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Student Arborists Needed
A great foundation for a career as an arborist, urban forester, or wildland forester.
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Learn basic and advanced job skills
• Pruning• Climbing• Removal• Planting• Health Care• Assessment & Mapping
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Pruning
• Keep trees healthy, safe and beautiful
• Address structure and function
• Know what to cut, where to cut it, and why you’re cutting it.
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Climbing• Knots, ropes, pulleys• Advanced climbing systems• Self-belayed,
ascend/descend• Rope installation• Get paid to work out
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Removals
• Chainsaw safety and maintenance
• Felling techniques• Ropes and rigging
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Planting
• Right tree in the right place
• Dig a bowl not a hole• Species diversity
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Health Care
• Root collar excavation• Root zone
decompaction• Fertilization• Integrated Pest
Management
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Assessment & Mapping
• Identification• GIS Inventory• Tree appraisal• Maintenance
scheduling
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Work toward certification from the International Society of Arboriculture as a Certified Arborist or Certified Tree Worker
• Minimum 4 years experience or 4 year degree
• Comprehensive test
• Minimum 18 months experience
• Skills based tests: written and hands-on