ISA Certified Urban Forest Professional® credential holders are current ISA Certified Arborists® who have chosen municipal arboriculture or urban forestry as a career path. For this credential, you will be tested on the areas of public relations, administration, risk management, policy, and planning as they pertain to municipal arboriculture.

When you become an ISA Certified Urban Forest Professional®, you are recognized by your peers and the public as a tree care professional who has attained a specialty in municipal arboriculture with a generally-accepted level of knowledge in other areas within the tree care profession, such as tree biology, diagnosis, maintenance practices, safety, as identified through periodic job task analyses. Hiring an ISA Certified Urban Forest Professional ® provides tree owners and government decision makers the opportunity to become better informed about proper tree care and their selection of services based on the expertise represented by your credential.

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