Summer 2024 Certified Arborist Prep Course & Review

Jun 12, 2024 - Jun 13, 2024

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Course overview

Participants of this two-day workshop will receive professional instruction that improves their technical competency as an arborist in the tree care industry. As sponsors of this prepratory course, the NC Urban Forest Council, NC Coooperative Extension, and Southern Chapter of ISA seek to accomplish the following objectives:

Create incentives for nascent arborists to continue their professional development.
Provide the public with a means to identify tree care professionals who have demonstrated trusted competency in tree care practices, through a professionally developed education program and exam.

Course topics

Installation and establishment
Tree identification and selection
Tree biology
Soil and water relations
Tree nutrients and fertilizer
Tree risk assessment
Pruning
Cabling and bracing
Insects and diseases
Tree safety

Whether you choose to take the ISA Certified Arborist Exam or simply attend the workshop as a refresher course, your involvement will keep your professional development on the fast track.

Lunch will be provided

Certification exam

Course participants can sit for the certified arborist exam on June 14, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Pitt County Cooperative Extension Center.

Register for the exam directly through the International Society of Arboriculture at their exam weblink. The exam is not included in the prep course registration.

Cost for the exam is $170 among ISA and Chapter members; $280 among non-members.

You must submit your examination application and fees by May 29, 2024.

If you have examination questions, contact the International Society of Arboriculture online or at (888) 472-8733.

Why pursue certification?

Certified Arborist recognition is given by the International Society of America to any individual who:

Meets eligibility requirements to sit for the examination
Successfully completes the exam
Maintains the necessary number of continuing education units to recertify after three years

Approved CEU credits:

International Society of Arboriculture -- 12.25 credits CA / 5.25 credits MS / 5 credits BCMA Science / 4.75 credits BCMA Practice / 2.5 credits BCMA Management
Society of American Foresters -- Pending
NC Landscape Contractor Licensing Board -- Pending
NC Pesticide GNDX -- Pending
NC Board of Landscape Architect -- Pending

403 Government Cir Ste 2 Greenville, NC 27834

Fees

Non-Member Early Fee Amount:	$125.00
Non-Member Late Fee Amount:	$125.00
Member Early Fee Amount:	$100.00
Member Late Fee Amount:	$100.00

Arborists' Certification Study Guide

If you are in need of a study guide for the Certified Arborist exam, please order one upon registration. It will be mailed to the postal address listed on your registration form. If you need a Spanish version, please email the Program Manager.

$98.95