TY - JOUR T1 - Basic Arboriculture Course JF - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) JO - JOA SP - 219 LP - 220 DO - 10.48044/jauf.1975.054 VL - 1 IS - 11 AU - James J. McKeehen Y1 - 1975/11/01 UR - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/1/11/219.abstract N2 - Sixty-five students completed an Arboriculture Course designed primarily to teach climbing and pruning skills to new arborist employees. The course is co-sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service of the Pennsylvania State University and the Penn-Del Chapter of ISTC. The eight-day course was conducted in 1973, 1974 and 1975. The seven and one-half hours per day of teaching time is divided into 1 1/2 hour letures, and six hours of field work. Subjects are taught by “show and tell”. Enrollment costs are $90.00 per student. Students provide climbing line, saddle, hard hat and saws. Two active, climbing arborists in businesses of their own are employed as instructors. Student instructor ratio is 1:12. Emphasis is also given to the areas of tree biology, identification, insects, diseases and culture. Satisfactory graduation from the course is based on a written exam and a climbing and pruning proficiency demonstration. Graduates of the course will not be accomplished climbers but they will have learned satisfactory skills. Most graduates have performed productively and profitably for their employeers. 1976 course plans are currently underway. ER -