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The Arkansas Urban Forestry Council wants to help increase the number of ISA Certified Arborists in our area. One of the steps to becoming a Certified Arborist is to pass the ISA Certification Exam. This workshop is designed to address those exam topics that have shown to be more difficult to pass on past ISA exams. This will be an excellent opportunity for you to become better prepared to pass the exam, which is optional, and will follow after the workshop.

 Registration fee for the workshop only is $35/$60. See Workshop Registration Instructions below. ISA exam registration, fee and deadline are separate from the workshop. See Exam Registration Instructions below.

Workshop Registration Instructions: 

Register online by clicking on Tickets or to register by mail, go to http://arkansastrees.org/workshops/ to print the registration form on the back of the brochure and send it with a check made payable to AUFC.

Exam Registration Instructions:

 1. Register for the Arborist Certification exam through the ISA website by signing in at https://wwv.isa-arbor.com/myAccount/login

2. Proceed to https://www.isa-arbor.com/Credentials/Apply-Now/Apply-for-Eligibility

Registration deadline for workshop: August 20, 2022. Registration deadline for exam: August 11, 2022.

CEUs: ISA Continuing Education credits have been applied for and will be available for the workshop.

Sponsored by: Arkansas Department of Agriculture Forestry Division and Arkansas Urban Forestry Council. Partners: Arkansas Department of Agriculture, U of A Division of Agriculture Research & Extension, Arkansas Forest Resources Center, Natural Resource Planning and Tree Climbers LLC.

Agenda:

8:15-8:30                     Workshop Check-In

8:30-9:30                     Pruning, Krista Quinn, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service

9:30-10:30                   Tree Risk Assessment, Harold Fisher, Arkansas Department of Agriculture Forestry Division

10:30-11:30                 Soil Science and Management, Colin Massey, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service

11:30-12:00                 Lunch

12:00-1:00                   Tree Worker Safety (Safe Work Practices), Jeremy Williams, Tree Climbers LLC

1:00-2:00                     Diagnosis and Plant Disorders, Sherrie Smith, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service

2:00-3:00                     Tree Biology/Tree ID, Jennifer Ogle, University of Arkansas Department of Biological Sciences

3:30                               ISA Exam Registration

4:00-7:30                     ISA Exam, Kenneth Coley, Arkansas Department of Agriculture Forestry Division