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Saddle and gear, knots and hitches, tie-in points, DdRT and SRT, chainsaw work aloft, rigging forces, approach distances and aerial rescue. Every topic gets its own page: first the drawing, then what you need to remember. 66 illustrated pages.
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Every page has one big drawing and a box with the numbers and rules you need to know:
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 9 parts and 62 topics.
Practice test, question 14: how do you have to be secured before you cut aloft? You've done it a hundred times 40 feet up. The standard's words don't come.
The Z133 covers it in a long paragraph about a second means of attachment, with conditions in between. You read it at night. By morning it's gone, because nothing showed you what it looks like in the tree.
In the book it's one page: the climber drawn in the tree, the climbing line on one side, the second means on the other, and a box with the rule: two lanyards don't count.
The rest works the same way: saddle attachment points, the DdRT doubled rope, the 10:1 rigging factor, the 10-foot approach distance, aerial rescue in six frames. Each one has its own page.
You look at the drawing, you get it, and the next time it comes up, on the written test or 40 feet up, you answer it without opening the standard again.
The job and the exam, PPE and gear, knots and hitches, tree inspection and tie-in points, DdRT and SRT, working in the tree, rigging, electrical hazards and aerial rescue, and a final review: 66 pages, all illustrated.
Think of it this way:
The evaluator stops you at the base of the tree and asks where your lanyard and your climbing line go before you start the saw. He's waiting, and the crew is watching.
In the book you open the page on two points of attachment and see the climber drawn in the tree: the climbing line, the second means, and the setup that doesn't count, each one marked.
Same with the bowline, the Distel, the load on the tie-in point, the 10:1 design factor and the 10-foot approach distance: each one on its own page.
Tree Climber Illustrated is 66 illustrated pages in 9 parts, one topic per page, and at the end you get the numbers on one page, the 8 knots side by side and a skills test walk-through.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
What the credential covers, how every page is laid out, Z133 vs. A300, the job briefing and command and response with the ground.
Head-to-toe PPE, saddle attachment points, climbing line strength and inspection, carabiners, the lanyard, hitch cord and pulleys, SRT devices and when to retire gear.
Knot vocabulary, bowline, running bowline, figure eight, clove hitch, Blake's hitch, Distel, Prusik and timber hitch, each tied step by step.
Inspecting the tree, hangers and weak unions, site hazards, choosing and setting a tie-in point, canopy vs. basal anchor and the load on the TIP.
How DdRT and SRT work, when to use each, ascent, staying tied in, redirects, limb walking, controlled descent and when spurs are allowed.
Two points of attachment with a saw, chainsaw use aloft, the three-cut method, the branch collar, A300 pruning cuts and objectives, moving through the canopy.
Rigging point, block and lowering device, the 10:1 design factor, rope angle at the block, shock loading, friction wraps, notch and hinge cuts and the drop zone.
Treating every line as energized, the 10-foot approach distance, line clearance, the rescue plan, rescue step by step and suspension in the harness.
The numbers on one page, the 8 knots side by side, exam words that trip climbers up, the skills test walk-through and a common mistakes checklist.
At the end of the book: The climber's numbers on one page, the 8 knots side by side, a skills test walk-through and a common mistakes checklist.
Test yourself the way the written exam asks it. Every answer explains why, so you know what to go back and review.
See the wrong way and the right way side by side, from a bad tie-in to a cut that's too flush, so you catch them before the evaluator does.
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You see every knot, tie-in point and system drawn before you trust it in the tree. You climb knowing why each piece goes where it goes.
You review the whole outline in the same order on every page, and you test yourself with the practice questions before the written exam.
You already do the work. The book puts it in the words and numbers the standard and the exam use, so nothing catches you off guard.
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Yes. It doesn't teach you to climb from zero: it puts what you already do in the order, words and numbers the standard and the written exam use.
From the current editions of ANSI Z133 and ANSI A300, the ISA Certified Tree Climber exam outline, and OSHA 29 CFR 1910.269 and 1910.333 for work near power lines. It covers both parts of the credential: the written exam and the skills test. Before your date, check the current exam format on ISA's website.
No. It's an independent study book, not affiliated with or endorsed by ISA or ANSI. It doesn't give you a certificate or the credential: you still register for and take the written exam and the skills test with ISA.
No. It's study material, not a replacement for hands-on supervised training, your employer's procedures or your gear manufacturer's instructions. What it does: every knot is drawn frame by frame and every rescue step has its own frame, so you can keep the page next to the rope while you practice on the ground and check what you tie against the drawing.
No. They're written for this book, in the style of the written exam, and every answer explains why.
As a PDF by email, sent to the address you enter at checkout: the book and the 2 bonus books.
No. It's a one-time payment.
Yes. The PDF is ready to print, so you can keep it in the truck.
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No more rereading the standard with nothing sticking.
Two points of attachment with a saw: you see it drawn, and that's it.
You walk into the exam knowing where everything is.
Drawings make studying faster.
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