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The ANSI Z133 standards are the accepted industry safety standards for tree care work, and are essential to read and implement to run a safe tree care business.The ANSI Safety Requirements for...

Consolidated in 2024 to a single documentPrecision and compliance with industry standards are paramount. The ANSI A300 Tree Care Standards, approved by the American National Standards Institute...

TCIA pocket guides are written to help prevent accidents in tree care. Each pocket guide is about 40 pages long, and fits in your pocket. The full set of six TCIA pocket guides can easily be kept in...

The TCIA Pocket Guide for Safe Tree Felling looks at the hazards and steps for felling trees in a tree care environment, rather than a logging environment. This guide covers common risks and steps to...

This TCIA Pocket Guide to preventing falls covers climbers and ladders, but does not address bucket truck/aerial lift use. Opening with a breakdown of fatal and non-fatal falls in tree care and their...

This TCIA Pocket Guide covers the identification of electrical hazards and proper work procedures to avoid them. Applies to tree climbers, aerial lift or equipment operators, and ground workers that...

This TCIA Pocket Guide provides complete information on the required personal protective equipment (PPE) arborists in all areas require for safe tree work. It is the goal of TCIA that this book helps...

This TCIA Pocket Guide was originally published as The Climber's Guide to Hazard Trees by the Bartlett Tree Research Laboratory. This publication was shared with TCIA, and has been expanded and...

This TCIA Pocket Guide aims to increase awareness of 'struck-by' injuries and help the reader avoid hazards in rigging operations. A struck by injury may come from a swinging or falling branch, limb...

Best Practices for Crane Use in Arboriculture: Combines technical information from professional crane operators and arborists who use cranes. Illustrates fundamental principles of crane selection,...

Best Practices for Rigging in Arboriculture, 2nd Edition: This authoritative manual from TCIA helps marry the accepted standards and principles of tree rigging to specific applications. Fully...

Best Practices for SRT in Arboriculture: Single Rope Technique climbing is a unique method of accessing and work positioning in trees using a static rope system. This manual from TCIA combines...