How Our Vegetation Management Teams Support Utilities in the UK
Explore the key role our arborists play in supporting UK utilities
Vegetation management is a key service that prevents disruption and danger posed to the UK’s power network and the public by overgrown vegetation. Our vegetation management teams also offer support to our clients in projects requiring the removal of overgrown trees and plants and emergency support in extreme weather.
We’re shining a spotlight on the work of our vegetation management team and the expertise they provide to support UK utilities.
What is vegetation management?
Vegetation Management or Utility Arboriculture is an essential process that controls and manages tree growth around critical infrastructure. In utilities, this involves preventing overgrown vegetation from damaging powerlines to prevent the risk of unplanned power outages and ensure public safety.
Our vegetation management teams play a critical role in times of emergency due to extreme weather. From clearing roads of debris to removing damaged trees away from overhead electricity networks and properties, our teams work hard to keep the communities in which we work safe and to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of power around the UK.
What vegetation management services does Avove Utilities offer?
We are proud to deliver expert-led vegetation management services to regulated utility organisations across the UK. Our vegetation management teams comprise of highly-trained Utility Arborists and surveyors. We have the capabilities to undertake a wide range of vegetation management services, including:
- Emergency storm response
- Landowner and stakeholder liaison
- Project management
- ESQCR 43.8 Maintenance surveys
- ETR132 Resilience surveys
- Retained tree surveys and management
- Wayleaves and consent
- Site clearance
- Mechanised tree clearance
- Maintenance and clearance – in and around structures, track, signals and level crossings
- Felling, pruning, crown reduction, dealing with hazardous, dead and dying trees
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Why is vegetation management important for utilities?
Vegetation management services play a crucial role within the utilities industry, from preventing safety risks to facilitating site works vital to the UK’s water infrastructure. The risks of unmanaged vegetation pose a threat to public safety and the efficient delivery of power and water.
Preventing disruption and outages
A common threat posed by overgrown vegetation in the utility sector is the risk of unplanned power outages and disruption to service delivery. If a tree branch falls onto a power line, it can disrupt the electrical supply to homes and businesses in the local area. This disruption goes further than simply the inconvenience of a power outage. If key organisations, such as healthcare providers, lose power, this could severely impact people within the local community.
Minimising infrastructural damage
if the area experiences extreme weather conditions, such as a storm or high winds.
Monitoring and managing vegetation near properties and infrastructure helps prevent potential damage and hazards to the public. Our team of experienced tree surveyors and customer service experts provides thorough monitoring and maintenance to keep areas safe and well-managed.
Ensuring the safe and efficient delivery of power
By proactively monitoring and regulating vegetation within the areas in which we work, our teams ensure the safety of local people, the reliability of utility infrastructures and the efficient delivery of power and water to households and businesses around the UK.
Environmental sustainability
When thinking about vegetation management, sustainability and environmental stewardship might not be the first things that come to mind—but they play a vital role. Our Vegetation Management teams work in partnership with our Environment team and collaborate with local conservation organisations to ensure our operations are not only beneficial for our projects but also protect the local environments in which we work by removing diseased trees and potentially hazardous or invasive species and adapting our methods to safeguard local wildlife.
What is the role of an arborist in Vegetation Management?
Now we’ve covered why our vegetation management services are vital to the utilities industry; we’re going to shine a spotlight on the expertise of those who work in our Vegetation Management teams.
An Arborist is a highly skilled role that involves safely clearing vegetation, engaging with the public and landowners, ensuring good communication throughout their time on a project, and playing a key role in responding to emergency situations caused by storm damage. Our Arborists play a key part in our service delivery, from working with our wider teams to facilitate the efficient delivery of our projects for our clients, proactively safeguarding local properties and people, and responding quickly in times of crisis due to extreme weather.
Why Consider a Career in Vegetation Management?
A career in Vegetation Management at Avove as an Arborist, Arborist Supervisor, or Arboricultural Surveyor can be incredibly rewarding. You have the power to use your skills to make a real difference in the communities and local environments in which we work, and your work ensures millions of people have access to power and water around the UK.
On a personal level, if you enjoy nature and working in the great outdoors as part of a close-knit team of experts, working in vegetation management could be an ideal career path. We’re also committed to investing in the professional development of our team, so you can rely on us to support your training and help you to develop your skills.
Grow your career – become an Avove Arborist today!
If you want to work with a valued team that plays a key role in our business and the industry in which we operate and are looking for an employer who cares, you belong in our Avove Vegetation Management team.
We have a variety of roles available across the UK, so explore our vegetation management jobs near you and apply today.