Dwayne Neustaeter
Senior Vice President
Expertise
Train The Trainer
Comprehensive Tree Risk Management Qualification
Electrical Awareness
Structural Tree Support Systems
Tree Appraisal Qualification
Tree Insect and Disease Management
Urban Tree Planting
Utility - Hazard & Danger Tree Cutting for Powerline Restoration
Utility Tree Worker Programing
Tree Biology & Care
Tree Pruning
Chainsaw Safety & Cutting Techniques
Hazard & Danger Tree Felling & Cutting
Hazard & Danger Tree Felling & Cutting for Fire Operations
Technical Tree Felling & Cutting
Modern Tree Climbing Systems
Chipper Safety & Ground Operations
Aerial Lift Operations & Fall Protection
Aerial Lift Emergency Evacuation & Extrication
Production Tree Removal & Rigging
Tree Climber Rescue & Emergency Preparedness
About Me
Dwayne Neustaeter is Senior Vice President, curriculum programmer and lead instructor at Arboriculture Canada Training & Education Ltd., an organization focusing on meeting the training and education needs of arborists and related industries.
Dwayne specializes in leadership/team building, program development, workbook writing and development and testing in the field. He instructs classes and seminars on safety and a wide range of skills for arborists around the world. Dwayne has over 25 years experience in the tree care and related industries, focusing on total tree care operations, instruction and competency testing. His passion is to improve safety for tree care workers and do everything he can to impart knowledge that will serve to reduce the incidents, injuries and fatalities in this industry.
Dwayne has been involved in ownership and management of businesses for over 25 years. He is passionate about helping organizations in the green industry with management issues such as: team building, standard operating procedures, occupational hazard compliance, and strengthening business practices that will serve to improve the bottom line and minimize risks. Dwayne’s dynamic presentation style will inspire and motivate business operators to go back to their businesses with renewed energy and practical action steps.
Dwayne was recently awarded the M.F. Blair Award for Exceptional Contribution to Practical Arboriculture from the International Society of Arboriculture, as well as the Arborist of the Year award by the ISA SCA Board. As a current member of the ISA BCMA Test Committee and a past member of the International Tree Climbing Competition and North American Tree Climbing Competition Committees, past-president of the ISA Prairie Chapter as well as the Society of Commercial Arboriculture and past member of multiple ISA Committee’s, he remains involved in associations and committees across North America to give back to the industry and continue learning.
Experience & Industry Involvement
2024 - Present
Senior Vice President of Arboriculture Canada Training & Education Ltd.
1999 - 2024
President of Arboriculture Canada Training & Education Ltd.
2013 -2023
ISA TRAQ Instructor
1997 - Present
Tree Climbing Competition judge & technician @ many ISA chapter TCC, ITCC, NATCC
1995 - Present
Consultant and Expert Witness work
1990 Present
Member of the International Society of Arboriculture
1990 Present
Certified Arborist #PR-0143
2017 - October
Facilitating Transformational Workshops: Group Dynamics
2007
Professional Operator Safety Training – Altec SENTRY® Program
2006 - October
Graduate of the Peak Potentials – Train the Trainer Certification Level I
2008 - June
Graduate of the Peak Potentials – Train the Trainer Certification Level II
2000 - -2005
President of ArborMaster Training Canada Inc.
1993 - 1999
Faculty Member and instructor at Olds College Horticulture, Arboriculture, Landscape Gardener Instructor
1989 - 1992
Green Drop Lawns Tree and Lawn Specialist/Crew Supervisor
1993 - 2000
Tree Climbing Competitor (2 time Prairie Chapter Tree Climbing Champion)
1994 - 1998
Instructor of the PVMA UTW (Professional Vegetation Managers Association)
1988 - 1991
Landscape Gardener Journeyman Diploma
2001
Chainsaw Safety Instructor, Environmental Training Center, Cert.# ETC339
1999 - Present
Speaker / Instructor at ISA annual international conferences
1999 - Present
Speaker at TCIA Expo and conference events
1999 - Present
Speaker / seminar presenter at many ISA chapter conferences in N
2005 - March
Keynote speaker at Iowa State University
2005 - January
Speaker at the Idaho Nursery Trades Association
2004 & 2007 November
Speaker at LANTA (Landscape Architect Nursery Trades Association)
2008 - November
Speaker for the New Zealand Arboriculture Association
July - 2010
Speaker at the National Utility Arboriculture Conference – England
2015 - March
Speaker at the ISA Norway Chapter conference
2016 - Present
Member of the ISA Board Certified Master Arborist (BCMA)
2014 - 2016
President of the Society of Commercial Arboriculture (SCA)
2010 - 2013
Member of the ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification Panel of Experts
2013 - 2016
North American Tree Climbing Competition – Operations Committee
2013 - 2016
International Tree Climbing Competition - Operations Chair
2011 - Present
Committee member of the ITCC Technical Advisory Committee
2011 - Present
Technical Advisor for the NATCC (North American Tree Climbing
Competition)
2001 - 2008 & 2011
Committee member of the ISA International Safety Committee
2007 - Present
Board member on the Society of Commercial Arboriculture board (SCA)
2001 - Present
Founding member of the Alberta Arborist Industry Safety Committee
2006 - 2012
Head judge of the Rescue Event at the ITCC
2007 - Present
Participant in the International Arborist Trainers Forum
(2008 - 2013)
ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification Panel of Experts committee member
2009
Volunteer Chainsaw Instructor - Outdoor Women’s Program with the Alberta Hunter Education Instructors Association.
2006 - 2009
Canadian rep on International Tree Climbing Competition rules committee
2005 - 2009
Canadian representative on the International Society of Alberta Certification Board
2005 - 2007
Past President of the ISA Prairie Chapter
2003 - 2005
President of ISA Prairie Chapter
2006
Contributor in “The Brown Bat” research project, Univ. of Regina
2005
Contributor in “The state of arborist rescue in America” – research project
1996 - 2001
Member of the ISA Certified Arborist Test Committee
1995 - 2003
Certification Liaison for the ISA Prairie Chapter
2001 - 2010
Member of the Alberta Arborist Safe Work Practices Committee
Qualifications & Memberships
2013 - Present
ISA TRAQ Instructor
1990 - Present
Member of the International Society of Arboriculture
1990 - Present
Certified Arborist #PR-0143
2007 - Present
Board member on the Society of Commercial Arboriculture board (SCA)
2019
Award of Distinction – M.F. Blair Award for Exceptional Contribution to Practical Arboriculture – International Society of Arboriculture
2018
ISA SCA Arborist of the Year
2016
ISA Ontario Maple Leaf Award
2001
ISA Recognition Award for the advancement of the tree care profession