ISA certification, Looking for best study material suggestions!

[truestory]

Hi, I'm going for my ISA certified arborist certification and apart from the basic study manual, I was wondering if anybody had suggestions for opther benefical study material to pick up. Thanks.

*I would buy second hand if any available!

 

[ATH]

Study Guide, BMPs should be enough if you are comfortable with the material. ANSI standards wouldn't hurt. If there are areas you are less comfortable in look for specific resources for those. Rather than listing everything for each domain...are there specific concerns you want to spend more time studying?

 

[Westboastfaller]

You live it man! and the latin comes to you in a dream

 

[Ferguson system]

ISA online learning senter. Arborist pack 25 courses. Each domain has a test and you will get a certificate if you pass.

 

[BC WetCoast]

I read some Shigo before I took the exam.

 

[haphazard404]

I picked up the cd's... Listen to them as I can in my free time. I really think they are helping me.

 

[Slingblade]

Hi, I'm going for my ISA certified arborist certification and apart from the basic study manual, I was wondering if anybody had suggestions for opther benefical study material to pick up. Thanks.

*I would buy second hand if any available!

Check out ebay...They have the Arborists' Certification Study guide (3rd edition) listed for $100....and so far NO BIDS *grin*...Also check out Amazon...They have everything you might want including the tapes and the flashcards, but you're probably going to pay full price...Good luck Truestory!!

 

[jefflovstrom]

Yeah, I just used the study guide and I passed on my second try,,,
But, I took years ago and I hear the test now is made to make more cert arb's,,,whatever,,
When I took my treeworker cert in 1991,,I never heard of a prussik,,
I remember the day's when if you could not preform a 40' foot-lock ascend, you probably would not get hired.
Jeff

 

[hank the tank]

I just used the study guide and the cd's. I took a lot of time to learn Latin names, but did not need it.

 

[ATH]

Not wasted time to learn those Latin names though! I am not one who uses them every time I talk about trees, but it is good to know what somebody else is talking about when they do.

 

[hank the tank]

Not wasted time to learn those Latin names though! I am not one who uses them every time I talk about trees, but it is good to know what somebody else is talking about when they do.

Oh yeah I agree with you. I'm very glad Ive learned them. I just meant you will not need them for the test.

you will need to study the ansi standards as well.

 

[CanopyGorilla]

ISA online learning senter. Arborist pack 25 courses. Each domain has a test and you will get a certificate if you pass.

Ah yes, the learning "senter".

 

[haphazard404]

Anyone use the flash cards to help study? Wondering if they are worth getting.

 

[jefflovstrom]

Anyone use the flash cards to help study? Wondering if they are worth getting.

Sounds like kindergarten,,,to me,
Jeff

 

[GroundmanGus]

I've been studying for the certified arborist test too. I found this sample quiz online. It has questions from the study guide workbook sections. 39 questions and some are different every time. It tells you at the end what you got wrong and what the correct answer is.

https://www.quia.com/quiz/4474011.html

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[treeseer]

Look in Arborist News magazine old issues and practice those tests. Here are 2: pm me for the answers if you want.

 

[JRoland]

Stick with the study guide.
I photocopied the reviews at the end of each chapter and then I took them like tests. Then after I graded / corrected them I studied the questions and answers....