How/why did you get into treework?

[Frankie Lawrence]

was naughty boy at school they found me W/E once a week and college other half worked weekends to loved it found out apprentership scheme here I am love the work

[testcricket01]

didnt even have a clue what tree surgery was until i looked through a college course booklet just before i left high school, saw a picture of bloke hanging from a tree with a chainsaw and thought ooo yes thats so me

[ad15]

fell into it..

[Mesterh]

This is punishment for drowning squirrels in a previous life I think.

[Stevie Mac]

Worked in call centers for about 10 years when I lived in Glasgow, I had a going no where life of working and partying until I met the the wife moved up to the Highlands got a HNC in Arb and urban forestry and went self employed Jan 09.

Best move I have every made.

[Joy Yeomans]

was a farm labourer/mechanic etc farm i worked on got foot and mouth, couldnt go to work, no work, went to college to learn RFS course, started up on my own with a young family and mortgage, best thing i did.

[LancsMike]

Done a variety of jobs since I was 13 during school holidays for my Dad and Grandad working in the yard sweeping up, got a bit older worked on the Wagons my dad has, moved to a Car Dealership for a few months. Then moved to Yorkshire, worked for Dole Office for a bit [ souldestroying job ] then Asda nightshift, applied for work in Manchester for a change of Scenery, ended up working for the Bank of New York and it made me realise putting me behind a desk is a good way to make me bored and look elsewhere. Good mate of mine down in Cullompton Devon was a tree surgeon for 10 years, asked him about the job decided to get my Saw Tickets up at TKF in Holmfirth and haven't looked back since - love the work, the ethos and learning about Tree's. If anything I pity those lot stuck behind a desk all day while I get to play with chainsaws all day and get paid for it

 

Awesome way of life

[Tree Man Tom]

Done a variety of jobs since I was 13 during school holidays for my Dad and Grandad working in the yard sweeping up, got a bit older worked on the Wagons my dad has, moved to a Car Dealership for a few months. Then moved to Yorkshire, worked for Dole Office for a bit [ souldestroying job ] then Asda nightshift, applied for work in Manchester for a change of Scenery, ended up working for the Bank of New York and it made me realise putting me behind a desk is a good way to make me bored and look elsewhere. Good mate of mine down in Cullompton Devon was a tree surgeon for 10 years, asked him about the job decided to get my Saw Tickets up at TKF in Holmfirth and haven't looked back since - love the work, the ethos and learning about Tree's. If anything I pity those lot stuck behind a desk all day while I get to play with chainsaws all day and get paid for it

 

Awesome way of life

 

Who was your mate in cullumpton mate, thats just down the road from me.

[chris cnc]

This is punishment for drowning squirrels in a previous life I think.

 

:lol:

[Taupotreeman]

I always wanted to work as a park ranger in Canada or somewhere so did a course on Forestry and then another on Conservation. When I left college I realized that all the work in Conservation in the UK was pretty much voluntary and if you wanted paid work you needed either a couple of years of volunteer work or a degree. I couldn't afford to work for nothing while trying to pay off a student loan so hooked up with a company in my home town of Loughborough doing tree work not too long after the guy had set up. It was all a bit rough and sometimes a bit dodgy but I had a lot of fun and it was a very fast learning curve. After working for him and a couple of others for four years the travel bug bit. The arb industry got me to Australia, back to North Wales and the finally to NZ which is now home. I don't know how to do anything else now but like tree man tom; I couldn't get behind a desk now unless I was forced into it.