Houston Arborist
What is a Certified Arborist?
A Certified Arborist is someone who is trained as an expert in the art and science of planting, caring for, and maintaining individual trees. Our Certified Houston Arborist is knowledgeable in the areas of keeping trees healthy, landscaping, planting trees, removing trees, trimming trees, and more.
What does it take to become a Certified Arborist?
First, you must have a minimum of three years' full-time experience working in the professional tree care industry before attempting to become a Certified Arborist. Then you have to pass an extensive examination covering all facets of arboriculture. The Certified Arborist examination has 200 questions on tree biology, tree identification and selection, tree-soil-water relations, tree nutrition and fertilization, tree planting and establishment, pruning concepts and techniques, cabling, bracing and lightning protection, problem diagnosis and management, tree preservation on construction sites, climbing and safe work practices, and tree risk assessment.
Why work with a Houston Arborist?
The arborist certification program has benefited the profession by setting some minimum standards of achievement and it has improved the image of the industry from the publics' point of view. Working with a Certified Houston Arborist gives purchases of Houston tree services a higher degree of assurance that their trees will not be damaged or mutilated, and that both they and the arborist understand the effects of a particular treatment.