Education & Credentials

September 01, 2015

I am currently in my third year as an undergraduate at the Forestry Faculty at the University of British Columbia. I am Studying Urban Forestry.

June 01, 2015

This is my Diploma from Olds High School In Alberta Canada.

June 23, 2017

This Train the Trainer program targets people who want to be trainers in the safe use of chainsaws. This 5 day program is an intense period of training that focuses on leadership and training techniques and skills, with a specific focus on the Arboriculture Canada 1 day course – Chainsaw Safety & Cutting Techniques.

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Here is just a portion of what trainers learn during this course:
• Implementing a powerful program in specific skill areas
• How to control the energy and mood in the group
• How to use “Accelerated Learning” techniques for adult learners so your participants learn faster and remember more

Specific skills and topics addressed in this 5 day program are:

Communication & Trainer Soft Skills Part I
• Showing up different and establishing your identity
• Code of Honour
• Communication model (Creating a culture of accountability)
• Identifying and dealing with process breakdowns
• Enrolment - ‘Your purpose is your passion’
• Earn the right – What qualifies YOU to train?
• Anchoring, grounding and managing moods and energy

Chainsaw Safety & Cutting Techniques Trainer Training
• Course Descriptions & Outlines
• Competency Profiles / Learner Outcomes
• Competency Evaluating/Testing & Documenting
• Combining presentation, demonstration and hand’s on coaching
• Training, education, and competence

Technology and its use in training
• Computers, Projectors, multi-media
• Whiteboards, flip charts and props
• PowerPoint opening, saving, trouble shooting & practice

Communication & Trainer Soft Skills Part II
• Course delivery model; greet, enroll, deliver and finish
• Presenting, demonstrating, coaching
• Understanding testing and evaluator protocol
• Dealing with style differences and technique variations
• Participant involvement - Introduction of presentation topics
• Presentation design, plan and set-up
• LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!

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June 23, 2017

This certificate presented to Dwayne (D.J.) Neustaeter certifies that Dwayne is a Chainsaw Operator Technician.

February 11, 2018

This certificate shows that Dwayne Neustaeter has completed his AST Level 1 Certification with Avalanche Canada.

June 23, 2017

This credential states that Dwayne (D.J.) Neustaeter is qualified as competent in the disciplines listed on the reverse of this card.

April 01, 2015

This card represents the courses I have completed and graduated from as a student with Arboriculture Canada Training and Education. Currently I have graduated from the following courses:

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• Qualitative and Tactical Wildland Tree Risk Management - April, 2015

• Technical Tree Falling & Cutting - June, 2013 and May, 2016

• Production Tree Removal & Rigging - November, 2016

• Structural Tree Support Systems - May, 2017

• Chainsaw Safety & Cutting Techniques - May, 2015 and 2017

• Tree Pruning - May, 2017

• Chainsaw Train the Trainer 5 day - June, 2017

October 22, 2017

This is my PADI Open water diver certification. 

November 17, 2017

This Certification has trained me in enriched air nitrox up to a maximum of 40% O2

October 22, 2017

Becoming a dry suit diver allows you to expand your boundaries and dive more places, more often. This suit seals you off from the water and keeps you comfortable, even when the water is extremely cold. This certification has qualified me as proficient in Dry Suit Diving and management.

November 17, 2017

This advanced course is a way for newly certified open water diver to advance and gain more experience and confidence in the water. While taking this course I completed the following adventure dives: Deep dive, Underwater navigation, Wreck dive, Underwater Naturalist, and Peak performance Buoyancy.