ISA Certified Arborist – $150 per hour for arborist consultations

An Arboriculturalist is an amenity tree specialist. Arboriculture deals with all aspects of the growing, maintaining and removing of woody plants for any reason other than as a timber crop.

Arboriculturalists work in towns and cities as well as in the countryside. Because Arboriculture is not limited to timber crop trees, the variety of species and situations the Arboriculturalist must be prepared to assess and understand is almost endless. Arboriculture is a service industry, seeking to reconcile the fears, needs and aspirations of people to the impacts, liabilities and constraints of the trees around them.

Trees are recognised as very important for both the landscape and the townscape. However, whilst the benefits of trees are recognised within legislation to far outweigh the problems of management and maintenance they create, it is not necessarily quite so easy to believe that statement when you are the person living under the tree. Arboriculturalists can find ways to ease the conflict between trees and people.

A Certification is a voluntary program administered by a non-governmental organization. It grants the use of a credential to individuals for a specific period of time. The Certification is available to those who meet predetermined and standardized criteria for knowledge, skills, or competencies. The knowledge needed to pass a Certification assessment is learned through self-study and experience. The assessment is conducted independent of a specific class, course, or other training program. To retain the credential, certificants must meet requirements for renewal.

• Focuses on a broad body of knowledge
• Administered independent of any education or training program
• Assessment is based on a body of knowledge rather than on specific learning outcomes
• Incorporates recertification requirements to maintain the credential, such as participation in continuing education opportunities
• Prohibits trainers from assessing their own trainees
• Forbids release of exam questions to anyone teaching preparatory courses or developing preparatory material