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May/June 2018
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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
LEARNING TO IDENTIFY HAZARD TREES
Tom Schwend, senior consulting
utility forester, Davey Resource Group
(DRG), organized a hazard tree training
program for the newest members of
the DRG San Diego team.
The reliability tree training focuses on
the identification of tree defects that
could lead to failures, Schwend said.
The training included tree sounding
Participants included: Ben Vasquez, Paul Boruta, Zack Hohl, Emmet Peak, Joe Taulau, Garret West, Edgar Ruiz, Jesus Ramirez, Ricardo Roldon,
Tom Schwend, William Shobert, Duce Lutu, John Ide, Aron Schreck, Rosa Jernandez, Marco Jimemez, Daniel Jimemez, Ami Guerro,
Dan Defelice, and J.D. Allen.
UTILITY LEADERSHIP SEMINAR HELD IN KENT
Thirty account supervisors from
Eastern Utility services attended the
Utility Leadership Seminar in Kent
in January.
Attendees included: Shane Adams,
Raymond Ammerman, Neal Avery,
Numerous Utility services accounts were represented at January's supervisor training session.
with a mallet to identify decay and
looked at multiple defects. It also
covered the use of the Tree Risk
Assessment Qualification (TRAQ)
matrix that helps foresters with overall
tree evaluation and hazard mitigation.
"One of the most challenging things
we ask our foresters to do is making
hazard tree identifications," he said.
Brandon Behnke, Raymond Betances,
Harold Danielson, Mitch Durham,
Michael Greco, Dan Gross, Maxwell
Hackney, Jason Henry, Stephen
Jaskolka, Michael Ledford, Anthony
Longoria, Helio Martinez, Jeff
McKinney, Dan Oshetsky, Joseph
Pate, Riley Rubio, Hector Sanchez,
Michael Schatz, Josue Silva, Paul Spier,
Gary Thomas, Ron Walters, Tim West,
Eric Williams and Walter Wiltse.
The training took place in the
College Grove area at Chollas Lake
Park, an area primarily populated with
eucalyptus trees.
"It was a treasure trove for the
program. You couldn't go 10 feet
without finding a defect," Schwend said.
He said they plan to hold the hazard
tree training on an annual basis.
