O.C.A.A. Library

Available to All Members

The OCAA Library offers a wide selection of professional resources to support your ongoing education and growth in the arboriculture industry. The collection includes books, manuals, workbooks, DVDs, and VHS tapes that cover a range of essential topics from safety and technical training to leadership and professional development.

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📧 Contact us to request materials or check availability

Books & Manuals

  • Tree Climber’s Guide

  • Arborist Equipment – includes CEU Workbook

  • Plant Health Care for Woody Ornamentals – includes CEU Workbook

  • Tree Pruning Guidelines

  • Guide to Report Writing for Consulting Arborists

  • Model Company Safety Program – includes CD

  • Tailgate Safety

  • Electrical Hazards Awareness Program (E.H.A.P.)

  • Home Study 1: Basic Arboriculture

  • Home Study 2: Advanced Arboriculture

  • ANSI A300 Standards:

    • Part 1 – Tree Pruning

    • Part 2 – Tree Fertilization

    • Part 3 – Tree Support Systems

  • ANSI A300 Pruning Pad – 50 Sheets

  • Arborist Certification Study Guide

  • The Art and Science of Practical Rigging

  • Photographic Guide to the Evaluation of Hazard Trees in Urban Areas – includes booklet

  • Home Study for Professional Arborists – Crew Leader Manual 3

  • Arboriculture and the Law in Canada

  • The Landscape Below Ground – includes supplemental booklets

  • Rigging for Removal Workbook: Principles & Practice

  • Planting Trees and Shrubs – includes booklet

  • Ropes, Knots, and Climbing – booklet

  • Back Injury Prevention – booklet

  • ANSI Z133 Safety Requirements for Arboricultural Operations – pruning, repairing, maintaining, and removing trees, and cutting brush

Videos & Training Series

DVDs

  • Leadership Success Series – 6 DVD set

  • Introduction to Arboriculture

    • ISA Interactive Training Series – 10 DVD set

  • Aerial Rescue Training Program – includes booklet & DVD

VHS – National Arborist Association

  • Basic Training for Ground Operations in Tree Care

  • Basic Training for Tree Climbers

  • Technical Rigging

  • Ropes, Knots & Climbing

  • On Target Series:

    • Part I – Hydraulic Spray Equipment

    • Part II – Hydraulic Sprayer Calibration

    • Part III – Proper Pesticide Application for Urban Trees

  • Aerial Rescue

  • Electrical Hazards and Trees

  • Principles of Pruning

  • Chain Saw Selection and Maintenance

  • Chain Saw Use and Safety

  • Chipper Use and Safety

  • Back Injury Prevention Program

VHS – ArborMaster Training Series

  • Introduction to Climbing: Equipment and Techniques

  • Introduction to Secured Footlock: Equipment and Techniques

  • Introduction to Belay: Equipment and Techniques

  • Introduction to the Throwline: Equipment and Techniques

  • Climbing Knots and Hitches

  • Introduction to Ropes: Care, Construction, and Limitations

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