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... personal UPDATE ... verified with ISA that since this has been my main type of work since July 2016 (paying taxes (on firewood sale) and taking deductions), then if I keep at it I will be eligible for taking the exam in July 2019. --- 3 years full time work in this business --- which I...

Just on my own trees and neighbors and family. Felling and removal e.g. for firewood -- but no pay. (haha, I'm in the middle of a paying cleanup job and have another removal job lined up but my truck has been out of and in the shop a lot... hopefully when I get it back this time it will be good...

ha, oh well... this CA avenue is off. I guess I can see the value of it that ISA is protecting real full-time tree workers from part-timers and amateurs like me. I can understand that... but at least I can study the certification guide and learn some good things, eh? <quote> Thank you for your...

Thanks a lot squisher :) and Chris E ... makes sense. Simple. Not a lot of explaining why you *don't* have certification. Right now I'm trying to use my ~20 years of working on my own trees (planting, trimming, pruning, felling, etc.) as qualifications to be able to take the CA test, because I...

Thanks Bermy!

Thanks Willie!

Thanks a lot everyone! Grendel, what is "PHC"? That is just what I was thinking. Thanks!

I am trying to start a one man, part-time, second-career, operation in "tree work" -- removals, trimming, pruning, etc. I have 20 years informal experience on a small woodlot. How valuable would an ISA "Certified Arborist" certification be? Also....assuming my experience would even qualify me...