ISA or European tree worker?

[Ben 372]

I currently work in the uk and more recently in Munich, I would really like to gain more knowledge in tree care , could anyone give me any advice on weather it would be better to have European tree worker or Isa certification , bearing in mind I plan on working in Europe and the uk, any advice would be much appreciated, regards , Ben 

[Steve Bullman]

Is the ISA big in Europe?  I think America seems to be the only place where it truly counts for much.

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

The EAC is gathering moment, albeit slowly, in several European Countries, as is ETW and ETT (less so) and the previous agreement the ISA & EAC had for dual-recognition / deemed to satisfy, in effect, has lapsed.

 

So, in Europe I would suggest 'Euro. Tree Worker' to be the best option...the problem is accessing the exam in the UK is nigh on impossible so maybe ISA Certified Arborist is a more viable / accessible option.

 

There, has that helped...not much really, sorry.

Paul

 

[Mark J]

Ben,

 

I was over in Munich not to long ago.  I found that the people I met who had done the Euroopean Tree Work qualification were pretty on the ball when it came to tree care.

 

Mark.

[Mark Wileman]

I've not heard of the European Tree Worker, can't seem to find much detail online, then again European websites always seem a bit hard to navigate for me...

 

Is it academic or practical?

[Craig Johnson]

http://www.eac-arboriculture.com/eac-intro.aspx

 

you can do the exam in english in most european countries, as the default common language of the EAC is english,  though i would suggest sweden as their tree ident list is shorter than most(as long as you know your conifers) 

[Ben 372]

2 hours ago, Mark Wileman said:

I've not heard of the European Tree Worker, can't seem to find much detail online, then again European websites always seem a bit hard to navigate for me...

 

Is it academic or practical?

It’s academic it’s pretty much the same I think as isa but people in Europe all seem to do European tree worker rather than isa 

[josharb87]

It’s academic and practical 

[Mark Wileman]

It's odd that the AA promote ISA membership and not the ETW... I imagine there are far more British Arborist's working in Europe than in the States.