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I too found the ceu requirement useful to force you to learn something ongoing. I don't think it's such a bad model of ensuring certd individuals stay up on their knowledge. Some people are good crammers, like me. The test was easy peasy. I'd forgotten a lot of what I had learned to pass the...

I hear yah Reg. I only ever touted it as proof of a very basic base of knowledge about trees. And come to think of it one of the top guys in the area here now isn't certd I think. He's from Cali and a really nice guy, super capable climber and arborist.

Just saying in comparison to what it cost me it got me things like a three year school district contract twice. Where I'd spend days just updating inventory, prescribing care, and then spend weeks doing all the work. It got me big contracts(for around here) with local municipalities. Thise are...

Yah. In my experience I met many lousy tree workers who weren't certified and knew nothing about trees. The very best treeworkers I ever met in my area were all isa certd fwiw. But heh, I've never met Reg. I'm never one to rail against 'the system' much. Rather than being 'squeezed' I just...

Ahhh. I knew you'd be around flaunting your bcma. :P

It's definetly not a bad thing. And unless someone is going to learn some basics otherwise. Atleast it forces them to learn something to achieve the cert. if you don't know some basics you won't pass. But a real arborist is going to learn above and beyond what it takes to pass their test...

Don't worry about the cert unless you see some form of payback from it. In my locale I had to be isa certd to bid on municipal work. It was well worth it for me. But I do think it's a bit of a joke. I'd get asked quite often if I was a 'certd arb'. I'd tell them yes it was a gruelling hour of...