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Originally Posted by Ekka  He goes hard on the topic where others go hard on the people. |
Very good observation, I've only seen him get into it with a few people, but you're right.
Unfortunately the ISA thing is what you make it. When I wrote the exam I had just finished a number of horticulture and arboriculture courses from the University of Guelph. I received the ISA study guide, read one chapter a night and wrote the exam in Portland exactly 16 days after getting the study guide. I already had Harris' book, which most of the guide is based on in a dumbed down kind of way. The hazard assessor course is much the same, I found it extremely easy, a fair bit of it was essay style, which I liked. It gave me a chance to use my background in municipal contracting to advantage. But many of the guys taking the exam have never climbed or cut a tree in their lives, this is what bothered me.
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Trimmin' bush and caring for flowers is good 'n' all...
but sometimes ya gotta let the big wood fly and pound the garden.