Arborist
Hybrid-based
ONET: 37-3013.00
3
Years
49
Skills
441h
Related instructions
7000h
On-the-job training
Classroom instruction topics
- Year 1 - Arborist Skills 1
- Year 1 - Arborist Equipment Fundamentals
- Year 1 - Introduction to Aerial Tree Work
- Year 1 - Applied Aerial Work for Arborist Apprentices
- Year 2 - Tree and Shrub Identification 1 for Arborist Apprentices
- Year 2 - Arborist Skills 2
- Year 2 - Rigging and Tree Removal Fundamentals for Arborist Apprentices
- Year 2 - Tree Biology & Identification 2 for Arborist Apprentices
- Year 3 - Arborist Skills 3
- Year 3 - Advanced Rigging and Tree Felling with Field Skill Building for Arborist Apprentices
- Year 3 - Plant Health Care Treatments & Shrub Identification 3 for Arborist Apprentices
- Year 4 - Leadership in Tree Care Operations, Communication Skills, and a Capstone Project
- Year 4 - Transition to Trainer: Your Role as a Journey Worker
- Year 4 - State Pesticide Applicator License, Safety, CPR, First Aid, AED, CDL, and other employer required training or certifications
On-the-job training
- Adhere to ANSI and employer safety standards for all work.
- Inspect, maintain and use the appropriate personal protective equipment.
- Inspect, maintain and use the appropriate tool, equipment or vehicle.
- Assess trees for defects and hazards.
- Establish and maintain safe work sites and zones.
- Demonstrate safety practices unique to working aloft.
- Comply with federal and state occupational safety and health regulations.
- Identify common trees and shrubs in the employer’s region.
- Deciduous
- Evergreen
- Perform rigging on the ground and aloft.
- Determine the removal plan.
- Estimate the maximum load weight based on equipment available.
- Install and use a rigging system to lower the load directly to the ground.
- Install and use a rigging system to move the load laterally.
- Access trees safely.
- Determine the removal plan.
- Estimate the maximum load weight based on equipment available.
- Install and use a rigging system to lower the load directly to the ground.
- Install and use a rigging system to move the load laterally.
- Position to work aloft.
- Maneuver safely through canopy; avoid electrical and other hazards.
- Properly retrieve and stow all gear and equipment.
- Operate a chain saw on the ground and aloft, and perform field maintenance.
- Safely start and control the chain saw.
- Perform brush cutting.
- Perform felling.
- Perform limbing and bucking.
- Cut wood under tension and compression.
- Perform removal cuts.
- Perform pruning cuts.
- Safely secure and transport the chain saw.
- Perform field maintenance.
- Operate a chipper.
- Prepare brush and wood.
- Position the chipper.
- Chip brush and wood.
- Prune trees and shrubs from the ground and aloft, according to ANSI A300
- Perform pruning cuts using the appropriate hand tools and pole tools.
- Perform a correct branch reduction cut.
- Perform a correct branch removal cut.
- Accurately prune without cutting into the collar or branch bark ridge.
- Accurately prune when there is a narrow angle of branch attachment.
- Prune using a 3-cut method to avoid damage and tearing.
- Perform pruning of shrubs.
- Prune trees and shrubs from the ground and aloft, according to ANSI A300.
- Interpret an ANSI A300 pruning specification, and to convert the specification into a work order.
- Address the following pruning objectives: reduce hazards, improve aesthetics, provide clearance, and improve structure.
- Remove trees and shrubs.
- Remove limbs.
- Remove trunk sections.
- Fell trunks or entire tree.
- Local Optional Work Processes
- Operate vehicles with or without trailer.
- Operate aerial lifts.
- Operate stump grinder.
- Participate in responses to storms and emergency situations.
- Install tree support and lightning protection systems.
- Perform plant health care activities.
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