With ANSI Committee members:
Dr. John Ball of University of South Dakota
Tim Walsh Corporate Director of Safety, The Dave Tree Expert Company

This training is designed to: provide safety standards for arborists and other workers engaged in arboricultural operations. This standard is intended to serve as a reference for safety requirements that will apply to all employers or persons engaged in the business, trade, or performance of arboriculture for pay, operations of which include, but are not limited to, tree pruning, repairing, or maintaining; removing trees; cutting brush; or performing pest or soil management.

This standard may require situational modifications in response to personnel emergencies and is not intended to limit the options available to emergency responders.