UTILITY SPECIALIST OVERVIEW
1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs, GA 30328
CS - Barfield 2nd Floor
December 6th, 2024
8am until 3pm
Lunch Provided
This course is designed as an overview of the Utility Specialist Study Guide.
UTILITY ARBORICULTURE: THE UTILITY SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE
This book provides utility arborists and foresters with the information necessary to navigate the complexities of today’s vegetation management industry.
It covers the latest methods and techniques in the areas of safety, program and personnel management, utility pruning, integrated vegetation management, electrical knowledge, storm preparation and response, and communications.
The course will go through the guide chapter by chapter with an in depth look at the material and give you the opportunity to ask questions to one of the co-authors of the book, Randy Miller.
Agenda
8:00-8:30 -- Registration and Check In
8:30 am – 9:30 am -- Introduction (History and UVM background)
9:30 am - 10:15 am -- Safety
10:15 am – 11:00 am -- Pruning
11:00 am – 11:45 am -- Integrated Vegetation Management
11:45 am – 12:30 pm -- Lunch
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm -- Electrical Knowledge
1:15 pm – 2:00 pm -- Storm Preparation and Response
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm -- Communication
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm -- Questions, Wrap-Up, Survey and CEUs
About the Instructor, Randy Miller
Randall H. Miller serves as the director of research and development for Eocene Environmental Group. Randall received his Bachelor of Science in horticulture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison before obtaining his Master of Science in urban forestry from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He has more than three decades of experience, previously working as director of vegetation management for PacifiCorp and serving on ACRT’s board of directors.
Randall serves on the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Board of Directors, has been chair of the TREE Fund Board of Trustees, president of the Utility Arborist Association (UAA) and twice chair of the Edison Electric Institute Vegetation Management Task Force. He has also served on the ISA Certification Test Committee and many other industry committees. Randall is the author of the ISA Integrated Vegetation Management Best Management Practices and co-author of the Utility Specialist Study Guide. He speaks widely on arboricultural topics and performs formal utility vegetation management (UVM) surveys of North American utilities.
When he isn’t working, Randall enjoys bicycle and motorcycle riding, hiking and skiing.