The ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (ISA TRAQ) is a voluntary qualification program. To earn the qualification, eligible candidates must complete a training course, and pass both a comprehensive written assessment and a performance-based assessment. To maintain the qualification, current credential holders must retrain and retest through a TRAQ renewal course before the end of five years.

Please be advised that ISA has recently announced these changes to the Tree Risk Assessment Qualification program (TRAQ), effective November 2025:

• A new full course agenda, course manual, and a new TRAQ form

• A 7-year credential for the full TRAQ course and passed exams (after November 2025)

• No more renewals: all credential holders are required to re-take the the course and exams after 7 years.