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Career Area: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Associate Degree
Program Number: 10-001-5
Approximately 2 Years to Complete
This is based on full-time enrollment. Actual time to completion may vary based on the availability of courses a college offers and the number of credits the student takes in any given time period.
Credit Program
Most credit programs are eligible for financial aid, while most non-credit certificates provide valuable work-related skills on a short timeline. Check with the college offering the program to determine if it is eligible for financial aid.
Average Annual Tuition: $4585.5
This is based on one year of full-time enrollment for in-state students. WTCS tuition is set by the Wisconsin Technical College System Board in March for the following year. It does not include books, materials or program/college-related fees.
Arborist trimming trees

Arborist Technician Careers

Recent Wisconsin job postings for this degree:

Arborist
Tree Trimmer
Designer
Arborer
Landscaping/Sales

Median Starting Salary

$43677

Arborist Technician Programs

Graduates of the Urban Forestry Technician program are skilled in planting, pruning, maintaining, and removing urban trees. Additional skills include tree identification, disease/insect diagnosis and treatment, hazard tree assessment, construction management, tree preservation, urban forest inventories, and management plans.

Arborist Technician Part of a Career Pathway Program Transfers Offered completely online Shared Program
Mid-State Arborist Technician at Mid-State

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The Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) offers more than 500 programs awarding two-year associate degrees, one- and two-year technical diplomas, short-term technical diplomas, certificates and related education for apprenticeships. The System is the major provider of customized instruction and technical assistance for Wisconsin employers. With more than 293,900 people enrolling in a technical college each year, it is the largest higher education system in the state.

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