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May/June 2018
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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
TEACHING TRICKS OF
THE TREE TRADE
When you share your passion, you create a spark in
someone else. That's what happened when Joe Pomeisl,
sales arborist, New Jersey Residential/Commercial office,
began working with Rick Close, who at the time was
the office's district manager.
"Rick was like a mentor to me when I started at Davey,"
Pomeisl said. "Without him, my passion could have been
just climbing – not trees."
Pomeisl keeps in touch with Close, who is now an adjunct
instructor at the County College of Morris. This past
December, Close asked Pomeisl to present a hands-on
training session about tree care safety to the college's
arboriculture students.
To illustrate, Pomeisl narrated the process while his
coworker Vince Peters, trimmer, demoed the techniques.
Together, they shared the proper steps to prepare for
climbing – from setting up the job to using the bucket
truck and chipper safely.
"Both gentlemen represented the Davey Company in an
extremely professional manner, were polite, humorous and
very accommodating to questions by the students," Close
wrote in a thank you letter.
Already, Close and Pomeisl are talking about doing this
on a more regular basis.
"Doing training and educational sessions like this is
beneficial. It shows Davey's commitment to training and
development," Pomeisl said.
Pomeisl acknowledged his successful presentation was
because of Davey's investment in his education. Since
joining Davey, Pomeisl graduated from the Davey Institute
of Tree Sciences and became an International Society of
Arboriculture Certified Arborist
®
.
Now, Pomeisl wants to share his experience at Davey and
showcase potential careers in our industry.
"I hope the students learned that it's okay to work with
your hands and make an honest living by a trade," Pomeisl
said. "I used my passion to instill passion in others, and it
felt great to teach people about what you love to do."
Top left: In his talk, Pomeisl shared how important safety is in
every step of a job, from start to finish.
Top right: Joe Pomeisl loves what he does and recently spoke
at a local college about his passion for the tree care industry.
