Information for Schools/Students/Advisors

Are you ready for the 15th Annual SCD event at TCI EXPO November 1-3 in Hartford, CT?

As the largest FREE career development event for students enrolled in horticulture, forestry and related programs at all levels, SCD is a valuable opportunity for students to get an inside look at the field they’re studying. Need more convincing?

• Students and instructors receive complimentary trade show entry and educational seminars
• Our free students-only job and internship fair features some of the biggest names in tree care and gives students a chance to interview with them
• Students compete in free events, like student climbing, investigative and diagnostic skills competitions, and more
• There is free food, giveaways, t-shirts and prizes.
• Plus - TCIA has limited funding available through the Foundation to assist students with their travel. Learn more about TCIA's policy for travel reimbursement.

To register for this FREE event, please download the Student Registration Form and fax to Debbie Cyr at TCIAF (603.314.5386), no later than October 12, 2011.

Also available for download: Liability Waiver and Rules & Regulations [PDF’s]. If you have questions, please contact Debbie Cyr (603) 314-5380 or email cyr@tcia.org.

15^th Annual TCIAF Student Career Days Schedule-at-a-Glance

Please note: This is a preliminary schedule and is subject to change; please check here frequently to ensure you have the most current information available.

TCI CSI - Case Solving Investigations

Diagnostic Guide - Don't let the TCI CSI Tree Diagnostic Competition intimidate you. Everyone is a Tree Detective. Any time you even notice at a tree - it's size, it's leaf color, the insect frass pouring off of it onto your walkway - you are flexing your tree diagnostics skills.

Read this guide for tips on how to diagnose some common problems with trees. This information will help you work your way through the evidence found in the Tree Care Industry Case Scene Investigations.

Download the Diagnostic Guide

Evidence Files - The Tree Care Industry Case Scene Investigations is a tree diagnostic competition. Any student registered for the Student Career Days events at TCI EXPO is eligible to enter. The competition is a written diagnostic exam based on about 25 "tree case scenarios" or mysteries involving trees. Students (or Tree Case Investigators, TCI's) read the case files, examine all the evidence, and select the best answer from the multiple choice responses. Student TCI's have an hour and a half to complete all 25 cases, but can "get a clue" if they get stuck on a scenario. Each clue will cost them 2:00 minutes in time.

The winner of the TCI CSI Tree Diagnostic Competition will receive a generous gift certificate from STIHL, USA.

The following collection of data is evidence that relates to the TCI CSI competition. Like all clues and evidence found at crime scenes, some of this will be relevant to the diagnostic competition, and some of it will be just a dead end. Late exhibits of evidence may be allowed into the case, so check these online files just before the TCI CSI investigation begins. There might be something that submitted that will completely change the case.

• Evidence of a Homonym
• Evidence of Adventitious Roots
• Evidence of Asian Longhorned Beetle
• Evidence of Autumn Needle Shed
• Evidence of Cabling
• Evidence of Cherry Bacterial Pseudomonas Syringae
• Evidence of Dead Man Fingers
• Evidence of Eriophydid Gall
• Evidence of Forest Tent Caterpillars
• Evidence of Frost Injury on Evergreens
• Evidence of Honey Locust Bug
• Evidence of Rusty Tussock Moth
• Evidence of Sapsucker Damage
• Evidence of Structural Pruning
• Evidence of Suckers
• Evidence of Mulch

Please Note: Student Career Days and TCI EXPO 2010 are FREE for pre-registered students and their advisors. Students do not require accompaniment by a faculty member or advisor, but faculty or advisor approval is required. Housing and travel expenses are the responsibility of each attendee. TCIA has limited funding available to assist students with their travel.