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Hi all 

Having recently done my CS30/31 course, done some reading and talked to some people, I'm thinking that I'd prefer working in the woods to working in people's gardens. 

How does one find and secure opportunities to work in forestry/woodland management as a hand cutter? Presumably I'd do well to look into further saw tickets (larger trees and windblown). Is there anything else that might be useful? 

How do I get around the old catch 22 of not being able to gain experience without work, and not getting work without having experience? 

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7 minutes ago, the village idiot said:

Hi Simon,

 

Are you aiming to work under someone else as a cutter or take on a full woodland management role?

 

With a bit of leg work either can be achieved from a standing start.

Short to mid term I'd be looking to work under somebody (or several somebodies), longer term maybe take on a full management role, but I don't have the know how for that just now. 

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  • 3 weeks later...

Once you have 30 / 31 to work as a self employed cutter you'll need suitable first aid course and basic forestry insurance. Occasionally private estates and the like will take people on with chainsaw tickets on the cards, but to be frank if the pay is anything like what is offered down here in Kent, you are better off S/E anyway. Put a post on the employment section on  here and also on Woodlots to see what scope there is in your area, as if you are serious about this and opportunities are rare around you, moving to find the work might be necessary. If you find yourself in the south east, let me know and I can probably put you on to someone, a fair bit of chestnut work around for starters, soon

 

 

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