Many of TCIA’s education and training programs are now available online. We sat down with Bryan Dalton, TCIA’s vice president of training & credentialing, to learn what this means for tree care workers and employers. Q. What is the first [...]

Let’s talk patient assessment. If we look back at the progress of aerial rescue (AR), we can see the industry trending toward an emphasis on the patient and their condition rather than getting up the rope and back down with [...]

Newbie, greenhorn, apprentice, #$@!%# new guy – we all know the terminology for the newly hired person on your crew. What was your first day on the job like? Was there an orientation and safety training, or were you stuck [...]

Stemming from an article I penned previously for TCI Magazine, “Competence in Arboriculture: Motivation” (TCI, May 2021), this article builds upon strategies and tactics discussed in that article, as well as focuses on what it means to motivate our folks [...]

An electrician by training, Joshua Adams found earning his Certified Treecare Safety Professional (CTSP) credential invaluable in his work overseeing crews doing Electrical Hazards Awareness Program (EHAP) training for BluRoc, a two-year TCIA member company based in Northampton, Massachusetts. Joshua [...]