The status of an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certified Arborist is becoming vital to those “green industry” professionals involved in tree care. More job positions and commercial and municipal contracts require a candidate either hold or attain ISA Certified Arborist status.

In an effort to improve the industry and assist those interested in becoming an ISA Certified Arborist, the Community Tree Council of St. Charles is sponsoring this series of instructional classes as a preparation tool for the exam. The classes will be instructed by ISA Certified Arborists providing students the opportunity to learn from and network with industry professionals.

The class will cover all 15 domains of the ISA Certified Arborist exam in a series of 12 weekly lectures. Each week a different instructor will lecture on at least one of the following domains:

	1/7 Tree Biology
	1/14 Tree Identification
	1/21 Tree/Soil Relations and Water Management
	1/28 Tree Nutrition and Fertilization
	2/4 Tree Selection and Installation and Establishment
	2/11 Pruning
	2/18 Tree Support and Protection Systems
	2/25 Diagnosis and Plant Disorders
	3/4 Plant Health Care
	3/11 Tree Assessment and Risk Management
	3/25 Trees and Construction
	4/1 Safety and Climbing and Working in Trees
	4/8 Certified Arborist Exam

2009 Course Details

Dates: Wednesdays, January 7 - April 1

TIME: 6:30–9 p.m.

PLACE: University of Missouri Extension
260 Brown Road
St. Peters, MO. 63376
636-970-3000

FEE: $40 - An ISA Certification Study Guide is highly recommended to use with the lecture series. The Study Guide costs $95.95 and must be purchased through ISA. Contact ISA at 217-355-9411 or http://www.isa-arbor.com

Refreshments provided

Training Registration

Complete the registration form or contact Scott Killpack, University of Missouri Extension, 636-970-3000 or killpacks@missouri.edu

Note

The ISA Certified Arborist Exam will be offered Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at
6:00 p.m. (check in starts at 5:30 p.m.) To register for the exam, you MUST contact ISA at 217-355-9411 (deadline to register for exam is March 20). For information regarding exam procedures contact Mark Gruber, Missouri Department of Conservation, 636-300-1953 ext 248 or mark.gruber@mdc.mo.gov 

Supported by funding from the Community Tree Council of St. Charles County in partnership with the University of Missouri Extension and the Missouri Department of Conservation.

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