I.S.A.

Limbwalker319

Limbwalker319

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I have been doing tree work for about 6 years now. I Have my ACRT as a line clearance arborist and I want to take My knowledge a step further and get I.S.A. certified. What literature should I start with and what steps do I need to take first?

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Reading the soils section right now in between sorting trawls. I read a lot of the study guide a few yrs ago before I loaned it out, never to be seen again. Lots of it is familiar from botany class 15 yrs ago.
 
Don't loan our your books! I lost a New Tree Biology that was signed by Shigo,a municipal study guide, and just this summer another copy of A Sand County Almanac. From now on if you want to borrow from my library, I require a deposit for the full cost of the book.
 
No problem lending them, just want them back. Public library charges fines and replacement costs for serious offenders. I just want back what is mine is all.
 
I'm still waiting for my hat! I'd rather a bennie though.

Harris is good, Shigo, Dirr, Gilman ect... But all you really need is the study guide. In six years, if your have worked around good people, and asked questions you should do just fine.
 
guymayor said:
Deposit is the way to go...I still think Harris' Arboriculture book is the best, still, for the test and in general.
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Hey Guy, I have always been interested in buying that book. Does it matter what edition? I think I will need to start a crowd funding campaign to raise the funds...:eek:
 
You may want to find out whether your local ISA chapter maintains a lending library. Florida does, and I think other chapters do as well. As to the Certified Arborist's Study Guide. I've made sure to keep the current version in my personal library as each edition comes out. It's a great tool for helping to explain different tree care topics to clients and prospects. Showing them the pertinent pages illustrations and paragraphs in the book after you've described how the work should be done, is a great way to help the client see that there really is a difference in tree-care providers. BMP's are great for that purpose as well.
 
cerviarborist said:
It's a great tool for helping to explain different tree care topics to clients and prospects. Showing them the pertinent pages illustrations and paragraphs in the book .
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I've seen the Guide used as the sole reference in an expert witness case, a car-tree fatality. The opinion held up in deposition.

But the Guide and BMPs are Very Basic references; not to be taken as strict guidance for practice, not even for beginners.
 
Got on Powell's wait list for New Tree Biology and Harris' Arboriculture Integrated Management. Ordered the New Tree Biology dictionary and didn't realize it was just terms until I received it.
 
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