Understanding Biomechanical Principles and Biology in Relation to Assessing Trees for Decay
2-day training including field sessions.
(This training is offered in English only)
Day 1
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Assessing Trees for Decay
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Wood anatomy, wind-load and basic tree biomechanics.
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Biology of Decay Fungi: Decay types, Life cycles, and Fruiting
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Shell-wall thickness and breaking safety of mature trees
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Outdoor Session: Frank Rinn and Chris Luley will demonstrate tree assessment using their basic and advanced testing methods including visual, sounding, DNA testing, resistance drilling (Resistograph)
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Basics, Possibilities and Limitations of Tree Inspections
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Introduction to TreeRot.com and Identification of Common Decay Fungi, what they mean to stability
Day 2 - Advanced Training Day (Advanced Training Day)
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Decay Fungi Identification: Part 2
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Advanced Tree Biomechanics
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Root Decay Fungi Identification, Assessment and Management
Calculating tree-safety? -
Outdoor Session: Frank Rinn will demonstrate tree assessment advanced testing using sonic tomography (Arbotom)
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Basics, Possibilities and Limitation of Tree Inspections
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Does Biology Trump Biomechanics?
About the trainers
Chris Luley, PhD, has over 40 years of experience in urban forestry and arboriculture. He was a forest pathologist for the Missouri Department of Conservation and led the plant diagnostic clinic at Iowa State University. He is currently based in upstate New York and runs Urban Forest Diagnostics. His book "Wood Decay Fungi" is well known among many arborists, and his collaborative website www.treerot.com is very popular. He received the R.W. Harris Author's Award from the International Society of Arboriculture, the Lifetime Achievement Award from New York State Arborists, ISA Chapter, Inc. and the Author Award from the ISA Midwest Chapter.
Frank Rinn was born in Germany and studied physics at the universities of Glassen and Heidelberg. After completing his master's thesis, Frank developed the resistograph, a mechanical resistance measuring device, and eventually founded his own company, RinnTech. Frank holds national and international patents and trademarks, such as Resistograph and ARBOTOM, and is an expert in tree and wooden structure inspection. He gives lectures and training and dedicates much of his time to volunteering in the arboriculture sector worldwide and as the managing director of ISA Germany.
Registration for training: Decay-Testing, Biology, Bio-Mechanics
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