Prescription Pruning Qualification Training and Exam

We’re excited to partner with the Indiana Arborist Association in sponsoring their 2025 events.

The training will be held on Tuesday, April 22 at 8am – Thursday, April 24 at 1pm EDT at the Frederick Douglass Family Center in Indianapolis, IN.

Agenda:

• Day 1: Producers and Prescribers in the same class
• • Introduction with definitions
  • Tree Architecture
  • Response to Pruning Cuts
  • Guiding Urban-compatible Tree Architecture (pruning)
• Day 2: Prescribers only
  • Prescription Approach to Pruning
  • Preparing Prescriptions
  • Outdoor Prescription Exercises and Discussion
  • Mature Tree Pruning
• Day 3 (half day): Prescribers only
  • Review
  • Exam

This training has been made available by a grant from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the US Forest Service. The funds from the grant have partially subsidized the cost to reduce the registration fees for our registrants and offset administrative costs.