Staff Training course help

[Stuart A-C]

your website indicates that you already offer tree work, you must have some idea!

[J.D]

We contract our tree work out at the minute though, we take a share of the profits and everybodies happy.

 

We do the Hedgework, but would like to cut down on the tree work we sub out, but obviously we won't do the climbing etc.

 

So what is a good starting point ?

[pward]

pricess trust can offer funding call up ur local team or the uk office they would be abble to point u in the rioght direction

[J.D]

Cheers pward, how's jedward ? ;-)

[J.D]

Just looked at the Princes trust website and its for young wipper snappers mate, I certainly aint that and neither is me member of staff. Doh

[Doug Blease]

A good place to start would be to find out which qualifications you require for the type of work you need to undertake. Contact your training centre, they will tell you if there is presently funding available.

 

You can apply for business grants through business gateway I think. But you may have to prove that you are creating additional employment, or that the tax payer is getting value for money for their investment in you.

 

Have you considered employing someone who is already qualified?

[J.D]

A good place to start would be to find out which qualifications you require for the type of work you need to undertake. Contact your training centre, they will tell you if there is presently funding available.

 

You can apply for business grants through business gateway I think. But you may have to prove that you are creating additional employment, or that the tax payer is getting value for money for their investment in you.

 

Have you considered employing someone who is already qualified?

 

 

I have considered employing someone in the past, but we didnt really have the work back then, a kind of chicken or egg situation, tis a bit of a juggling act.

 

And i dont know if there would be enough work now, so it makes sense to build it up this way we think.

[Doug Blease]

Just because your man is gonna get his climbing/chainsaw tickets. Doesnt mean he is going to be able to do tree work at the same level as your current contractor.

 

I think you will have to put together a business plan to take into account your new direction. Plus you will need two climbers, one for rescue.

[J.D]

I'm not thinking Climbing work at the moment though, I just want to be able to do the smaller stuff, then we can look into climbing etc.

 

What is the basic entry level ?

[Rupe]

Minimum requirement then is CS30 which is using a saw to cut stuff up on the ground, like logs and trunks etc. It will teach you/him maintenance and safety and some techniques. Its not much use in its own but its a start. After that you need CS31 for felling small trees. Then you can fell small stuff and cut it up.

 

Some place will do 30 and 31 as one course.

 

Thats your basic "entry level". Then if you get straightforward jobs that require removal of small trees (fruit trees and the like) then you can get on with it. The courses don't teach you everything but its a start. If you have any doublts about felling then don't do it till the confidance is up.

 

Like, if the tree is taller than the garden is long! Or if there is a chance of it not going where you want!

 

None of these course will teach you anything about tree surgery, or how or why to prune trees, so don't set yourself up as that just yet.