What topics would help your crews most this season? We’re scheduling two evening sessions in March (March 12 and 19, 6–8 p.m., North Maintenance Yard) on chainsaw storm response, playground surfacing inspections, and battery‑equipment safety, with 2 ISA/NALP CEUs per session. Tell me which certifications you need and whether weekday evenings or Saturday mornings work best — our aim is safer parks, safer crews, and stronger partnerships with the folks who care for them.
Saturday mornings work best for our crew, but evenings are fine if there’s hands‑on. We’re targeting ISA Certified Arborist CEUs and a couple of us want CPSI, so could you add a 15‑minute ‘chain sharpening + bar maintenance’ hands‑on in the storm module and a tiny CPSI prep slice in the playground one? Bonus if we can practice on real storm logs instead of sawhorses.
Backing @juliaC_84 on ISA, and if the chainsaw piece adds a quick ANSI Z133 update plus a 15‑minute bar/chain sharpening lab and a “pre‑use checklist” handout, we’ll send 5 techs. Weekday evenings are fine with hands‑on; otherwise Saturday — any chance of a Spanish handout?
Would love the battery‑equipment safety session to hit cold‑weather charging and a quick ‘pack storage/transport’ demo with a fire‑resistant case; we’ve had a close call in a trailer this winter. Please confirm the 2 ISA/NALP CEUs on March 12 and 19 also apply to ISA Utility Specialist.
Could you fold a quick playground ‘head/torso probe’ and surfacing depth-gauge demo into the inspection session and leave us with a laminated EN/ES checklist for the trucks (saves us from coffee-stained printouts)? CPSI credit would help most here (ISA is a bonus), and weeknight 6–8 works better than Saturdays for my crew…
A short JHA walk‑through tied to chainsaw storm response would help most: give us a pocket card and a simple “stop work if.” decision tree we can scan in the field… ISA CEUs are great; Saturday mornings are better for my crew, though if you stick with evenings, please have task lighting at the yard so demos aren’t guess‑and‑check.