COURSES
Arboriculture Canada Training & Education Ltd. offers training programs that apply to a wide range of skills required by arborists, chainsaw operators and high angle tree care workers. Courses are designed to train and educate participants in modern arboriculture techniques and best practices. There is a hands-on practitioner focus and a maximum enrollment criterion in all courses. We will customize any of our training programs to deliver at your location and on your schedule.
Our training and education programs are specialized to meet specific client needs at their location and on their schedule. Arboriculture Canada safely trains and effectively educates staff to meet their organizations specialized needs, goals and services. Customers can refer to the standard course listings; and the client selects a series of disciplines that best meets their needs, requirements, and goals. Through a selection process, guided and assisted by one of Arboriculture Canada’s experienced team members, a custom curriculum is developed.
We offer many training programs on a public training schedule at specific locations and dates across Canada.
CERTIFICATES AWARDED
All participants who complete each course will receive a Certificate of Completion, as well as a wallet card showing your full training history. These certificates are industry recognized and proof of high quality training, resulting in advantages in job placement, liability premium reduction and documentation for regulatory bodies. If an organization wishes to have documentation verifying competency of workers, Arboriculture Canada can provide qualification through competency testing.
A Certificate of Qualification will be awarded for successful completion.
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If one of your co-workers or yourself has a debilitating accident while using an aerial lift,
Is basic chainsaw use a regular part of your work? Do you and your staff have the required..
This qualification course includes formal evaluation of competence. Students are evaluated...
Due to the potential of electrical contact with overhead and underground power lines and equipment..
Does your job require you to cut or remove trees that have uprooted or are leaning...
Is tree removal a significant part of your tree company's business? Would you like to improve...
Whether you are a beginner or an experienced tree faller this course offers something...
Trees are living organisms that interact with their environment and survive by forming relationships.
Do you prune trees as part of your job? Have you ever wondered if your cuts were correct, or if what or how...
Does your job require you to trim trees away from power lines to achieve required limits of approach?
Safe operations of hydraulic lift systems will be explained and evaluated.
Do you like to teach? Are you interested in becoming a professional chainsaw safety instructor?
Is basic chainsaw use a regular part of your work? Do you and your staff have the required..
Do you work at heights or aloft from an aerial lift platform, tree, scaffold, or bucket truck?
Employing highly skilled and competent trainers in your organization can be difficult.
Arborists Mark Chisholm, Matt Follet, and Anthony Tresselt will discuss different aspects of rigging concerning..
This specialized program combines two of our most popular tree felling and cutting...
Have you ever wondered which of your crew members could help get a climber down from up...
Do you plant trees as part of your job? Are you involved in the development and supervision of planting trees...
This training program is a comprehensive training curriculum
Are you an experienced arborist who is familiar with basic rigging techniques and ready to learn more advanced rigging...
This one day training and qualification course is designed to train workers to understand how to safely...
How compromised is a tree with fruiting bodies (mushrooms, conks)...
Do you understand the value of a good person on the ground? How much time...
Do you calculate and assign monetary value to trees? Do you struggle with determining fair and reasonable values...
Does your job include diagnosing and identifying insects and/or diseases in trees?
This training program is designed specifically for power linemen...
RECOMMENDED ORDER OF COURSES
Many people who are entering the industry of arboriculture request us to provide advice on which courses to take in which order. Below is our recommendation. This is a guide for people who are new to the industry. If you already have experience and training in certain areas, you may want to take them in alternate order. Each course outline has eligibilty recommendations which will help you to determine which courses you are best qualified for.
Please note: We offer more courses that are not listed in the following flow chart as they don't have any recommendations for prior training. Please see our full course listing above.
Recommend to take Comprehensive Tree Risk Management first. Then, take any of the other courses here in any particular order.
Take Technical Tree Falling & Cutting prior to taking either Production Tree Removal & Rigging or Hazard & Danger Cutting & Falling.
Take Technical Tree falling & Cutting prior to taking either Production Tree Removal & Rigging or Hazard & Danger Cutting & Falling.
Recommend that you take Production Tree Removal & Rigging and Technical Tree Falling & Cutting and have experience with basic rigging applications in the field before taking Arborist Technical Rigging.