ISA Arborist to BCMA

ClimberClyde · Dec 5, 2023

I tried searching online and didn't/couldn't find what I was looking for.

I'm starting to progress towards my BCMA, and if everything goes well I could have it before my next ISA arborist re-certification period.

Not that it really matters that much, but I am curious - what happens to the CEUs I have earned once I earn the BCMA? I'm presuming they do not carry over as BCMA and Arb CEUs are not the same/equal.

ATH · Dec 6, 2023

CEUs are the same. You just need more for BCMA.

They won't carry over because the "clock" starts over when you pass the BCMA. You need 60 CEUs 3 years after passing.

cody willard · Dec 6, 2023

Science CEUs are hard to find.

KTSmith · Dec 7, 2023

I don't earn CEUs myself, but I know that free CEUs (including science ones) are available through the Urban Forestry Today webinar series here. I did a session last month and another one next month that gives CEU credit. Also, ISA offers some readings from Arborist News with a quiz to score CEUs. No, you may not score a lot of them at once, but if you stick with it, they do accumulate. Of course, local/regional conferences are other opportunities, at a cost.

ClimberClyde · Dec 11, 2023

ATH said:
CEUs are the same. You just need more for BCMA.

They won't carry over because the "clock" starts over when you pass the BCMA. You need 60 CEUs 3 years after passing.

I figured as much, thanks for confirming. I'll post-pone some of the CEU opportunities I have in mind till after the BCMA.

oldoakman · Dec 12, 2023

KTSmith said:
I don't earn CEUs myself, but I know that free CEUs (including science ones) are available through the Urban Forestry Today webinar series here. I did a session last month and another one next month that gives CEU credit. Also, ISA offers some readings from Arborist News with a quiz to score CEUs. No, you may not score a lot of them at once, but if you stick with it, they do accumulate. Of course, local/regional conferences are other opportunities, at a cost.

They have made a lot of CEU's available like that. I listen to the UF Today podcast regularly but have to say I got sidetracked the day you had the mike KT and berated myself for it

KTSmith · Dec 12, 2023

Don't be too hard on yourself, oldoakman. I'm still a little unnerved with the large-scale webinar platform that shows my powerpoint deck but I can't see you and you can't see me. But then again, I still check my ppt deck to be sure that the slides are all the right way up and text is left-to-right, so perhaps I'm not the best judge of it all.