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Fancy a career in IT? This course is a great starting point, covering a wide variety of different IT-related subjects including software development, website development and multimedia animation.

Train to be a professional arborist (tree surgeon) at East Durham College's stunning Houghall campus, home to a wide variety of rare trees.

This course covers both tree pruning (formally CS40); aerial pruning operations and looks at crown thinning, crown pruning, crown reduction and pollarding, and aerial tree rigging (formally CS41).

Always dreamed of being a computer programmer then this course is the first step to achieving your goal! If you have an interest in Computer programming and would like to know how you can be involved in this important and financially lucrative field, then this qualification is the first step for anyone new to programming..

The course aims to develop your essential digital skills so you feel confident doing a range of things on a mobile, tablet, laptop or PC. As the course aims to develop your confidence and skills it is best for you to have your own device to learn on that you can bring into college.

This course is designed for any person employed in arboriculture, forestry, horticulture, landscaping and grounds maintenance who is or will be required to operate wood chippers.

This specialist course will provide you with the knowledge and understanding of the principles of best practice in maintaining and operating a stump grinder safely. This course is perfect for arborists looking to extend their current list of employable qualifications.

This qualification, formally known as CS30, is about the maintenance of a chainsaw and cross cutting trees is delivered through theory and practical sessions. The course covers safety features, preparing the chainsaw for use with correct fuel and lubrication and cross cutting timber accurately. This unit must be completed before progressing on the further chainsaw courses.

This qualification is for individuals who operate chainsaws as part of their work in arboriculture, forestry or other industries. It will provide the individual with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to fell small trees up to 380mm safely and to industry standards in line with current legislation.