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the operator shall have a certified arborist responsible for assuring the operator's crew is performing work according to the specifications. 5. CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS -All contractors are required to have a state contractor's license for tree work and provide workers' compensation benefits to their employees. They should also provide equal opportunity employment and have appropriate liability insurance. Contractors must provide all services in compliance with these specifications. 6. SPECIFIC SPECIFICATIONS 6.1 All persons performing tree work on golf facility trees must be trained according to tree care standards accepted by the International Society of Arboriculture. 6.2 All persons performing tree work on golf facility trees in or around primary electrical lines must be trained to do so according to the "Electrical Safety Orders" of the State of California, including all amendments and revisions. 6.3 When tree pruning cuts are made to a side limb, such remaining limbs must possess a basal thickness of at least one third (1/3) of the diameter of the wound so affected. Such cuts shall be considered proper only when such remaining limbs are vigorous enough to maintain adequate foliage to produce wood growth capable of callusing the pruning cut so affected within a reasonable amount of time. 6.4 All final pruning cuts shall be made in such a manner so as to favor the earliest possible covering of the wound by natural callus growth. Flush cuts which produce large wounds or weaken the tree at the cut shall not be made. The branch collar shall not be removed. 6.5 Tree limbs shall be removed and controlled in such a manner as to cause no damage to other parts of the tree, or to other plants or property. 6.6 All tools used on a tree known to contain an infectious tree disease shall be 40