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Tree Maintenance Inspection Checklist

by Justin Moulton, from the Community

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This tree maintenance inspection checklist helps councils and contractors assess tree species and age, verify required clearances over roads, paths, playgrounds and buildings, and check powerline separation. It guides best-practice pruning, removal of dead or diseased branches, and site cleanup. It also covers stump grinding depth and reinstatement with soil and seed to ensure safe, tidy public spaces.

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Tree Inspection Checklist
This tree inspection template helps arborists, councils, and contractors assess tree condition and risk. Record client and site details, tree location, species, estimated height and crown radius, and select age class from young to over-mature. Document photos and note issues such as decline, property or infrastructure damage, and interference with powerlines, lighting, or clearances. Check proximity to dwellings and whether stump grinding is required. Add a final assessment, recommended remedial measures, and whether a Tree Preservation Order is needed. Capture quotation details, job or purchase order numbers, and inspector sign-off.
by Lee Mather, from the Community
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City of Casey Cyclic Pruning Audit Checklist
Use this City of Casey cyclic pruning audit checklist to evaluate the quality and compliance of street tree pruning across defined blocks. Record block number, address and tree number, species, and any non-compliance requiring uplift, formative pruning, dead wood removal, remedial work for poor cuts, or full removal and stump grinding. Attach photos, capture comments, and flag rework actions for follow-up. Designed for arborists and council crews to document findings consistently and improve urban tree maintenance.
by Cameron MacLeod, from the Community
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Hazardous Tree Inspection Form
Use this hazardous tree inspection form to evaluate tree defects and public exposure in parks, campgrounds, car parks, and walking tracks. Record location details, GPS, photos, species and condition, then assess likelihood, consequence, and overall risk using the matrix. Document recommended controls such as pruning, fencing, area closures, relocation, or removal, and track completion dates and signatures. Standardize reporting to prioritize remediation and reduce risk to people, vehicles, and infrastructure.
by GBR Region, from the Community
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City of Casey Powerline Audit
Conduct powerline vegetation audits within the City of Casey. This template guides arborists and inspectors to review pruning blocks, capture site location and photos, record tree species and characteristics, check ELCMP compliance, and specify required actions. Options include MCS prune or service clear, structural limb removal, hanger pruning, 100 mm deadwood removal, or reactive tree removal for unsuitable or hazard trees. Summarize recommendations and assign an inspector to ensure safe clearances around electrical assets.
by Cameron MacLeod, from the Community
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Tree Inspection Checklist

This tree inspection template helps arborists, councils, and contractors assess tree condition and risk. Record client and site details, tree location, species, estimated height and crown radius, and select age class from young to over-mature. Document photos and note issues such as decline, property or infrastructure damage, and interference with powerlines, lighting, or clearances. Check proximity to dwellings and whether stump grinding is required. Add a final assessment, recommended remedial measures, and whether a Tree Preservation Order is needed. Capture quotation details, job or purchase order numbers, and inspector sign-off.

by Lee Mather, from the Community

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City of Casey Cyclic Pruning Audit Checklist

Use this City of Casey cyclic pruning audit checklist to evaluate the quality and compliance of street tree pruning across defined blocks. Record block number, address and tree number, species, and any non-compliance requiring uplift, formative pruning, dead wood removal, remedial work for poor cuts, or full removal and stump grinding. Attach photos, capture comments, and flag rework actions for follow-up. Designed for arborists and council crews to document findings consistently and improve urban tree maintenance.

by Cameron MacLeod, from the Community

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Hazardous Tree Inspection Form

Use this hazardous tree inspection form to evaluate tree defects and public exposure in parks, campgrounds, car parks, and walking tracks. Record location details, GPS, photos, species and condition, then assess likelihood, consequence, and overall risk using the matrix. Document recommended controls such as pruning, fencing, area closures, relocation, or removal, and track completion dates and signatures. Standardize reporting to prioritize remediation and reduce risk to people, vehicles, and infrastructure.

by GBR Region, from the Community

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City of Casey Powerline Audit

Conduct powerline vegetation audits within the City of Casey. This template guides arborists and inspectors to review pruning blocks, capture site location and photos, record tree species and characteristics, check ELCMP compliance, and specify required actions. Options include MCS prune or service clear, structural limb removal, hanger pruning, 100 mm deadwood removal, or reactive tree removal for unsuitable or hazard trees. Summarize recommendations and assign an inspector to ensure safe clearances around electrical assets.

by Cameron MacLeod, from the Community

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Tree Maintenance Inspection Checklist

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