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Comprehensive Assessments for Individual Trees or Entire Sites
ArbCert provides professional tree health and safety audits to help you identify risks, manage tree condition, and meet your duty of care. Whether you require an assessment of a single tree or a full audit across your site, our qualified arborists deliver clear, practical advice tailored to your needs.
Regular tree audits are essential to ensure trees remain healthy, structurally sound, and safe. This is particularly critical in high-use areas such as schools, parks, commercial properties, and development sites, where unmanaged tree issues can result in accidents, liability, or compliance breaches.
A Tree Health & Safety Audit is a formal inspection carried out by a qualified arborist to assess the condition, structural stability, and potential risks of trees. The audit identifies whether trees are healthy, declining, or hazardous to people and property.
Findings are presented with clear recommendations for management, which may include maintenance, pruning, monitoring, or removal. These audits help improve safety, reduce liability, and support the long-term value and retention of trees.
Minimise risks and protect the people who use your site with regular tree health and safety audits carried out by qualified arborists. These audits provide peace of mind, ensure compliance, and help maintain safe, functional landscapes.
Tree health and safety audits identify hazards such as structural weaknesses, decay, or deadwood before they become a danger. Early detection reduces the likelihood of accidents and property damage.
By ensuring trees are regularly assessed, your site remains compliant with safety obligations and fosters trust among users. Safer environments also improve the usability and value of spaces such as schools, parks, commercial properties, and residential developments.
Audits and formal tree risk assessments demonstrate proactive management and can minimise litigation risk. In the event of an incident, documented inspections show due diligence and support stronger legal standing.
In addition to visual assessments, ArbCert also offers detailed soil testing as part of our audit service. Understanding the soil environment is critical to long-term tree health. Our testing includes:
These insights help inform targeted management strategies and support improved decision-making for planting, preservation, or remediation.
Every ArbCert audit is tailored to the needs of your site, from single trees to large-scale assets. Our AQF Level 5 consulting arborists provide:
Evaluation of tree health, structure, and site conditions to identify defects or potential hazards.
Identification of decay, cavities, deadwood, poor structure, or pest and disease symptoms that may compromise safety.
Where required, we can conduct soil and vitality testing, resistograph drilling, or sonic tomography for deeper analysis.
Practical management strategies such as pruning, removal, bracing, monitoring, or remediation to address identified risks.
Concise, professional reports that support decision-making, compliance with duty of care, and council or insurance requirements.
From single tree inspections to whole-site audits, ArbCert offers responsive and expert tree health services across Maitland, Newcastle, Port Stephens, Lake Macquarie, the Hunter Valley, and greater NSW. We work with schools, councils, developers, and private landowners to support responsible tree care and safety.Contact us today to book your audit or learn more about how we can help protect your trees and your site.
Contact UsIf you have trees on your property or site you will likely need a tree health and safety audit at some point. Identifying and minimising tree hazards helps you to meet your duty of care in preventing harm to people and property. They are often necessary at golf courses, hospitals, public parks, schools, universities, etc.
It is highly recommended that tree health and safety audits are performed by professionals with speciality knowledge, skills, qualifications and experience in trees and tree safety. ArbCert has an expert team who meet this criteria and will happily discuss your needs.
Our team includes AQF Level 5 and AQF Level 8 consulting arborists with extensive industry experience. We bring a high level of technical knowledge to every assessment, ensuring our advice is credible, defensible, and aligned with best practice.
We deliver clear, accurate reports that meet council planning requirements and Australian Standards. From early-stage assessments to detailed impact reports, our work supports confident, informed decision-making.
As a small team, we value strong working relationships and direct communication. You’ll work with experienced arborists who understand your project and are committed to providing reliable, practical guidance every step of the way.
