UTILITY ARBORIST CURRICULUM IS NOW AVAILABLE 

Are you looking to educate your students to prepare them for a career where jobs are in high demand and their work benefits the community, the economy and the environment? There is a unique program and a curriculum that does just that. Utility arboriculture has become a vital profession in today’s world of balancing the need for electricity while slowing the effects of global warming.  

Technical education in utility arboriculture, offered at the high school vocational level, will serve as an institution where basic tree skills are developed subsequently providing students with many exciting career opportunities. One important goal of the utility arborist program is that participating high school students will learn the basic fundamentals of tree care so that they may enter the workforce in a productive capacity, or, continue their academic learning by attending a two or four-year college in a tree care or forestry related program. 

The program is aligned with internationally recognized training and certification programs in which students will master a body of knowledge and demonstrate proficiency in the tree care industry. Students will participate in a structured classroom learning environment in which knowledge will be gained in: Safety; electrical hazards; tree health and science; climbing; pruning; rigging; and removal. 

For more information please see the following:

UTILITY ARBORIST – PROGRAM PHILOSOPHY & DESCRIPTION

CONTINUING TRAINING AND EDUCATION

To learn more contact the Utility Arborist Association (UAA) at 217-355-9411 to assist you in getting the program started.

To get more information on careers in arboriculture just click here:

http://www.isa-arbor.com/careersInArboriculture/careers.aspx.

The student friendly study guides and textbooks can be found at: https://secure.isa-arbor.com/store/.