Science Education Webinar – 3½ hours
Get the Dirt on Soil
The Microbial Difference
April 4, 2025 @ 12:00pm – 3:30pm CDT
Join us and co-instructors from Banner Sales and Consulting to learn about one of the most important factors in tree and plant health. In this webinar, we will learn about soil-inhabiting microorganisms, their functions, and activities within the soil ecosystem. This will be an excellent resource if you’re prepping for the ISA Certified Arborist® or BCMA exam!
Safety Training Webinar – 4 hours
Chainsaw Operation & Safety
May 16, 2025 @ 12:00pm – 4:00pm CDT
This webinar is designed to educate attendees in safe practices for chainsaw use, and covers procedures for operation and maintenance, hazard awareness, correct PPE, and more.
Science Education Webinar – 4 hours
Tree Biology
June 13, 2025 @ 12:00pm – 4:00pm CDT
Tree Biology tells us how a tree lives and grows, stores and uses food, closes wounds, is susceptible or resistant to disease, and fights off some pests but not others. In this webinar we will present: tree anatomy, morphology, and physiology.
Science Education Webinar – 3½ hours
Birch Health
June 20, 2025 @ 12:00pm – 3:30pm CDT
This webinar, co-instructed with Banner Sales and Consulting will cover bronze birch borer, birch leaf miner, and symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. We will also cover soil compaction and its effect on tree decline.
Safety Training Webinar – 4 hours
Chipper Operations & Safety
July 25, 2025 @ 12:00pm – 4:00pm CDT
This webinar covers ANSI and OSHA standards, accident prevention, types of chippers, chipper safety devices, transporting a chipper, setting up at a job site, traffic control, and much more!
Safety Training Webinar – 4 hours
Triple Topic:
Hydraulics, Tire Safety & Trauma Care
August 8, 2025 @ 12:00pm – 4:00pm CDT
While accidents from hydraulic fluid leaks are rare, they result in serious injuries and even amputation. This webinar covers information about hydraulic systems, maintenance, and injuries. Part two of this webinar covers the importance and how-tos of tire safety including: load range, tire grades, inspections, and safety when changing a tire. Finally, we’ll review the most common incidents leading to severe nonfatal injuries and the first aid skills and supplies needed to manage these injuries until EMS arrives.
Registration opening soon.
Safety Training Webinar – 4 hours
ANSI A300:
Tree Planting/Transplanting &
Lightning Protection
September 12, 2025 @ 12:00pm – 4:00pm CDT
This webinar covers the ANSI A300 Tree Care Standards for planting and transplanting, lightning protection systems, and will also cover tree selection.
Registration opening soon.
Safety Training Webinar – 5 hours
Electrical Hazards Awareness Training
October 17, 2025 @ 11:00am – 4:00pm CDT
Electricity is a serious and widespread hazard to arborists. Even if you’re not working around distribution lines, a simple phone line can be energized with enough voltage to kill. This informative class will keep you in compliance with ANSI to train each employee on electrical hazards and, most importantly, help keep you and your employees safe!
Registration opening soon.
Safety Training Webinar – 4 hours
Stump Grinder Operation & Safety
November 14, 2025 @ 12:00pm – 4:00pm CDT
Stump grinders are large and expensive, and a lack of training can put the operator in danger from misuse or poor maintenance. This webinar will cover industry best practices for stump grinder operation and safety.
Registration opening soon.
Science Education Webinar – 4 hours
Rot and Decay in Trees
December 5, 2025 @ 12:00pm – 4:00pm CST
This webinar will cover white rot and brown rot in trees, armillaria root rot, and different types of fungal conks and what they signify is going on in a tree.
Registration opening soon.
Safety Training Webinar – 5 hours
Electrical Hazards Awareness Training
January 2026
Electricity is a serious and widespread hazard to arborists. Even if you’re not working around distribution lines, a simple phone line can be energized with enough voltage to kill. This informative class will keep you in compliance with ANSI to train each employee on electrical hazards and, most importantly, help keep you and your employees safe!