what would you be doing

[WoodED]

i was out working for a small tree care firm the day after leaving school, i worked two days a week with the tree firm and i went to collage to study music tech, after a year i droped out of collage to continue in the arboriculture industries as an apprentise, and well, here i am

[Johny Walker]

i have allways been involved in trees ,even before i left school ,bit of a familey thing :001_smile:after 28yrs wouldnt change ,wonder if 1,of mi 3 off spring will follow on ,time will tell

[Mick Stockbridge]

When im having a bad day i always think back to how crap it was cleaning out chicken sheds.

 

 

When I'm having a bad day I always think back to the last bad day and think why the bloody hell am I still doing this.....

[Martyn Amos]

Had a variety of jobs in my time, from roofing, to plastering, to being a chef. had a short spell in a dog food factory too between jobs (back in the 80's when there were "no jobs") 9 years warehousing, and now about 15yrs in the tree game. Guess which I prefer?

 

got to be the dog food factory,must have been the mutts nuts of a job:lol:

cheers andy

the tree game is the best:thumbup:

[Martyn Amos]

Qualified as an engineer but got rather disillusioned with the jobs that were on offer, so went back to college and studied environmental conservation. Worked in a Spar shop while I was in college, but don't tell anyone... worked for the pembrokeshire coast national park cutting the grass in car parks and picnic sites for 6 months one summer, then got offered the job I'm in now, site warden at a reconstructed iron age hillfort. And so ends my rather short employment history.

 

funny how you can get bored with some jobs,but tree work and working outside in the fresh air never gets tedious:thumbup:

[Martyn Amos]

From leaving school I got a job as a greenkeeper, went through college and stayed there for 9 years working up to deputy head greenkeeper, after that I left to work on grounds maintenance/landscaping contracts as a team leader of between 3-5 guys(5 in summer) been here nearly 4 years. Work weekends at a botanical gardens/estate where I do all the tree work, chipping for pathways, coppicing, fencing etc and routine maintenance throughout summer months.

 

I have always loved being around tree's from an early age and would love to work full time doing tree work but there's not much around here so for the moment i'm playing it safe and staying put in my current job(wife and wee baby to look after). I'm getting some valuable experience at weekends and enjoying what I do while I earn and learn so it's all good:)

 

stick with it al,sounds like a good job:thumbup:

[Tom D]

 

Milk man.

 

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so that's why there are so many ginger kids in your part of the world.

[skyhuck]

I have been doing tree work for around 17 years, ruining my own business for around 15 years. While I agree that its a rewarding job, one of the things I like about it most is the fact that its given me a decent standard of life. We live on the money my business makes. My wife does work part time for my business doing paperwork etc, but she mainly looks after our home and four children. I'd hate for her to have to go get a job to make end meet.

 

I often read on hear how people are happy to work for very little, because they love the work. I find this very depressing. Yes its great work, but its bloody hard work!!! IMO and those of us that love it are hard workers and deserve a decent wage!!

 

So let not sell ourselves short!!

[Martyn Amos]

I worked as a nursery worker for abit, then did a stint cleaning out chicken sheds on chicken farm. Then got a job doing tree work, and went to college for 3years also.

 

When im having a bad day i always think back to how crap it was cleaning out chicken sheds.

 

tom ive got my own chickens to clean out:thumbdown:

[Martyn Amos]

i have allways been involved in trees ,even before i left school ,bit of a familey thing :001_smile:after 28yrs wouldnt change ,wonder if 1,of mi 3 off spring will follow on ,time will tell

 

your a very lucky man:thumbup: