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  • People with low skills and knowledge of a task often overestimate their ability to accomplish it. TCIA graphic.
    April 10, 2024

    The Dunning-Kruger Effect and Educating Clients

    By John Ball, Ph.D., BCMA, CTSP

    Everyone providing pruning or removal quotes has come across this situation. You pull up to the next appointment at a house in a well-wooded neighborhood. The homeowner greets you with slight disdain as you meet at the door. You walk [...]

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  • Get out in the field to discuss safety with your teams
    April 1, 2024

    Leading-With-Safety Journey

    By SCOTT JAMIESON

    Before I joined Bartlett Tree Experts more than 15 years ago, I was president and CEO of a national tree care firm based in the Chicago area. One bright summer day, I was headed to the Baltimore area for a [...]

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  • Bartlett Tree Experts in Johnson City, Tennessee. Photo courtesy of Scott Prophett.
    April 10, 2024

    TCIA Presents Safety Awards for 2023 Operations

    By Peter Gerstenberger

    TCIA annually presents safety awards recognizing individual and/or team actions that may have prevented an injury or saved a life, and for company programs or directives aimed at improving safety. Following here are the awards presented this year for operations [...]

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  • Class E helmets provide only a measure of protection.
    April 1, 2024

    Part 6: Work Practices Near an Electrical Hazard

    By John Ball, Ph.D., BCMA, CTSP

    Part 1 of Chapter 4, Safe Work Practices (TCI Magazine, March 2024), covered the job hazard analysis (JHA), work plan and job briefing. This article, Part 2 of Chapter 4, Safe Work Practices, focuses on arboricultural operations near overhead power [...]

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  • The author does his walk-a-round, a good idea before you start driving in case you left something underneath the tire or left your cones out.
    April 1, 2024

    Your Toughest Climb Might Be Into the Driver’s Seat

    By KOREY CONRY, CTSP

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