can take the test online or any other information any of you other arborists have.
Test online? Nope, a pet peeve of mine. (More on that in a bit.)
Matt, I see you work for Bartlett. Ask your rep or area manager to guide you through the process. Some of the big brained Phd's that wrote the ISA Certification Study Guide have worked at or consult with the Bartlett labs in the Carolinas. Some of these Bartlett Phd's helped write the test. I'd be surprised if your office doesn't have a Study Guide to loan you.
Also, Bartlett has an in-house study program, kind of an "ISA cert lite". Buddy of mine tells me it's three chapters, I've had a look at it, easy program, knock it off over a couple of weekends, content and test questions are straight off the ISA Exam, plus you get a small cash bonus from Bartlett upon completion. Start there, if you find it tough, you maybe need more knowledge, if you find it easy, full speed ahead!
Davey Tree has a similar in-house program for it's employees, with some of the exact same study pages and test questions as the Bartlett program with the added advantage that it is available online. You need a Davey employee number to log in. Fair enough.
Which leads me to this: I'm certified by the ISA and I'm certified in other fields. In those fields which do not require field testing, everything has gone to online testing.
WHY is the ISA Certification Exam not online?
The way it is now, If I live in Prince George, B.C. and the testing (as it recently was available) is in Vancouver, I have to say goodbye to my family for four days, drive a solid ten hours, rerouting if my intended pass is closed due to bad weather, (which it was). Then I arrive late and intend to pay for my Hotel room which has been denied because of my late arrival. Then I drive around looking for any motel in a strange City with a vacancy sign.
Finally settled in for three hours of sleep, I need to get up early because I'm not where I intended to be for the test, splash water on my face, check my map and bolt out the door, intending to make good time to the testing site. No luck, I'm in a strange city, I'm stuck in traffic. I'm stuck in traffic that I don't know.
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Why is the ISA test NOT available online? There was nothing in the test that required that I be 1000 Km away from my family.
Why is the ISA test NOT available online? If the ISA were actually serious about being "green" they would add up the cost of the testees who must travel to their limited testing sites.
Why is the ISA test NOT available online? They're not smart enough to figure it out. I'll give the ISA a dummy on this, they don't have anyone bright enough working on it.
Why is the ISA test NOT available online? Jobs for the knobs. After all, if I could take the test online, what would cousin Freddie do?
Why is the ISA test NOT available online?
You tell me.