This is a 3-day course which includes two days of training and demonstrations culminating in an exam. The successful candidate will receive the Prescription Pruning Qualification being recognized nationwide. You must be an ISA Certified Arborist to attend the qualification course. However, it is not required to attend DAY ONE ONLY.

This new pruning 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, which is supported by the latest research and experience.

All PRESCRIBER registrations will be reviewed to verify the prerequisite. Before the event, registrants will be emailed a link to the PPQ Manual to study. A hard copy will be given during check-in at the event. Cancellation refunds are available up to 7 working days before the event. Attendee substitutions will be honored for Day 1 ONLY.

Instructors:

Lindsey Purcell, Consulting Arborist, LP Consulting Group

Dr. Ed Gilman, Professor Emeritus, University of Florida

REQUESTS FOR SPECIAL TESTING ACCOMMODATIONS:
If you have an accommodation request, please complete the Special Accommodations Request Form and submit it before registering. You may contact the ISA Rocky Mountain Chapter office via email [email protected].

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 the 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 who typically specifies work to be completed on trees in the urban forest.

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 days 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 will earn the PPQ credential.

Manual: Producers and prescribers each receive a Pruning Prescription Manual and Workbook.

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 Tree Pruning

• Day 3 (half day): Prescribers only
• Review
• Exam

Location:

Fort Collins Senior Center 1400 Rain Tree Drive, 80526

North Side Aztlan Community Center 112 E Willow Street, 80524

Tickets

$250.00 Producer - Day One ONLY - Non-Chapter Member

$195.00 Producer - Day One ONLY - Chapter Member

$777.00 Prescriber - Day 1-3 - Non-Chapter Member
$727.00 Earlybird rate before July 21

$625.00 Prescriber - Day 1-3 - Chapter Member