Helpful tips on how to hire an arborist

Cutting down of trees and deforestation has created a big concern for the world. It has lead to global warming which is negatively affecting the earth. Therefore to normalise and reduce the effect of global warming our government, community and society have joined hands together to plant trees and take care of them. Not only this is the reason people loves trees, and everyone is ready to plant a tree to get greenery around us. Even selling and buying trees is big business in this world.

So while we plant trees, we need to take care of them because our responsibility doesn’t end with planting trees only. Like us, trees can have disease and infection which affects their leaves, branches, stem etc. which leads the tree to die eventually. Therefore we need to cut off the infected areas which are affecting the healthy growth of the trees. This is known as tree pruning.

But to do this task, you need to have proper knowledge about the trees like which of the areas you should cut, how much centimetre is appropriate for reducing the branch or stem and many more. If you have no or less knowledge, you should hire an arborist for tree pruning.

You must be thinking who an arborist is? An arborist is a highly skilled and knowledgeable person with vast experience in planting and maintenance of trees. They are professional, and this is their job to do this. This person has full knowledge of the science of trees. They know about the type of trees available and what are the appropriate ways to maintain them and take care of these species. The arborist has to sit for an exam and pass through the exam to prove him/her as a certified arborist.

While choosing an arborist to do the work efficiently, please keep the following things in mind:

• Certification – You will come across many people who will claim to be an arborist, but they have no clue about what they are doing or what needs to be done. They do not have any proper knowledge about trees, its parts or species. Hiring an Arborist can be expensive. So, before hiring you should check whether they are certified, arborist. This question will help you save your money and get a better return on investment. If you hire a lower level of an arborist, the minimum level is 3. Do take care of that before hiring, level lesser than that can harm you and your plants as they will have less knowledge about plant and its related issues.

• Knowledge – It is the most important thing while you hire an arborist. A certified arborist has a better understanding of the plants, types, species, and parts of trees, their infection and disease, infected areas if any. Their appropriate knowledge will help you to maintain your plant and grow it healthily. The person with experience will know which of the tools to be used for caring, maintaining and managing trees to get an effective and better result.

• Skills – One of the most important things is the skills and services they can offer. You will have to ask a question to know if this is the skill set you are looking for and whether this is matching your said requirement. Some arborist is skilled in silviculture, inventory, survey, and agroforestry techniques to name a few.

Always check if the person is insured in case any accident occurs to person or property. It will help you to be on the safer side if any high-risk accident occurs in your property or to the person. Do not forget to check their certificate and expiry date of the insurance before you hire an arborist.

These are the things that you should keep in mind while hiring an arborist. This will save you at ease and give you a better return on your investment.