Packaging Rules
To achieve this qualification, competency must be demonstrated in:
- Eighteen (18) units of competency:
- Nine (9) core units plus
- Nine (9) elective units.

Elective units must ensure the integrity of the qualification’s Australian Quality Framework (AQF) alignment and contribute to a valid, industry-supported vocational outcome. The electives are to be chosen as follows:
- Seven (7) units must be from groups A, B, C, D, E or F, with all the units from at least one specialisation selected from the specialisations listed below
- The remaining two (2) units may be selected from units listed in groups A, B, C, D, E or F or any currently endorsed Training Package or accredited course.

No more than three (3) of the nine (9) electives selected can be coded with an AQF indicator below level 3 or reflect outcomes below AQF level 3.

Electives are to be packaged to provide a qualification with one or more specialisations as follows:
- All three (3) electives from Group A must be selected for the award of the Certificate III in Arboriculture (Climbing Arborist)

Electives from Group G can only be selected where required as a prerequisite.

Note: If more than one specialisation is completed, award of the qualification would read (for example): Certificate III in Arboriculture (Climbing Arborist, Elevated Work Platform - EWP Arborist).

Note: On training.gov.au, units listed in the Prerequisite requirement column that have their own prerequisite requirements are shown with an asterisk (*)

This pathway prepares students for a climbing specialisation.