advice for starting as a groundsman

[Mark Bolam]

Some good advice already. Take it. Especially Rupes! Looking down and seeing a groundie on the phone is surely one of the most annoying sights in arb. Learn as much as you can, but don't spew it all out at experienced guys before you know what you are on about.

 

There are some great vids on here, but nothing I'm aware of from a groundies perspective? That would be a good vid, headcam of a good sized rigging job from a groundies view (in tandem with climbers headcam).

 

Good luck with it mate.

[Robert_S]

Ask questions, then question the answer if you dont understand it.

As said stay off the phone.

If you smoke and roll your own ,roll them the night before.

If you are getting picked up in the van have the decency to wait outside the house ready to go, there is nothing that starts a day off poor than having to go to someones door to get them to work, especially if they come out with there shoes untied and one arm in there jacket..............

Your job will be to tidy, so tidy it, even if you think its clean and swept sweep it again.

Stay safe it can be a good industry but it can be excellent with the right crew.

good luck

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

yeah the mobile one is annoying..but so is smoking all the time!

 

Costumers don't like to see someone standing around with fag hanging out of mouth and neither will your boss..smoke only on breaks.

 

keep the climbers rope clear...and try drag branches away from climbers rope before cutting.

[chris cnc]

learn how to politely deal with inquisitive/ nuisance members of the public

[Gerbutt]

Look out for ropes near chippers and saws. Try and keep one step ahead of the climber. Work as hard as you possibly can, you'll either get to finish earlier than expected, get to finish before it's dark or fit another job in, they're all good.

[Ben Ballard]

all the above and arrive at work early , be keen to jump out truck when arrive at the jobs and crack on with putting signs and cones out and fueling the saws

[Andy Collins]

Look, listen, think, all day. If you dont know....ask! Nothing to do.... rake clear, fuel saws. have eyes in the back of your head, expect the unexpected, be switched on all day, keep focussed, you are at work, not at the pub/match/playgroup, act like it. No-one expects you to "know-it-al" to start with, but they expect you to work.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

and unlike my groundie NEVER NEVER NEVER put a long handled fork in the chipper or you may end up wearing it

 

I did this about 18 months ago, we ALL make mistakes, no one is above making a realy stupid one, anyone who acts superior because they havent made YOUR silly mistakes is a bit of a tonka:sneaky2:

 

If you make a silly mistake, apologise, put your hands up, especialy if it was unseen and you COULD have kept your mouth shut and got away with it.

 

Honesty is always the best policy, even when you know your going to get hammered and made a monkey of and get called tone the destroyer for all your days:lol:

[skyhuck]

Never sulk!!!!

 

If your having to work late just get on and get it done, if its a problem raise it the following morning, when you and the boss are refreshed from a nights sleep.

 

I used to have a lad who if the job ran over, his bottom lip would stick out and he would drag his feet, what would have taken an extra 30 minuets would end up taking and hour.

 

The lad I have now just cracks on and we soon get done. If he needs to be home on time that day he will mention it in the morning so I know.

[ad15]

petrol goes in the saws,, diesel goes in the landy,,, not the other way round..