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Workforce Development

  • Legends
    November 1, 2024

    What Makes Someone a Legend?

    By Don Staruk

      When we recognize a person as a legend, typically it is an honor we confer because of that person’s achievement or their impact on us personally. TCI Magazine staff surveyed some key industry contacts as well as fellow [...]

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  • Jamie Goddard
    December 1, 2024

    Jamie Goddard: A Fisherman Found a Life in Ropes, and in Trees

    By David Rattigan

    Space Perspective, a space-tourism company, has developed a balloon-and-capsule to take eight passengers about 20 miles in the air, at $125,000 a ride. As Jamie Goddard explains it, that’s, “right at the edge of where you would need a [...]

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  • Jeff Jepson
    November 1, 2024

    An Arborist’s Companion: Jeff Jepson on Climbing, Writing, Death and Birds

    By Andrew Jones, CTSP

    Eight years ago, my best friend and now business partner gave me a copy of “Knots at Work” for my birthday. This gift came just a month into my journey into the captivating world of tree work. As an [...]

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  • Donald F. Blair
    November 1, 2024

    Donald F. Blair – Oak Man, Historian, Legendary Mentor

    By Chris Girard, CTSP

    Webster’s New World Dictionary’s definition of a mentor is the following: 1. A wise advisor 2. A teacher or coach. To me, a mentor is so much more than Webster’s sterile definition. Initially, that definition may be appropriate, but [...]

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  • Tony Wilber says, “Every day is a learning experience” at Tennett Tree Service Inc., where he's worked for 42 years.
    November 26, 2024

    You Have to Take a Different Approach With Each Person

    By Tamsin Venn

    Six-and-a-half years ago he earned his Certified Treecare Safety Professional (CTSP) credential from TCIA, and has put it to good use as general foreman at Tennett Tree Service Inc. in Windham, Connecticut, a TCIA-member company since 1999. [...]

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