Groundie requirements

[Marcus1010]

Hi everyone, I’m fairly new to the trade as I’ve only been doing this for about 10 months now but have fallen in love with every aspect of it. I’m currently a self employed groundie working for a one man band who is local to Norfolk. I currently have the following qualifications: manually fed chipper ticket, type 1b and 3b ipaf ticket and cs30. I’m curious as to what business owners/climbers look for in a groundie besides the obvious “hard working”, “punctual”, “willing to learn”, etc. Specifically, I’ll be looking for companies based in and around Hatfield-Hertfordshire as this is where my partner is currently living/working as a Vet Nurse and we are hoping to make this area our home at the end of this year. So really my question is what qualifications do you find more desirable for your guys on the ground? And what would be your ideal range of kit for them to be able to supply themselves? Any suggestions are much appreciated 🤘🏻

Edited February 8, 2021 by Marcus1010

[allseasons]

Towing license 31 and 38 if poss good understanding of trees and identification and some willing to learn as much as possible. Kit wise doesnt both me as we provide everything someone that is willing to fit in with the crew is my most important thing

[spuddog0507]

One good tip i will give you is if you do any machine tickets all ways do your homework and dont be frightened to ask for addvise, but do the best qualification you can, your manually fed chipper wont cover every chipper out there, tracked chipper is what you should of done and that would be them all covered, NPTC and training organisations will take as much money of you as they can,