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Qualifications and credentials

Five, and this is the complete list. Nothing here is implied, inferred or rounded up.

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Why the qualification is part of the requirement

Council conditions, planning schemes and development approvals across South East Queensland routinely specify who may prepare arboricultural material — commonly "a suitably qualified arborist", and frequently AQF Level 5 explicitly.

That means the qualification is not a credential on a website. It is part of what the approval asks for, and a report from someone who does not hold it may not satisfy the condition however sound the assessment is.

So it is worth being able to check. Adam can provide details directly where a certifier, council or insurer requires them.

The five

In the wording supplied.

A field notebook ruled into a blank inspection grid resting on a timber desk beside a hand lens, a pencil and a folded diameter tape
No badges on this page. We hold no licence to reproduce association marks, so the site does not display them.
  • AQF Level 5 Consulting ArboristThe consulting-level arboricultural qualification, concerned with assessment, diagnosis and reporting rather than with carrying out tree work. This is the one approvals name.
  • Diploma of ArboricultureFormal qualification in arboriculture, underpinning the assessment and reporting work.
  • QTRA Licence No. 6712Licensed to apply the Quantified Tree Risk Assessment method. Applying QTRA requires training and a current licence — an assessment described as QTRA by someone unlicensed is not one.
  • Member, Queensland Arborist AssociationMember of the state professional body for arborists in Queensland.
  • Enviro Development ProfessionalHeld credential.

Why there are no logos on this page

A rendered association badge reads as an endorsement. Reproducing the QTRA or Queensland Arborist Association marks would require a licence this business does not hold, so the site names the credentials in text and leaves it there.

The small glyphs used alongside credentials elsewhere on this site are original line drawings made for it. They are not association marks and are not intended to resemble any.

If you need the credentials verified for a submission, ask — Adam can provide the details directly rather than through a graphic.

And the part that is not a qualification

Around twenty years in arboriculture, roughly five to six of those consulting specifically. Both figures are approximate, as supplied.

The earlier years were practical — climbing, pruning, removals, running crews. That is not a credential and it does not appear on any condition, but it is the reason recommendations tend to be implementable rather than merely correct.

Adam De Regt fixing a numbered identification tag to a tree trunk on a construction site
Most of the twenty years has been on site rather than in a classroom.

Common questions

About the credentials

Ask about a specific requirement

  • In South East Queensland that wording generally means AQF Level 5, which Adam holds. What a particular assessing authority expects is sometimes clarified elsewhere in the condition or in the council's own guidance — send the wording through and it can be confirmed before anything is commissioned.

  • Yes. Where a certifier, council or insurer requires it, the details can be provided directly.

  • No — it is a requirement about who prepares the document, which then applies to whatever the approval names: an impact assessment, a preliminary report, a tree assessment report, a completion certification.

  • Reproducing an association mark generally requires a licence. This business does not hold one, so it names its credentials in text rather than displaying badges it has no right to render.

Adam De Regt marking up site plans spread across the open tailgate of a ute, protection fencing behind him on the site

Contact

Send Adam the address and he will take it from there

For many protected vegetation questions, the property address is enough to start checking. Call, or send the details below.

Adam De RegtConsulting Arborist (AQF Level 5)
0415 105 592Call 0415 105 592info@adamsarboriculture.com.au

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