Career Change

[Mike Hill]

21 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

Didn't think the Marines accepted applicants over 32?

 

[devon TWiG]

Fel , can you do your current job part time ...or take extended leave / sabbatical ?  It is not always easy to step out of your comfort zone in to the unknown and it is easy for others to be brave on your behalf but they do not have any consequences !! Would it be possible to resume your current line of work in a year or two is it does not work out ?...

[Puffingbilly413]

45 minutes ago, Mike Hill said:

 

This guy was doing it for a documentary - he was obsessively fit and yet struggled in parts. Huge achievement but a one off. Recruiting age cut off is much lower.

 

But you don't have to be bootneck fit to do tree work, far from it. Mid 40s if you're fit in mind and body you've still got at least 10-15 years graft in you. Watched a Canadian dude on YouTube still doing proper west coast tree work at 64.

 

Financially though - it's a massive risk. Maybe hedge your bets and go part time in your current job and do tree work for the other? 

[MattyF]

6 minutes ago, Puffingbilly413 said:

This guy was doing it for a documentary - he was obsessively fit and yet struggled in parts. Huge achievement but a one off. Recruiting age cut off is much lower.

 

But you don't have to be bootneck fit to do tree work, far from it. Mid 40s if you're fit in mind and body you've still got at least 10-15 years graft in you. Watched a Canadian dude on YouTube still doing proper west coast tree work at 64.

 

Financially though - it's a massive risk. Maybe hedge your bets and go part time in your current job and do tree work for the other? 

I’ve had two lads go on and join the marines and one told me it was a piece of piss after doing production climbing and arb work.. 

I’m currently working with a lad who started last year at 44 after working as civil servant doing pensions his whole life , he loves it but He also loves going in a cage and fighting and getting his face smashed in at the weekends, to be fair when we got to 2.30 today after been pissed on by the weather all day and scrambling around and getting torn up in brambles trying to carry slippery brash and logs he still didn’t mind dropping another 5 trees. 

[Mike Hill]

9 hours ago, MattyF said:

I’ve had two lads go on and join the marines and one told me it was a piece of piss after doing production climbing and arb work.. 

 

 

I had a lad tell me the same. He went on to say that most days in the Marines you were off home again at 1.

[josharb87]

What are you earning now and what would be the bare minimum you’d need to take home, without fail, each month?

[Stephen Blair]

Just do it!

end result is you’ll have experience to pass onto others, nothing ventured nothing gained! 
You can chuck it anytime you want or continue, your life, your choice!

best of luck!

 

and if your not working in a T shirt, your not working hard enough!   Charge on!

[MattyF]

If you don’t have any self loathing or are not on the autism spectrum I would forget it too .. they seem to be essential qualities in making a good tree worker I’ve noticed over the years. 

[Pete Mctree]

I agree Matty - self loathing is a powerful motivator . 
it is interesting how many left handed dyslexics I have worked with.

[difflock]

6 hours ago, Mike Hill said:

 

I had a lad tell me the same. He went on to say that most days in the Marines you were off home again at 1.

Am or pm?

Or up at 03:00 and knocking off at 13:00?