Realistic chances of employment?

[Sviatoslav Tulin]

On 03/08/2025 at 16:33, Mike Hill said:

You won't earn bugger all in Arb with your current tickets or indeed the tickets you plan to get. You just won't be fast enough. 

 

Consider doing a trade such as plumber/ sparky. By the time you are trained in those fields you could go start your own gig earning propper money. That might take 4 years,however if you started your arb career tomorrow, four years down the line you might be a competent climber but competing with 22 year olds who have the same experience as you.

 

Best of luck.

Iam 48 >>>>>>yet to meet 22 year old who beat me in anything !!!!!

Edited 12 hours ago by Sviatoslav Tulin

[Oldfeller]

34 minutes ago, Sviatoslav Tulin said:

Iam 48 >>>>>>yet to meet 22 year old who beat me in anything !!!!!

I remember being exactly like that,, give it 22 more years it starts to slow you down a little

[Fellstoflats]

On 03/08/2025 at 16:33, Mike Hill said:

You won't earn bugger all in Arb with your current tickets or indeed the tickets you plan to get. You just won't be fast enough. 

 

Consider doing a trade such as plumber/ sparky. By the time you are trained in those fields you could go start your own gig earning propper money. That might take 4 years,however if you started your arb career tomorrow, four years down the line you might be a competent climber but competing with 22 year olds who have the same experience as you.

 

Best of luck.

What tickets would you suggest then? 

 

I've experience of SRT in a caving/climbing context, so some of that will be familiar, which I'd think would be helpful. 

 

What aspects do you think I won't be as fast at?

[Mark Bolam]

Thinking how do to get the job done in the quickest time.

That takes experience.

 

You sound like a pretty switched on bloke, and the ag background means you’ll be a pretty practical sort.

 

You’ll pick it up pretty quick.

 

As others have said though if you’re chasing really decent money do something else.

[Mike Hill]

32 minutes ago, Fellstoflats said:

What tickets would you suggest then? 

 

I've experience of SRT in a caving/climbing context, so some of that will be familiar, which I'd think would be helpful. 

 

What aspects do you think I won't be as fast at?

 

I think you are right that some of your priorities knowledge will be helpful. 

 

You won't be fast at anything that takes years to build up speed on. Crown reduction, section fells,job planning etc.

 

You can't teach that on courses,you only get the basics,the very bare bones that take years to flesh out.

 

I don't know the cost of all the tickets you will need,however why not volunteer for a few days at a few firms. Talk rates with the lads and see if it's for you?

[AHPP]

30 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

You sound like a pretty switched on bloke, and the ag background means you’ll be a pretty practical sort.

 

You’ll pick it up pretty quick.

 

I thought that.

 

30 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

As others have said though if you’re chasing really decent money do something else.

 

We've forgotten to ask the most important question though. OP, Is your wife either a nurse or a primary school teacher? It's part of the uniform for tree blokes in the UK.

Edited 11 hours ago by AHPP

[Fellstoflats]

34 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Thinking how do to get the job done in the quickest time.

That takes experience.

 

You sound like a pretty switched on bloke, and the ag background means you’ll be a pretty practical sort.

 

You’ll pick it up pretty quick.

 

As others have said though if you’re chasing really decent money do something else.

Thanks, that's good knowledge. 

 

I guess one of the main questions is the money front- what do you call really decent money? 25k, 30k? More? Less?

 

[Fellstoflats]

12 minutes ago, AHPP said:

 

I thought that.

 

 

We've forgotten to ask the most important question though. OP, Is your wife either a nurse or a primary school teacher? It's part of the uniform for tree blokes in the UK.

Regretfully not- she runs her own cake business.

[AHPP]

And there wasn't as much call for that in upland Cumbria as in south Oxfordshire. It's all coming together.

Edited 10 hours ago by AHPP

[AHPP]

There's cake business and cake business btw. Does she advertise on the local facebook groups or have a contract with Heathrow? One of you is probably going to need a real job. Unless you're otherwise secure for shelter and nutrition. A lot of arb is unreliable and a lot of arbs are self employed and at the mercy of it. There is employment of course. Couldn't tell you a lot about that though. I'm fairly unemployable.

Edited 10 hours ago by AHPP