The Institute of Australian Consulting Arboriculturists Committee invites you and your membership to join them for a one-day forum on 21 February 2020 at the Harold Park Community Hall in the Tramsheds, Sydney, New South Wales.

Trees for Liveable Cities: Delivering effective green infrastructure forum
is a forum that will highlight the benefits and challenges of green infrastructure and consider how arborists, planners, architects, landscape architects, developers, engineers, urban designers, politicians, and the general community can actively contribute to improving urban forest canopy.

The Australian Government, in announcing its Cities Agenda in 2015, recognized green infrastructure as a key component for liveable cities. In 2018, the 1st World Forum on Urban Forests, an initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, issued a Call for Action.
The Call for Action noted that urban forests help attain many of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
Also in 2018, the NSW Government announced a goal to achieve 40% urban forest canopy over Greater Sydney by 2030.

We look forward to seeing you there!

https://event.icebergevents.com.au/iaca2020

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Registration Deadline: 10 February 2020

COST:

ISA Member                      $500.00  GST inclusive
QAA Qualified Member     $550.00  GST inclusive
QAA General Member      $600.00  GST inclusive
Non-member                     $700.00  GST inclusive

** If you do not provide ISA Member number before the registration deadline, you will be charged at either member or non-member prices accordingly.

**please refer to our cancellation policy

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The ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) program provides an opportunity for professionals in the arboriculture industry to expand their knowledge through education and training in the fundamentals of tree risk assessment. This qualification promotes the safety of people and property by providing a standardized and systematic process for assessing tree risk. The results of a tree risk assessment can provide tree owners and risk managers with the information to make informed decisions to enhance tree benefits, health, and longevity.

The Tree Risk Assessment Qualification Course is a two-day educational course followed by a 1/2 day assessment that includes both a written and field component. The course prepares the participant to take the TRAQ assessment to become ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified. It is required that you attend the course and successfully complete the assessment in order to receive the ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification.

The course cost includes all course materials, lunch, and refreshments on both training days and welcome refreshments upon arrival for the exam.

The Tree Risk Assessment Qualification is valid for five (5) years from the date the TRAQ exam is passed. The qualification holder is required to retake the course and pass the exam every five (5) years in order to maintain the qualification.

Registration Deadline: 10 February 2020

COST:

ISA Member                         $930.00  GST inclusive
QAA Qualified Member        $985.00  GST inclusive
QAA General Member      $1,045.00  GST inclusive
Non-member                     $1,200.00  GST inclusive

** If you do not provide ISA Member number before the registration deadline, you will be charged at either member or non-member prices accordingly.

**please refer to our cancellation policy

CLICK HERE FOR MORE COURSE INFORMATION

**Current QAA Members will receive a 10% discount off the cost of this workshop **

EVENT DETAILS
Date: 23rd & 24th March 2020
Course: QTRA Training (2 days) Australia
Venue: Queensland Arboricultural Association
26-40 Delancey Street, Cleveland, QLD 4163
Australia

Cost AUD $970.00
GST is chargeable on this event at 10%

Training days begin with registration/coffee at 08:30 for a 09:00 start and 17:00 finish, lunch will be provided.

• Please Note:
  QTRA requires payment of an annual User Registration fee. The first year’s fee, currently $165 AUD is included in the above cost.
  QTRA and Visual Tree Assessment – Estimating Probability of Failure training have now been combined into one, two-day workshop.

  Learning Objectives:

  The attendee will:
  develop a general understanding of the risk context within which the structural condition of trees is considered
  develop an understanding of the Quantified Tree Risk Assessment (QTRA) method and be able to apply it to the risk assessment of groups of trees and individual trees
  be instructed in the use of the QTRA manual calculator, which will be provided to all trainees
  be instructed in the use of the QTRA calculator program, which will be provided to all trainees who successfully complete the training
  calibrate their ‘Likelihood of Tree Failure’ estimates with other trainees
  be able to inform risk management decisions using the QTRA Risk Thresholds
  develop a repeatable approach to the assessment of tree structure from the broad assessment of a tree population to the investigation of a tree
  develop an understanding of those attributes of the tree that inform the recognition and evaluation of tree structure, stability, and tree health in relation to tree structure
  physiological condition and Indicators of vitality
  basic anatomy of wood tissues and of vascular connectivity
  structural optimisation in trees
  compartmentalisation of decay and dysfunction
  develop an understanding of environmental factors that might affect tree structure, their visible indicators and possible consequences
  recognise external indicators of structural modifications in the tree, e.g.
  decay compensatory growth in the form of both primary shoot development and secondary thickening
  develop a general understanding of the principles that inform evaluation of visual observations in relation to differing fungal decay strategies.

  In order to book onto this event, you must agree to the terms of the QTRA User Licence. If you have not already done so you will be asked to indicate your agreement during the booking process.