Ground Up Training

Arboriculture brings together tree knowledge, safety, and technical skill. Ground Up Training turns those elements into courses for people entering the trade and arborists looking to build on their abilities. The company lists a contact address in Loughton, trains at a wooded site in Essex, and serves individuals and businesses across London, Essex, and Hertfordshire.

The chainsaw pathway covers maintenance, cross-cutting, and felling trees of different diameters, from trunks up to 380 millimeters to larger trees. Ground-based courses are complemented by instruction in brushcutters, wood chippers, stump grinders, and powered pole pruners—equipment commonly used in forestry and tree-care work.

For work above ground, the center offers tree climbing and aerial rescue, cutting and pruning in the canopy, and rigging techniques for controlling the descent of branches and loads. Advanced options add stationary rope systems, rigging configurations, arborist knots, and a two-rope working update. Each course addresses a defined task, from accessing a tree and rescuing a colleague to dismantling branches under control.

The Groundsman, Arborist, and Enhanced Arborist packages organize training by career stage. The groundsman pathway brings together instruction and NPTC assessments, hazard awareness, and an introduction to the ground crew’s role. The arborist package is aimed at people progressing toward climbing work; the advanced option explores positioning, ascent, and rigging techniques intended for experienced climbers.

Ground Up also provides forestry first aid, LOLER inspection, and working-practice update courses. The company says its instructors and assessors have more than 20 years of experience in arboriculture and forestry, and that it has helped companies prepare for Arb Approved Contractor assessments. The training focuses on specific procedures and competencies, rather than classroom discussion of trees alone.

The logistics involve two locations that are useful to distinguish: Landmark House in Loughton is listed as the contact address, while the company says courses start in Theydon Bois, a one-minute walk from the Underground station, with practical work at its wooded Essex training site. This separates the office address from the course starting point.

The program is relevant to aspiring grounds workers and arborists, professionals updating a qualification, and employers training crews. Its range allows students to move from chainsaw operations into climbing, rescue, and advanced techniques. Before choosing a package, participants can match their experience to the entry requirements and assessments for each course.