OPEN ENROLLMENT

ArborMaster Partners in Educational Excellence

In addition to private on-site programs, we offer regional Open Enrollment programs at a select number of locations each year. These are created to meet the specific needs of smaller organizations, with typically fewer than 3-4 field crew members. Courses include basic to advanced modules, which allow you the opportunity to sign on for a graduated, stepped approach to your knowledge and skill development. Topics and course durations vary from location to location and from year to year.

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Topics Offered for Open Enrollment

Chainsaw Training

Chainsaw Safety & Cutting Techniques, Precision Tree Felling & Maintenance

Tree Climbing Training

Methods, Work Positions & Best Practice

Arborist Rigging

Modern arborist rigging applications with an emphasis on safety, skill development, and productivity

L1 Arborist Rigging Applications for Climbers and Aerial Lift Users

Traditional as well as new energy efficient, low impact, methods of rigging are taught. Emphasis is placed on the most productive tools and techniques in order to reduce the risk of accidents. Discover and learn to manage the forces involved in rigging operations, and working with rigging plans and processes. Students will learn, develop skills and measure their own results.

duration

2-Day Module

Course Outline

  • Plan Your Work & Work Your Plan
  • Personal Safety
  • Risk Management and Personnel Safety
  • Basic Physics and Rope Rigging
  • Ropes for Rigging
  • Rigging Hardware
  • Cutting Techniques
  • Log and Limb Lowering

What to Bring

Students are encouraged to bring any equipment they use and/or would like to discuss with the instructor. If you do not have the necessary climbing equipment, please inform our office prior to coming to class.

You are welcome to bring your own chainsaw; however, it is not necessary to the course, as we will have saws on hand for the student’s use.

Prerequisites

For Climbers: L1 Tree Climbing Methods & L1 Precision Tree Felling

For Aerial Lift Users: L1 Precision Tree Felling

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Required

  • Hard hat
  • Ear protection
  • Eye protection
  • Work gloves
  • Work boots
  • Chainsaw protective pants or chaps

Personal Gear Required

  • Climbing harness with work positioning lanyard
  • Climbing line
  • Climbing spurs (spikes)

Please note

Classes will take place rain or shine. We suggest before departing for your program, to check the extended forecast for the area the training will be held. If rain is forecasted, we recommend that you bring appropriate rain gear, thermal undergarments if in a cooler climate and a change of clothing on the day of the class.

if you are a

business owner/manager

and you are considering sending members of your workforce to Open Enrollment courses, we recommend:

• Enroll all members of a team/crew, including supervisors/crew leaders and subsequent new hires.


• Establish policies and procedures to support practice, practice, practice, which will lead to skill development and proficiency after the training program. 

The benefit of your investment can include:

  • Standardize skill and knowledge within crews
  • Be able to immediately implement new skills - everyone will be on the 'same page'
  • Experience excellent team and morale building
  • Send the message that the owners/managers care about worker safety and well being
  • Reduce turnover
  • Know if a worker is working safely (or not safely) because supervisors have been to training
  • Increase the probability that skill and knowledge will be implemented once back at work

the results will speak for themselves.

  • Our experience shows, time and time again, that training an entire crew is much more effective than training only one or two employees.
  • It is dangerous to expect that an ArborMaster student can 'train' the rest of his crew upon his return from one of our open enrollments.
  • Even the most skilled and experienced arborists learn valuable lessons at ArborMaster programs.
  • No safety, skills, or productivity training program is effective if the working environment does not support safety, skill and productivity. If you are not sure how to support safety, skill, and productivity, we will be happy to help.

Me, the guy that knows it all, been there, done that - humbled by how much I learned After 25 years in tree care, I'm learning how much I still have to learn!

ArborMaster Student

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