New to Arboriculture

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Do a pre entry assignment for the FDSC at myerscough online, its no sweat really, as long as you have the time and the money!

[KitK]

Good advice. The ND seems to be a 2 year full time, whereas the RFS level 2 or Tech cert level 3 are part time for a year each which I can manage while working - I gotta be able to eat right?

 

Seems like a part time course for a year may give me an idea if arb is the way to go. Unless anyone knows of a centre that offers ND part time - or a place a bit closer than merrist wood to do the RFS level 2 part time...or may i have to do the correspondence course otherwise....the plot thickens....

[Ian Flatters]

Good advice. The ND seems to be a 2 year full time, whereas the RFS level 2 or Tech cert level 3 are part time for a year each which I can manage while working - I gotta be able to eat right?

 

Seems like a part time course for a year may give me an idea if arb is the way to go. Unless anyone knows of a centre that offers ND part time - or a place a bit closer than merrist wood to do the RFS level 2 part time...or may i have to do the correspondence course otherwise....the plot thickens....

 

The tech cert does have requirments for a having level 2 in arb/forestry 1st. Also the other criteria is that you have to have been in the industry for 2 years. BUT when i did the tech there was a guy who had some conservation experiance and a level 2 in car mechanics!!! and within 3 years is now an assistant tree officer. Wait with the tech cert as the course structure isn't changing that much as its just being upped to a level 4 with the new government Vocational Qualifications structure.

[josharb87]

one bit of friendly advise is for most of the tree guys i know, myself included, is theres nothing worse than a tree officer or consultant with no hands on experience . . . appart from being asked to do rediclious things, spending time climbing all over diffrent trees day in day out you spot and learn things books and courses just cant teach. out of all the tree officers and consultants i knew and met, the ones who had 'served their time' getting their hands dirty had the best rapport with the guys, the others were almost hated!

[Ian Flatters]

one bit of friendly advise is for most of the tree guys i know, myself included, is theres nothing worse than a tree officer or consultant with no hands on experience . . . appart from being asked to do rediclious things, spending time climbing all over diffrent trees day in day out you spot and learn things books and courses just cant teach. out of all the tree officers and consultants i knew and met, the ones who had 'served their time' getting their hands dirty had the best rapport with the guys, the others were almost hated!

 

You must be talking about the types that call a poplar a paulownia then? And give deadwoods on 90% dead trees. Spent many a time driving to street and parkland trees with wrong specs too. :lol:

[josharb87]

You must be talking about the types that call a poplar a paulownia then? And give deadwoods on 90% dead trees. Spent many a time driving to street and parkland trees with wrong specs too. :lol:

 

haha, yep you know the sort,

 

DW a DED Elm,

reduce by no more than 5%,

Lift crown ONLY (despite thigh sized DW over footpath)

computer drawn maps that might as well have been of the moon, numbers, tags, spec, species which dont correlate with each other

 

yet the hands on guys you can phone up, they listen and take youre advise and judgement on problems and trust you without getting high and mighty!

[Yorkshireman]

you might as well go for your 50mtr swimming badge or cycling proficiency it really doesn’t matter there are those who can & then there are those you have acedemic quals that say they can.. however

 

just do what you are happy with

[KitK]

That seemed to spark quite abit of banter didn't it.......?

 

I will prob have to do the correspodence course and asI like to get hands on too, I will do some work experience along with the voluntary work i am already set to do. Will need to find someone willing to allow me to shadow them....

 

Its a choice between HCC and Myerscough..seems like hcc you can never speak to a tutor, but myerscough you can? Any one have experience with tutors from either? A course is only as good as the teacher that teaches it and the ability of the student to be taught, I reackon......

[raafbeard]

Hey KitK...I'm still not really understanding why you can't go to Capel??

[KitK]

I would love to but they are unlikely to run the course part time this year - I spoke to STUART BONNET when i was looking into the ND and he said he couldnt tell me if part time would run his year. I think most tutors are stressed out as they have to re write their syllabus due to the new standards imposed on vocational courses. Hence why I am looking at level 2 RFS correspondence courses. Unless you knwo otherwise?.....