Nick Peterson was one of the first persons to earn the Certified Treecare Safety Professional (CTSP) credential, a certification TCIA launched in 2008 to help arborists nurture a culture of safety at their companies. He has maintained the credential for 15 years. “Two reasons I always kept the certification was because I was in that […]

As manager of operations for Minnesota Valley Tree Service, a 27-year TCIA member company based in Granite Falls, Minnesota, Jarrod Schiltz oversees three crews in the high-stakes business of line clearance, a job he has held for almost 17 years. “I’m big on safety, and when people see that I take safety seriously, I think […]

With TCIA’s record of helping companies create and maintain a safety culture, Louise Levy, owner and operator of Levy Tree Care, LLC, an 11-year TCIA member company based in Duluth, Minnesota, knew earning her Certified Treecare Safety Professional (CTSP) credential was the way to go. “My company started small and will likely stay small,” she […]

Doug Muth, owner of the newly established DJM Tree, LLC, based in Media, Pennsylvania, says he took valuable lessons away from his Certified Treecare Safety Professional (CTSP) training. “The main benefit for me was learning how the information is absorbed – through auditory, visual or hands-on training – and identifying how individual tree workers are […]

”You have to really understand how people learn and how important that is when you are teaching safety material,” says Brandy Brown, co-owner with her husband, Dustin, of Blue River Forestry & Tree Care in Boulder County, Colorado. That is why Brown, director of operations for the 25-employee company, which she says is well known […]