Tree Risk Assessment

What is Tree Risk Assessment Qualfied?

Being ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified allows our Certified Arborist to provide risk mitigation procedures to help prevent any emergency situations that may arise due to the intrinsic nature of living among trees. 

Tree risk assessments have 3 levels, each using more advance techniques and tools than the last to gather information and develop a plan of action for risk mitigation. Our arborist can give an expert opinion on the amount of risk, the likelihood of impacting a target of concern, and the consequences of a failure pertaining to the tree.  

The ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (ISA TRAQ) is a voluntary qualification program designed to train and assess candidates in a specialized field of arboriculture. When a professional earns the ISA TRAQ credential, they should be recognized by their peers and the public as a tree care professional who has specialized knowledge in tree risk assessment1.

The program offers tree care professionals the opportunity to learn a standardized, systematic process for assessing tree risk and providing information to tree owners and risk managers when making decisions that will promote the safety of people and property and enhance tree benefits, health, and longevity1. Upon successful completion of the program, qualified professionals are proficient with the fundamentals of limited-visual and basic tree risk assessment, understand the principles of advanced diagnostic techniques for assessing tree risk, know how to gather and synthesize information needed to assess tree risk, and can make reasoned judgments and recommendations for mitigating identified risk1.

By having an ISA TRAQ certified arborist on your team, you can be assured that your trees are being assessed by a professional with specialized knowledge in tree risk assessment. This can be an asset to our clients as it can help prevent any emergency situations that may arise due to the intrinsic nature of living among trees. The ISA TRAQ credential is valid for five years from the date it is earned, and current credential holders must retrain and retest every five years to maintain the qualification1.

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