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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
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March /April 2025
The Larry Evans Arborist & Fitness (LEAF) Campus opened
this year in Livermore, California, to serve as a training
facility for Davey Tree Surgery Company employees.
An initial, two-day training session was held at the LEAF
Campus for local utility account Surgery Company
managers, to discuss time management skills, safety
leadership, and employee training development.
Weekly classes are currently being held two days per
week with field Surgery Company employees attending
as trainees, who are learning client competency skills and
going through proficiency testing.
"The LEAF Campus is designed to support Surgery
Company employees, starting with the fitness of our Davey
Industrial Athletes," said Matt Krause, safety and training
field manager, Surgery Company. "In addition, we are
supporting the work practices of our utility line clearance
and pole test and treatment employees, along with the
capacity to accommodate employees in an Entry-Level
Driver Training area."
Krause said the feedback from both employees and clients
has been amazing. "The employees have never had a
renewable resource of training structures like they now
have at LEAF," he added. "It is a great benefit for a new hire
all the way to a seasoned or advanced arborist to be able
to perform this work in a controlled environment, and on
structures that do not have to be replaced frequently."
LEAF CAMPUS OPENS IN LIVERMORE
LEADERSHIP
Training Stations the LEAF Campus Offers:
• Pole test, treat, • Chainsaw:
and vegetation – inspection, operation,
management structures and correct working
• Arborist gear inspection order testing
• Arborist limb walk, – limbing and bucking
aerial rescue, and tie-in – notching
climbing structure
Jose Herrera, senior
safety trainer, Davey
Tree Surgery Company,
performs a pruning
technique while climbing.
The new LEAF Campus is located in Livermore,
California, where the main shop and office for
Surgery Company operations stands. The new
training center is currently being used to train
local Surgery Company employees, with plans
to expand the program to Surgery Company
employees outside of California later this year.
