included
- Automatic removal of the whole tree
- A universal cutting prescription for every species
Qualification checks
- Establish the reason for pruning
- Identify tree condition and species
- Confirm the exact work specification
- Assess access and people below
- Agree ownership and restriction checks
Quote guidance
Base the price on the defined pruning operation, access and waste handling. Explain whether an assessment visit or report is additional and do not present a generic price per tree as covering any height or degree of intervention.
Lead risks
- Vague requests for substantial reduction can conceal unsuitable expectations
- Previous poor pruning may limit available options
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