Arborist are we skilled or semi skilled

[BTS]

Hi all just had pay review at work they class arborists as semi skilled craftsman ( along with grass cutters etc) and not skilled, what are your thoughts on this i believe we are skilled.

[John Hancock]

Bit of a no-brainer if you ask me….

[chainsawdom]

any excuse not to have to give a pay rise.

[Mozza]

Tell them to swap for a day and have the grass cutters take the trees down, They might think again then!

[sean]

Tell them to swap for a day and have the grass cutters take the trees down, They might think again then!

 

it takes great skill emptying those grass catcher baskets into a black bin bag mate.....

[BTS]

going through appeals procedure but have be asked to prove where in the definition of arborist the term skilled craftsman comes up

[Cracker]

Hi all just had pay review at work they class arborists as semi skilled craftsman ( along with grass cutters etc) and not skilled, what are your thoughts on this i believe we are skilled.

 

Sounds familiar. When I was an AA Patrol, about 100 of us were told we were classed as "semi-skilled", and for insurance purposes - "professional drivers." You could have heard a pin drop in that room! Bloody insult considering the hoops they make you jump through to get the job.

[Frankie Lawrence]

what so succesfully shapping an oak tree and making it look nice isnt skill??? Are these people who determine your pay rise actually arborists? Or ex arborist behind a desk with a huge pay check?

[Mozza]

it takes great skill emptying those grass catcher baskets into a black bin bag mate.....

 

Not dissing grass cutters at all, Those bin bags can be real fiddly to open, Even as a skilled arborist i once in a blue moon try to open the wrong end,

[BTS]

the people carrying out the pay review have never had any arboriculture experience at all