Information on Mr K J Forkasiewicz

Professional Memberships & Qualifications

I am an Arboricultural Association (AA) Professional Member (M.Arbor.A.). Professional Membership of the Arboricultural Association is open to arboriculturists whose competence satisfies the Association's Board of Trustees by qualification or assessment and who have been members for at least two years.

I am a Professional Member (MICFor), a Chartered Arboriculturist & Registered Consultant with the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF). The Institute of Chartered Foresters Register of Consultants contains the names of tree professionals who specialise in forest, woodland and tree management. They are all Members or Fellows of the Institute of Chartered Foresters and have been vetted for their professionalism, qualifications, and experience. They provide the highest standard of professional advice available in the UK and are bound to the Institute's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (source: www.charteredforesters.org).

I am a Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) & a RICS Registered Expert Witness (Reg No. 397).

I am a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) with the Society of the Environment (SocEnv). The Society for the Environment is a leading independent, non-political umbrella organisation for environmental and sustainability professionals.

I am an Associate Member of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (AIEEM). IEEM is the professional body that represents and supports ecologists and environmental managers in the UK, Ireland and abroad.

I am a Chartered Member (MCIOB) of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). CIOB members are construction professionals with a common commitment to achieving and maintaining the highest possible standards. Chartered Member status, and the designation MCIOB is recognised and respected internationally as the mark of true construction professionalism.

I hold the Higher National Diploma in Arboriculture, HND (Arb), awarded by the University of Sunderland (UCAS Code 015D); accredited by the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF). I also hold the National Certificate in Horticulture (Arboriculture), NCH (Arb), the certificate in Arboriculture awarded by the Royal Forestry Society, Cert Arb (RFS), and in 1998, I became one of the first International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Licensed Certified Arborists, Cert Arb (ISA) within the UK. I have been assessed through examination by the Arboricultural Association, to carry out Professional Tree Inspections, and I am LANTRA qualified to carry out Tree Inspections, and LANTRA trained to assess trees for the presence of bats (I am also a member of the Dorset Bat Group). I also hold the National Examination Board Certificate in Supervisory Management.

I have £2M Professional Indemnity Insurance and £5M Public Liability Insurance.

Contact details:
KJF Tree & Landscape Consultancy
Hardy Cottage
45 Gordon Road
Poole
BH12 1EB

Tel/Fax: 01202-763972
Mob: 07763-121432
E-mail: info@kjf-consultancy.com