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Tree Risk Assessment Certification Exam - Be Among the First Certified Tree Risk Assessors in Michigan or the area!
“Tree Risk Assessment in the Urban Area and the Urban/Rural Interface” (TRACE)- March 22-23, 2012, Lansing, MI. LIMITED SEATING for 20 - Must be a certified arborist to take class.
Developed and taught by Pacific Northwest Chapter ISA, speaker: Brian Gilles, ISA Certified Arborist, ASCA Registered Consulting Arborist and PNW-ISA Certified Tree Risk Assessor (Pacific Northwest Chapter of ISA).
Hosted by the Arboriculture Society of Michigan. Course includes manual and exam. Manual will be mailed before event. (Register early to receive manual in time to study)
10 ISA CEU's - More info: http://www.asm-isa.org/Trace.html or call 517-337-4999.
 
Program Overview
This course was developed in consultation with the Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia (WCB), British Columbia Hydro, Wildlife and Danger Tree Committee of British Columbia, and numerous reviewers around North America. The course is administered by the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (PNW-ISA). The course design work was undertaken by Dr. Julian Dunster of Dunster & Associates Ltd. The effort involved several years of extensive research, testing, and review of the materials. In the summer of 2004, WorkSafe BC recognized the course and credential as an accepted industry standard in British Columbia. After a successful 2005 course launch in British Columbia, nearly 60 courses have been held in the Pacific Northwest ISA and over 600 people have been accredited as PNW-ISA Certified Tree Risk Assessors. ASM has contracted with PNW-ISA to bring the course to Michigan. ASM (Michigan Chapter of ISA) will be the second Chapter of ISA to offer this course in the US outside of the PNW.

Course Information
The combination of classroom lectures and field work includes modules on biology, structural mechanics, risk theory and practice, reading tree conditions, assessing and assigning risk levels, and prescribing risk mitigation strategies.Day One lectures cover all material in the course manual. On Day Two, the morning will be spent examining trees and practicing assessment skills and data recording. The exam is held on the afternoon of Day Two (for 2.5 hours).
Upon successful completion of the course and exam, participants will be accredited as PNW-ISA Certified Tree Risk Assessors and meet current industry standards. This training course applies to all work activities in and around trees located in urban and urban/rural interface areas. The closed book exam is 2.5 hours in length. A mark of 85% or better is required to pass. The qualification is valid for four years from the course date (month end). Those who score less than 85% are eligible for a retake exam (fees apply). Certification renewal options include attending the entire course again or writing a challenge exam. Recertification fees apply to both options.
 
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as I understand...its a qualification, not a certification. good class, though.

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actually it IS a certification by the PNW chapter of ISA. At this point I believe it's in the process of being adopted by all of ISA.

Great course, great teachers, highly recommend to anyone interested in cutting edge risk assessment knowledge.

It is actually more about saving trees than removing them. Instead of just labeling a tree a "hazard", it provides a risk scale in order to establish the amount of risk specific tree managers are willing to accept. It teaches students how all cavities/cankers or other defects aren't necessarily high-risk hazards and how to determine the stability and likelihood of failure of such defects.
Great class...I learned a lot.
 
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