1. Student Arborists Needed A great foundation for a career as an arborist, urban forester, or wildland forester.

2. Learn basic and advanced job skills Pruning Climbing Removal Planting Health Care Assessment & Mapping

3. 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.

4. Climbing Knots, ropes, pulleys Advanced climbing systems Self-belayed, ascend/descend Rope installation Get paid to work out

5. Removals Chainsaw safety and maintenance Felling techniques Ropes and rigging

6. Planting Right tree in the right place Dig a bowl not a hole Species diversity

7. Health Care Root collar excavation Root zone decompaction Fertilization Integrated Pest Management

8. Assessment & Mapping Identification GIS Inventory Tree appraisal Maintenance scheduling

9. 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

10. Contact Preston Colver preston.colver@gmail.com