Kristoffer Rasmussen, Qualified Trainer, CTSP, joined the Root Zone to help translate all the “should’s” and “shall’s” in the new ANSI Z133.
“Before you die, you aren’t going to be asking for your arbor certificate, your trophies, or your overtime check. You’re going to be asking for your fam- ily to be there. And so, I always try to emphasize that you need to remember what you’re doing this for. I always come around with that aspect of, as long as you’re doing it for something that’s contributing to a positive expe- rience for your family or whoever, then that’s the whole idea.” VALUABLE TAKEAWAYS One of the goals of The Root Zone Pod- cast is to provide listeners with the op- portunity to indirectly “meet” people in the industry that they might have either idolized or wanted to know more about. “The show gives them an avenue to see, hear, and understand more of that person. A misconception of ours is that people have been good at what they’ve been doing their whole life.”
than how you found them,” he said. “And that extends to the people I’m interviewing for this. When we inter- view these tree workers, they like to talk about what they do. They just ha- ven’t had time or an avenue or some- one to share with — and that’s where the podcast comes in.”
From Conry’s experience interviewing his guests, he has found that many of them didn’t start their tree care careers until their 40s or 50s. “Listeners can see where people have aspired to be their own business own- ers, even later in life — how they work, how they run a business, the different
New episodes of The Root Zone Podcast are avail- able now on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and similar audio and video platforms. Re- cent guests include Cortland Johnson, Warren Ackley, and Kristoffer Rasmus- sen with many more to come. Learn more about the podcast here .
avenues of tree work, and not just what it’s like in the can- opy. There’s lots of different
stuff to our industry.” GIVING TREE CARE A MICROPHONE When asked what he hopes to accomplish with the podcast, Conry’s answer was “to leave a leg- acy.”
“I’m always a big advo- cate of leaving things better
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