Plumpton College Intensive Course - good pathway in?

[lux]

I will mostly echo what others have said, tickets are great and essential but they are not an express route into the climbing roles etc. Experience and competence will take you there but you are starting out again and working from the bottom. I fully imagine you will have to take a pay cut whilst you learn on the job.  I would say your bigger decisions are if you can afford to make the transition into a new trade and if so are you willing to, to begin with. 

Maybe find some part time work or use some holiday to work for local firms to find out if its for you before you leap. 

[doobin]

17 hours ago, lux said:

I will mostly echo what others have said, tickets are great and essential but they are not an express route into the climbing roles etc. Experience and competence will take you there but you are starting out again and working from the bottom. I fully imagine you will have to take a pay cut whilst you learn on the job.  I would say your bigger decisions are if you can afford to make the transition into a new trade and if so are you willing to, to begin with. 

Maybe find some part time work or use some holiday to work for local firms to find out if its for you before you leap. 

You know I’ve got no tickets, right? 🤣

[lux]

4 minutes ago, doobin said:

You know I’ve got no tickets, right? 🤣

you dont need them, you just use me 😂

[openspaceman]

10 hours ago, doobin said:

You know I’ve got no tickets, right? 🤣

It surprising how some people have managed with no tickets , in one case for the 35 years I have been on the tools with him.

[doobin]

23 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

It surprising how some people have managed with no tickets , in one case for the 35 years I have been on the tools with him.

If I had a ticket for everything I do and every machine I own and operate, I’d probably have to do a month worth of refresher courses per year!

 

 

[Mark Bolam]

Please tell me you’ve got a blower ticket, at least?

[doobin]

2 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

Please tell me you’ve got a blower ticket, at least?

No, but my missus does…

[Old-Oak]

Sorry to say, but Plumpton have satiated the industry with the 8 week course, giving false hope that people will be a fully qualified "Tree Surgeon"

 

Unfortunately you might have all those tickets, but it takes a minium of 2 years to gain experiance.

 

Myself, I wouldnt have the time to guide you around a tree most days, unless its quiet. So I'd rater pay for someone with years of experience, who can be left to do the job properly.

 

All I'd offer anyone with less than 2 years, is ground work only, and even then I wouldn't be happy with them on the saw with only a few weeks training.

 

So you would be a very qualified labour. 

 

Best way to learn the industry is grass roots up!.

Good luck though!

[dumper]

On 29/12/2023 at 10:06, doobin said:

You know I’ve got no tickets, right? 🤣

But you have all the gear!