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:

	Diagnosis and Plant Disorders
	Plant Health Care
	Pruning
	Safety and Climbing and Working in Trees
	Trees and Construction
	Tree Assessment and Risk Management
	Tree Biology
	Tree Identification
	Tree Nutrition and Fertilization
	Tree Selection and Installation and Establishment
	Tree/Soil Relations and Water Management
	Tree Support and Protection Systems

3/29 Certified Arborist Exam

2010 Course Details

Dates: Monday, January 4 - March 22

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 Monday, March 29, 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 11). For information regarding exam procedures contact Mark Gruber, Missouri Department of Conservation, 636-300-1953 ext 248 or mark.grueber@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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