ISA offers a variety of educational materials and products to help arborists add to their arboricultural knowledge and experience. Every month, we will feature a product or group of products. In December, ISA is featuring the BCMA Guide for Exam Preparation and is offering a 10% discount. To receive your discount, use code BCMA10 when checking out on the ISA web store, valid through 31 December.  

As the end of 2025 approaches, it’s a good opportunity to consider aspirations for next year.  ISA Certified Arborists® who have held the credential for multiple years and hold other industry credentials should consider earning the highest level of international credential in the field! The written exam is divided into 17 knowledge areas; interested ISA credential holders should review both the Program Guide and Examination Outline to learn more. 

The BCMA Guide for Exam Preparation helps prepare arborists for the ISA BCMA exam by offering tools for additional resources and a framework for creating a personalized study plan rather than serving as a traditional textbook. 

The guide includes sample exam questions to familiarize arborists with the exam format, as well as a 50-question preliminary assessment to evaluate their knowledge base and guide them on areas that may need improvement. 

Each chapter includes learning objectives, key terms and definitions, topic-specific self-assessment, recommended resources for further study, and practice questions with detailed answer explanations.

Click here to access the BCMA Guide for Exam Preparation, and click here to learn more about the ISA BCMA certification program. Start working toward the highest level of certification in the industry today!

Any educational or preparatory material, whether published by ISA or not, should NOT be considered the sole source of information for an ISA certification examination. This publication and the ISA certification program exams are developed through separate processes and entities.