Isn’t an arborist just someone who trims and cuts down trees?

Isn’t an arborist just someone who trims and cuts down trees?

While tree trimming and removals are what those who work in a tree business do most it is not all that arborists do. And not everyone who is working in a tree business is qualified to be called an arborist.The safety standard by which the hazardous job of tree work is done without danger is ANSI Z133, or better known among arborists as simply “the Z”. This standard defines two types of working arborists: the qualified arborist, and the qualified arborist trainee.

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