if i dont get a decent job after this then whats the point !

[badger wrestler]

I started off with a degree before I went into arb and woodland management. When I fininshed studying i started off doing practical voluntary work and after a few months scored a job as a crew member for a woodland management and treework co. I did all my necesary tickets and got 5 years experience. I started at the bottom with a good attitude and soon got promoted to team leader. Now I am managing 160acre woodland and running a firewood business.

 

My advice is to keep humble with your degree. I am sure that a degree has shows that you are capable of a certain level of inteligence and that will help you in the long term. But, alot of students come out of study and the penny drops. They have know real working world experience. I know plenty of guys without academic qualifications who are far wiser and have more common sense than students.

 

If you are looking to start a treework co you really need some practical experience. At the least I recommend that in your summer hols when you are not partying - i mean studying, you shoud try and get some work with a tree firm even if its voluntary it will look great on your CV and give you some real experience to relate to.

[tim Ber]

i thought all tree surgeons started at the top, every new job is different experience only helps you through,and we learn new things every day

[peckerwoo]

From pot-washers to neuro-surgeons, the job market today and the future will stay T.O.U.G.H.!

I worked hard in a voluntary capacity for 16 month and landed a 6 month temp contract in "habitat management" and I`m still chuffed to bits as iv`e acquired the tickets (30,31,38 &39) at no cost to myself which hopefully will give me a good chance of paid work when my temp finishes but as said, NO degree compares to solid experience in whatever chosen field,,,"Msc" waffle and "Hons" blah blahs are 10 a penny these days and account for next to nowt aside solid graft and common sense!

[jayman]

i have cs 30/31/38/39 and mewp as well as a few others ,i have tried to get work here but no one seems to be taking on, most of the tree companies here are one man bands, i dont mind grafting at all and am more than willing to start at the bottom even if i just drag brash to the chipper just getting ur foot through the door round here is hard.