4 Cutters/Foresters - ongoing work in the Borders, Central Scotland & Perthshire

I'm looking for 4 cutters for immediate start. Working on first and second thinning in The Borders, East Central Scotland and Perthshire. These are self-employed positions for those with a minimum of CS30 & 31, you will be expected to provide all your own PPE and personal tools and equipment.

I started somewhere so the bottom line is I am happy to take on guys with little or no experience of thinning or forestry work. If this is the case you must remember / have used the things you learnt on the CS30 & 31 course. It is hard work, perhaps the hardest you will have ever done, but if you are keen to learn, work in some of the most beautiful estates in the country and want an enormous feeling of satisfaction at the end of the day and get paid for it then it could be for you.

The crew currently consists of 3 - 4 guys plus me! At the moment we have another 400 to 500 tonnes (some sitka, mainly larch) to come out at the site you would be starting at.

Pay. It is piece-work at good rates. Someone with as little as a few months experience is cutting 8 - 10 tonnes per day.

Everyone has a trial; usually a couple of days so we can all see how we get on. I will cover reasonable travel expenses (fuel for up to around 75 mile each way agreed ahead of time) and fuel and oil for your saw. The rest is up to you!

Contact me at [email protected] with a CV or call me on 07872 021477 after 06:30 hrs and before 21:30 hrs. DO NOT PM ME, you are unlikely to get a response.

Cheers

Iain

Thats a great opportunity for some one best of luck with your search Ian

good to meet you the other day

Hi All,

Just refreshing this! After a monumentally successful week last week speaking with a host of woodland owners I'm still looking for cutters.

I have a few guys coming for a trial and the crew is building but still need more...keen, hardworking and reliable. The aim is to get you cutting circa 10 tonnes a day. Is a bit less in sitka but a piece of cake in the larch!

These are self-employed posts so could be a great 'filler' when you are quiet. Please get in touch.

Thanks for those of you I have been speaking to and I'll see some of you over the coming weeks.

Cheers

Iain

Payments on a tonage rate is fine in good woods but in nightmare site these times a serious problem. Out of interest I know some good cutters what are the rates and how soon do you weight the timber from felling?

Payments on a tonage rate is fine in good woods but in nightmare site these times a serious problem. Out of interest I know some good cutters what are the rates and how soon do you weight the timber from felling?

Hi, you are absolutely right, it does depend on the woods. At the moment we are fortunately working on estates where there is a good balance between the good and the ugly! We have to take the hard stuff with the easy stuff and I do everything I can to balance it so its fair across the crew.

As for rates, it varies across different contracts! Give me a shout and I'm more than happy to have a chat about the way we work and how the commercials work for the current contracts.

cheers

Iain