Plumpton College (Land Pro Training) Aerial Rescue course?

[SussexHarry]

Looking to get my Aerial Rescue. Paying out of pocket and Plumpton is both the cheapest in my area and closest to me.

 

I did my chainsaw maintenance, cross cut and small fell at Scott Fraser Training. The training there was brilliant and I can’t fault it, but they’re over an hour away from me and cost about £150 more than Plumpton’s course for Aerial Rescue. The 1hr10 there and back every day was not very enjoyable.

 

Any experiences with Plumpton - worth the money?

 

thanks

[GarethM]

Erm, is Megan sending you out day labouring?.

 

Anywho, personally I'd bite the bullet and pay the extra. Looks better to keep it all in one spot, even with a night or two in cheap digs 🙂.

Edited September 15 by GarethM

[SussexHarry]

1 hour ago, GarethM said:

Erm, is Megan sending you out day labouring?.

 

Anywho, personally I'd bite the bullet and pay the extra. Looks better to keep it all in one spot, even with a night or two in cheap digs 🙂.

Life isn’t easy off the estate don’t you know…

 

Yes I might have to bite the bullet. Then again I can’t help but think the tickets are only a means to an end, and the bulk of the learning tends to come after… hard to justify the extra expense and travelling time for what is essentially a tick in a box for employment prospects. Maybe I’m being too pessimistic! Would a company really not hire me because I did Aerial Rescue at one particular training provider instead of another?

[GarethM]

I don't think anyone would care in particular, but it always to have a rapport with wherever you're training.

 

Obviously it's a business like any other, it sometimes helps things move smoothly 🙂.

[5thelement]

Scott Fraser is an excellent Aerial Instructor, worth the travel time and extra money in my book, it’s only few days after all. 
I can’t say about Plumpton as I don’t know who the Instructor running the course would be ( it does matter). 
Tony Lucas is excellent and is a freelance Instructor who sometimes works there, if he is running it all would be good, give the College a call and ask about course dates and the Instructor. 

[SussexHarry]

14 hours ago, 5thelement said:

Scott Fraser is an excellent Aerial Instructor, worth the travel time and extra money in my book, it’s only few days after all. 
I can’t say about Plumpton as I don’t know who the Instructor running the course would be ( it does matter). 
Tony Lucas is excellent and is a freelance Instructor who sometimes works there, if he is running it all would be good, give the College a call and ask about course dates and the Instructor. 

Apparently it’s James Smith instructing it. If anyone knows of them?

[kram]

Theres an instructor near me who is likely a bit cheaper and good enough, in Crawley Down.

 

Scott Fraser was recommended to me, could I get him to pick up his phone?

 

These tickets only give the minimum to cover an employers backside, rather than make you any good at it, very much like learner/new drivers. I wouldnt want to be relying on a new climber for rescue.

 

Are you not doing chainsaw from harness at the same time, which is normallly together with it?

Edited September 17 by kram

[5thelement]

1 hour ago, kram said:

Theres an instructor near me who is likely a bit cheaper and good enough, in Crawley Down.

 

Scott Fraser was recommended to me, could I get him to pick up his phone?

 

These tickets only give the minimum to cover an employers backside, rather than make you any good at it, very much like learner/new drivers. I wouldnt want to be relying on a new climber for rescue.

 

Are you not doing chainsaw from harness at the same time, which is normallly together with it?

A decent instructor can pass on a great deal of information and knowledge, way outside the assessment schedule, if the candidate is responsive to it.

I wouldn’t be paying any instructor who was described as ‘cheap and good enough’. 😂
Scott would be instructing so wouldn’t be answering his phone, as you would expect,  there is an office phone and email address to deal with enquiries 

Chainsaw from a tree is a completely separate assessment.

[kram]

He is a good instructor, lots of knowlege just not expensive (or well organised!)

 

I used the phone on his website at various hours also left a message, I can only assume he didnt want more customers, anyway doesn t matter I have all my tickets now.

 

Seperate ticket but usually taught as a course and assessed onthe same day.

[5thelement]

11 minutes ago, kram said:

Seperate ticket but usually taught as a course and assessed onthe same day.

Cheap and not well organised, yeah, sounds great. 👍

Ive never experienced a course of four guys being assessed for aerial climbing and aerial cutting on the same day, the assessment duration times wouldn’t allow for it.