Courses
Semester 1
- Advanced Tree Climbing and Pruning FSTY0001
Units/ Hours: 90
Through field labs, students will develop skills in the latest and safest methods of advanced tree climbing. The use of the split tail system as well as friction savers and Re-Directs will be learned. In this course, students will acquire experience in pruning woody plants. This course will be delivered in a concentrated format over seven weeks in the second half of the semester.
Co-Requisites
- Basic Tree Climbing FSTY0005
Units/ Hours: 90
Through practical field labs, students will develop skills in the latest and safest methods of tree climbing. The use of fall protection systems is mandatory. Students will learn the use, care, and maintenance of equipment and become safe and confident in pre-climb inspection, crotch selection, aerial rescue, and manoeuvring about in hardwood and coniferous crowns. Students will be required to purchase personal protective equipment (safety glasses, safety boots, chainsaw pants, safety gloves, hard hat, and hearing protection) as recommended, before the course begins.This course will be delivered in a concentrated format over seven weeks in the first half of the semester.
Co-Requisites
- Operation and Maintenance of Equipment MECH0045
Units/ Hours: 90
This course instructs students on the safe operation and maintenance of chainsaws and machinery associated with the arboriculture and line-clearing industry. Chainsaw operation, maintenance, and tree felling techniques are competency-based training standards set out by the Ministry of Education and Training (Program #750000). The techniques introduced in this course are transferable to other courses within the program. Students will be required to purchase items of personal protective equipment (safety glasses, safety boots, chainsaw pants, safety gloves, hard hat, and hearing protection) as recommended, before the course begins.
- Plant Health Care FSTY0032
Units/ Hours: 45
Students of the Arboriculture Program possess an excellent foundation in the 'normal growth' of trees. This course introduces students to the study of insects and diseases of forest and urban trees. Identification, classification, and control measures of commercially important insect and diseases are examined. The emphasis is on the pests of forest and urban trees and an appraisal of tree damage. Students are introduced to other insects and fungi from a plant health care perspective.
- Tree Sciences and Practices FSTY0060
Units/ Hours: 45
This course introduces the students to tree anatomy, tree physiology, urban soil conditions, tree installation and the impact of construction on tree health. Field trips deal with tree selection, tree pruning, tree reaction to wounding and an introduction to hazard tree assessment.
Semester 2
- Arboriculture Co-op Placement APST0086
Units/ Hours: 450
This course is designed to allow the student the opportunity to obtain arboriculture related experience through a placement of 450 hours with an organization selected by the student and approved by the program coordinator. It provides the student with the opportunity to apply existing knowledge and skill either through observation and/or applications.
Semester 3
- Arboriculture Practices FSTY0003
Units/ Hours: 60
This course covers the value that trees have in urban landscapes and objective valuations of urban trees. Students will understand site and species assessment, tree installation, establishment and pruning of newly planted trees for improved urban settings. Shade tree inventory will be done in class and in the field.
- Dendrology FSTY0007
Units/ Hours: 60
This course deals with the identification of approximately 125 tree and shrubs found in urban settings in Ontario. Tree features including leaves, twigs, bark and fruits are studied. The accuracy level for identification tests is 80 per cent. The lecture series includes the physiology of fall colour, fruit adaptations for seed dispersal, forest geography, vegetative reproduction and sexual reproduction. The cultural requirements of major urban tree species are studied.
- Forest Entomology and Pathology FSTY0011
Units/ Hours: 45
Students of the Forestry, Arboriculture and Park's and Forest Recreation programs possess an excellent foundation in the 'normal growth' of trees. This course introduces students to the study of insects and diseases of forest and urban trees. Identification, classification, and control measures of commercially important insects and diseases are examined. The emphasis is on the pests of forest and urban trees and a collection of such specimens.
- Line Clearing FSTY0025
Units/ Hours: 90
Students will learn proper line clearing procedures through practical field labs. They will become skilled at brush control on utility right-of-ways, safe tree trimming, and tree removal in close proximity of utility line conductors. Students will use safe tree climbing techniques and an aerial trim lift to accomplish desired results. Students will complete a Safety in Line Clearing course by Hydro One. This course will be delivered in a concentrated format over seven weeks in the second half of the semester.
Co-Requisites
- Tree Removal FSTY0049
Units/ Hours: 90
Through this course, students will gain knowledge in the latest tree removal techniques. They will combine their climbing and rigging skills for large limb and whole tree removal in a safe manner. This course will be delivered in a concentrated format over seven weeks in the first half of the semester.
- General Education Elective
Course Number: GENED
All graduates of diploma programs require general education credits. These courses allow you to explore issues of societal concern by looking at the history, theory and contemporary applications of those issues.
Your program has designated some required general education courses. In addition, you have the opportunity to choose from a list of electives each semester.
Many of these courses and some other general education courses are also available through evening classes, by distance education, or on-line. See our Part-Time Studies Calendar for these opportunities.
You may already possess general education equivalencies from other colleges or universities. Please see the General Education Co-ordinators at the Peterborough and Lindsay locations for possible exemptions.
See this page for a list of approved General Education Courses at Fleming College.