Three students from the Davey Institute of Tree Sciences (D.I.T.S.) training program talk about the benefits of this annual four-week program, what they are learning and why they feel appreciative of the opportunity to attend D.I.T.S. Andy Grassia from Davey's Richmond office, Samuel Torres from Davey's North Philadelphia office and Santiago Valencia from Davey's utility Gulf region also discuss taking the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certified Arborist® exam and the fun experiences they've had in Kent, Ohio, the past four weeks. 

In this episode we cover:  

• Four-week long training (0:40) (5:20) (8:55)
• Most enjoyable part about D.I.T.S. (1:05)
• Parts of D.I.T.S. most looking forward to (1:38)
• What is taught at D.I.T.S.? (3:11)
• D.I.T.S. reputation (7:57)
• "We're all in this together" (10:35)
• International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certified Arborist® exam (11:22)
• Why arboriculture? (13:22)
• The fun parts of D.I.T.S.! (17:08)
• Instructor R.J. Laverne (20:02) 

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