first day on the job

[plippy]

on facebook i noticed simon from beechwood has taken on a trainee climber:thumbup1: and that reminded me of when i started my first day working for a firm

 

At college they dont show you much in the way of reducing or thinning only how to do a complete removal or crown lift so when i was asked to av a go at reducing an ash on my first day i was crapping myself and it looked awful:blushing: i was lucky that the guy mentoring me was quite patient:lol:

 

we had a set amount of money to earn the company every day so we never had much chance to take it easy and for him to show me many tecniques, just get on with it.

 

what was your first day like and was it scary?

[Frankie Lawrence]

on facebook i noticed simon from beechwood has taken on a trainee climber:thumbup1: and that reminded me of when i started my first day working for a firm

 

At college they dont show you much in the way of reducing or thinning only how to do a complete removal or crown lift so when i was asked to av a go at reducing an ash on my first day i was crapping myself and it looked awful:blushing: i was lucky that the guy mentoring me was quite patient:lol:

 

we had a set amount of money to earn the company every day so we never had much chance to take it easy and for him to show me many tecniques, just get on with it.

 

what was your first day like and was it scary?

 

still not reduced a tree:blushing: sayinig that we do quite a bit of formative prunning so have done small stuff.

 

I get to climb about once a week though doing odd silky work/deadwood etc dismantled mt first tree with a silky the other day an oak about 15 inches at ground needless to say was dripped with sweat and got to the choggin down bit and just got the winch up on it.

[Matthew Burton]

My first day on the job was mostly spent putting sopping wet conifer through a gravity fed chipper. I also got a good bit of practice at unclogging the chipper!

[Tree Man Tom]

I remember my first day, i was 15. Id been so excited knowing i had a job starting on monday, but over the weekend i came off my bike and pulled aload of skin of elbows, knees and chest. I was determind that i would still start this job though, i was all bandaged up and turned up for work. I got stuck right in dragging brash and raking all day, boss comented on my comitment, turning up in a pretty bad state but still working my bollox off all day. Im still with the same company now 4 and abit years on

[not for sale sorry]

my first day i had never done a reduction i went in and said i was a complete trainee he sent me straight up a silver birch had to reduce it then had to reduce a Robinia next to it i was pooping it lol but it all went well, since then i have done all the climbing bar 1 diseased beach tree in high winds, and that was 6 months ago and i work 3 days for him and do my own work the other 3days of the week

[Samuel]

my first day consisted of one of one long drag and then had to load onto a transit because the chipper broke:thumbdown: