UPCOMING CLASSES
Arboriculture 101 with Dr. Todd Watson
January 9, 10, 23, & 24, 2025
Bryan, Texas
8:00am - 5:30pm each day
If you are preparing for the ISA Certified Arborist exam, interested in improving your knowledge of trees, or need CEUs, Arboriculture 101 is for you. It is a comprehensive, 4-day short course designed to offer practitioners in-depth knowledge of urban trees and their care.
Click here for more information on becoming an ISA Certified Arborist.
Webinars with
Streamside Green is honored to partner with Dawn & Jeff Thierbach, proprietors of Victorian Gardens and
VG Consulting, for our series of webinars.
Day on a Job - White Rot, Brown Rot, & the Climber - Tire Safety
November 1, 2024
12pm - 4pm Central
The first part of the webinar covers the general tasks, duties, and responsibilities of an arborist as they complete a job for a client, including: training arborists “shall” have, climber and crew responsibilities from start to finish, gear inspections, vehicle & machinery inspections, traffic control, PPE, site responsibilities, climbing operations - procedures, communications, debris handling, and end of job.
In part two the instructor discusses brown rot and white rot and how they affect tree work and the climber.
Part three covers the importance and how-tos of tire safety including: load range, tire grades, inspections, and safety when changing a tire.
All About the Spruce: Diseases, Pruning, Selection
November 15, 2024
12pm - 3:30pm Central
This webinar covers the most common diseases and treatment of spruce trees, including spruce decline, rhizosphaera needle cast, cytospora canker, Cooley spruce gall, and Eastern spruce gall. We also cover proper pruning of spruce trees, as well as proper tree selection when adding spruce to a landscape.
Chipper Safety
December 6, 2024
12pm - 4pm Central
This webinar covers ANSI and OSHA standards, accident prevention, types of chippers, chipper safety devices, transporting a chipper, setting up at a job site, traffic control, and much more!
Electrical Hazard Training for Commercial Arborists
Saturday, January 18, 2025
8am - 1pm Central
Electricity is a serious and widespread hazard to arborists. Even if you're not working around distribution lines, a simple phone line can be energized with enough voltage to kill. This informative class will keep you in compliance with ANSI to train each employee on electrical hazards and, most importantly, help keep you and your employees safe!
Saturday Class!
Tree Biology
February 21, 2025
12pm - 4pm Central
Tree Biology tells us how a tree lives and grows, stores and uses food, closes wounds, is susceptible or resistant to disease, and fights off some pests but not others. In this webinar we will present: tree anatomy - the study of the structure of tree parts, morphology - the study of the form and development of tree parts, and physiology - the study of activities and processes within and between tree parts.
Storm Preparedness & Response
Saturday, March 8, 2025
8am - 12 noon Central
As we enter the time of year when weather becomes volatile, join us to learn from the experiences of our instructor, Jeff Thierbach, in working storm response for hurricanes Helene and Milton.
Saturday Class!
Borers
April 11, 2025
12pm - 4pm Central
This webinar is currently under development. We will cover several of the most common borers arborists encounter, along with prevention and treatment.
Chain Saw Operations & Safety
May 16, 2025
12pm - 4pm Central
This webinar is designed to educate attendees in safe practices for chainsaw use, and covers procedurees for operation and maintenance, hazard awareness, correct PPE, and more.
Driver Safety & Fleet Management Workshop
with ArboRisk Insurance
June, 2025
Having the right drivers and keeping your vehicles and equipment in tip-top shape are essential for your business. These practices can result in fewer break-downs, fewer violations, fewer accidents, and lower costs! In other words Safe Driver + Maintained Fleet = Higher Profits! This original webinar covers a workbook created by ArboRisk Insurance to help you customize a plan for your company. Topics include: Written Policies & Procedures, Hiring the Best Drivers, Managing Drivers, Fleet Management, and Compliance.