By day, Charles Humphriss is a quiet and unassuming environmental engineer, but by night...(well, actually, this is by day, too, 'cause whatever Charles does at night is his own business) he's a Certified Arborist!
That's right,a Certified Arborist. With a seal and everything. Charles took his lifelong love of nature and trees and parlayed it into a valued service that he can perform.
How do you get to be a Certified Arborist? It's a combination of experience and subject matter knowledge. Becoming a CA requires at least three years full-time experience working in the professional tree care industry. You also have to pass a 200-question examination on tree biology, identification and selection, tree-soil-water relations, tree nutrition and fertilization, tree planting, pruning concepts and techniques, tree preservation on construction sites, problem diagnosis and management, tree risk assessment, and more.
In our line of business, clients often use a Certified Arborist to conduct a Tree Survey or a Tree Inventory before starting a construction project. Having a complete picture of the trees on a site helps the developer (whether a public or private entity) determine the best course of action.
The survey will reveal information such as:
- Species of the tree based on scientific name.
- Physical measurements of the tree such as height and diameter.
- Age of the tree.
- Overall health of the tree.
- Life expectancy.
- Management recommendations.
Based on information from the tree inventory, the project can be designed to maintain certain trees and remove others. A landscape architect may build interesting site features around existing trees. Depending on the type of existing trees on the site, they may be replaced with other, hardier varieties.
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