申請人必須－ (a) 為下列全日制專上學院課程的學生（註）： (i) 樹木或樹藝學士或以上程度的課程；或 (ii) 植物學、生物學、生態學、林業學、園藝學、園境建築、園境管理或園境科學、園境學、環境科學或地理學（必須包括與樹木有關的科目）學士或以上程度的課程；以及 (b) 已修畢有關課程的首年課程。 〔註：申請人須提供就讀院校所發出的修業成績表作為學歷證明。〕

Applicants should – (a) be full-time post-secondary students (Note) of - (i) Bachelor degree or above in Arboriculture; or (ii) Bachelor degree or above in Botany, Biology, Ecology, Forestry, Horticulture, Landscape Architecture, Landscape Management, Landscape Science, Landscape Studies, Environmental Science or Geography (must include study subjects related to trees); and (b) have completed the first year of the programme concerned. [Note: applicants should produce transcripts issued by the appropriate authority of his/her tertiary educational institutions certifying his/her academic status in the institution.]