Prescription Pruning Qualification (PPQ)
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Non Member 3 Days
$700.00
Non WCISA Member - 3 Days
Registration ends ends Oct 28
Non Member 1 Day Only
$250.00
Non WCISA Member - 1 Day Only
Registration ends ends Oct 28
This practical, applied program guides arborists through the process of strategically planning, specifying, and implementing an objective-based pruning approach. It will make you a better arborist by showing you how to incorporate industry standards and ISA BMPs with current research and practice. The PPQ is the culmination of the commitment of the Florida Chapter ISA Pruning Credential Committee who are passionate about making trees more compatible with urban and suburban environments.
Vision statement: Develop a new industry paradigm whereby no tree – or group of trees – is pruned without a prescription.
Goal: Improve communication between prescriber, production arborist and tree owner. Increase clarity when preparing work orders.
What this program does: The new paradigm shifts the decision of which branches to prune from the production arborist to an informed prescriber. It establishes a protocol resulting in consistency between the arborist preparing the prescription and the production arborist. This credential teaches you how to prescribe and perform pruning in accordance with industry standards and ISA’s BMP supported by the latest research and experience.
Why should I get this qualification?
- Improves professionalism for new and seasoned arborists.
- Establishes a standardized, accountable, objectives-based pruning process.
- Teaches an approach that increases life expectancy and clearance and reduces likelihood of failure.
- Improves your ability to explain to tree owners, contractors, and crew why and how to prune.
Who should get this qualification?
Arborists who prune trees or prescribe pruning or people who prepare and manage pruning contracts.
There are two types of attendees for this training: Producers and Prescribers
A production arborist (Producer) working in trees, or anyone, seeking an organized process of evaluating tree owner and arborist conditions of concern, and an approach to pruning designed to solve these concerns.
A pruning prescriber (Prescriber) is a certified arborist.
Two training tracks are offered:
Day 1 – Producers – ISA certification is not a prerequisite.
Producers are finished with the training at the end of day one, and each receives a certificate of completion. There is no exam.
Day 1, 2 and 3 – Prescribers – Must be an ISA Certified Arborist.
The second and third day of training focus on preparing pruning prescriptions using many examples which include outdoor exercises. This is an interactive program with many activities. There is a review and a multiple-choice exam on the third day. Those passing the exam become PPQ qualified.
Manual: Producers and prescribers each receive a Pruning Prescription Manual and Workbook.
For more information on the qualification - please link to the Florida ISA website
Prescription Pruning Qualification – Florida Chapter ISA (floridaisa.org)
Agenda:
Day 1: Producers and Prescribers in the same class
- Introduction with definitions
- Tree Architecture
- Response to Pruning Cuts
- Guiding Urban-compatible Tree Architecture (pruning)
Day 2: Prescribers only
- Prescription Approach to Pruning
- Preparing Prescriptions
- Outdoor Prescription Exercises and Discussion
- Mature Trees and Palms
Day 3 (half day): Prescribers only
Registration Information
Cancellation Policy:
Cancellation refunds (less $25) will be honored if requested 10 days prior to the event.
Request for special Testing Accommodations:
If you have an accommodation request please contact Rita Franco (rita@wcisa.net).
Request needs to be received prior to registering.
CEUs:
Attending only 1 Day: Producer: (Not obtaining the qualification).
ISA - 7 CA/CTW/MS
7 BCMA - P
Attending all 3 Days: Prescriber: (Obtaining the qualification).
ISA - 15.5 CA/CTW/MS
15.5 BCMA - P
Speaker Bios:
DR. ED GILMAN - Professor Emeritus, University of Florida, is the author of the Prescription Pruning Qualification Manual and Workbook. After decades of research, many publications, books and presentations, the fruit of the labor and passion from Dr. Gilman cannot be more clearly recognized and applied in our daily arboriculture practices. Dr. Gilman has spent much of his life and career dedicated to creating longer-lived, sustainable trees in and around where we live, work and play.
ROB CALLEY - President, Buckridge Tree Service, is an ISA Board Certified Master Arborist (BCMA), Certified Tree Care Safety Professional (CTSP) and has the ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) and the Florida Chapter ISA Prescription Pruning Qualification (PPQ). He was president of the Florida Chapter ISA (Chapter) in 2020 and currently serves as the Chair of the Chapter Marketing Committee, as well as serves as the small production company representative on the Chapter Credential Committee. He was the recipient of "ISA True Professional of Arboriculture Award" in 2019 and
the Florida Chapter ISA "President's Award of Merit" in 2018.
Location
Rohnert Park Community Center
5401 Snyder Lane
Rohnert Park, CA 94928