This five-week, 200-hour program, developed by leaders within the Utility arboriculture industry, offers trainees an opportunity to develop best practices, skills, and knowledge required for a career as an utility line clearance arborist.

Topics Covered:

• OSHA 10 instruction & certificate
• American Heart Association, Heartsaver First aid and CPR certificate
• Flagging instruction & certificate
• Communications
• Electrical Hazard Basics and Minimum approach distance
• Current ANSI Z133 Safety Standards
• Mobile Equipment operations
• Correct use of a chainsaw and felling procedures
• Worksite inspections and Hazard Identification
• Job site set-up
• Tree and Shrub identification
• Climbing basics
• Common knots used in tree care
• Pruning fundamentals
• Electrical Hardware Identification
• How an electrical grid functions
• Aerial lift basics
• Emergency Action Planning
• Fire prevention and response

Pre-Inspector Level 1 Training was designed to educate participants to patrol power lines to ensure vegetation clearance in accordance with safety regulations.

Through the two-weeks course, participants will cover a variety of topics such as:

• General safety
• Tree biology, growth rates, identification, and clearance
• Utility tree risk assessment and hazard tree assessment
• Contracts and customer communications
• Reporting electronic tools