Safety First. Always.
Scott Prophett
President & Lead Instructor, North American Training Solutions Loganville, Ga.
Scott Prophett has been an arborist
for more than 25 years. His company is focused on meeting the training and business needs of private, industrial, municipal, and commercial entities where specialized training is needed. Prophett teaches classes and hosts seminars on safety for organizations around the world. He is passionate about assisting organizations in skill training, team building, standard operating procedures, occupational hazard compliance and strengthening business practices.
Prophett is an ISA Certifed Arborist and Certifed Tree Worker, as well as a founding member of the ISA Safety Committee. Outside of ISA activities, Prophett has been active in the Tree Care Industry Association serving on several safety committees, and he has lectured at several Urban Forestry Conferences. He is also heavily involved in the Tree Climbing Championships and is a member and chair of the ITCC Rules & Operations Committee. Prophett has also been a regular speaker and seminar instructor at the ISA Annual Conference, and he has contributed several articles to Arborist News and Tree Care Industry Magazine detailing the latest tree care safety initiatives and climbing techniques.
“My energy is on safety and skills techniques, because a safe arborist will better serve the customer and the public. We see some of the equipment and the way arborists were using it that we thought was normal 10-20 years ago is not as safe as it could be. Arborists are geniuses and will make something work whether it was designed for a specifc use or not.”
Among his colleagues, Prophett is described as cutting-edge in arboriculture safety with a knack for relating to both the tree worker and business executive. A true safety pioneer, Prophett is someone who both “teaches it and lives it.” Since honing his skills as an instructor, Prophett has created a de facto “army” of safety evangelists in the arboricultural community who help spread his messages of proper technique and safety. Prophett ensures his own employees participate in annual week- long training seminars to stay sharp and updated. He has gone so far as to patent his own creations of various arborist supplies. Because of his work, many arborists are now able to work more eff efficientlyciently and with better precision. The ripple effect Prophett has on the industry continues to expand.
That was from his bio when he was awarded ISA'S prestigious "True Professionals of Arboriculture" 2010.
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cott Prophett
Arborist Industry Credentials:
• Inventor of the Port-a Wrap lowering devise.
• President North American Training Solutions, providing training and educational seminars in arborist equipment and techniques and other high angle disciplines for the Commercial, municipal, governmental and others.
• President North American Tree Service, Arboricultural Firm.
• Chairman of the ISA ITCC Operations
• Member ISA Safety Committee.
