what would you be doing

[treedave]

There have been a few things between school and here. Working with long term unemployed, helping them with life skills and self image. Working with "naughty boys" pre and post sentencing, both the above in the outdoors doing "extreme sports". Selling firealarms door to door. Leading expeditions of school kids to various bits of the world, chase boating / safety cover for white water rafting in europe.

Qualified as a primary school teacher!! Worked as seasonal labourer / beater on scottish shooting estates. Doing logisitcs and safety cover for management training courses using the outdoors.

Now I shoot deer, squirrels and cut trees.

Whats the best - they where all good at the time, they all had bad days and great days but this is the best at the moment.

[skyhuck]

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

 

Hehe, no mate, I did the round with the wife

 

It's a truly awfully job,IMO

[Martyn Amos]

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

 

well done mate,bet you,ve never looked back:thumbup:

[Tree Man Tom]

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

 

Yes, but how many? lol

 

My job involved clearing out sheds that had not been cleaned for a long time, the owner had just put fresh bedding on top of the old stuff, so i was having to dig/fork out chicken shite and straw around 1ft deep.

 

the smell and dust was the worse, plus the fact im about 6ft 5 and the sheds at the tallest points where around 5ft.

 

Having said all this, im still good friends with the chap who employed me, and if for any reason i was jobless, i would consider doing this again just to see me by until i found a better job.

 

I get slightly annoyed with people saying they cant get a job, theres a job out there for everyone, it just might not be what there ideally looking for!

[Scottie]

Left school and left home and went straight into a YTS to do Estate Maintenance and game keeping. Even before leaving school I was a volunteer at the local council run countrypark which later on gave me employment for around 5yrs.

 

Also managed to get over to America for 3 summers to work for Camp America, but have also been a barman, 2nd man delivering white goods, a cleaner, cardboard box maker, delivered wine around northern England and worked with teenagers teaching them horticultrual and agricutraul skills. Been with the company now for nearly 4yrs and every day is a school day as they say. Love my job!

[Martyn Amos]

There have been a few things between school and here. Working with long term unemployed, helping them with life skills and self image. Working with "naughty boys" pre and post sentencing, both the above in the outdoors doing "extreme sports". Selling firealarms door to door. Leading expeditions of school kids to various bits of the world, chase boating / safety cover for white water rafting in europe.

Qualified as a primary school teacher!! Worked as seasonal labourer / beater on scottish shooting estates. Doing logisitcs and safety cover for management training courses using the outdoors.

Now I shoot deer, squirrels and cut trees.

Whats the best - they where all good at the time, they all had bad days and great days but this is the best at the moment.

 

same here,the best at the moment:thumbup1:

start when i want,finish when i feel like:thumbup:

[Martyn Amos]

Yes, but how many? lol

 

My job involved clearing out sheds that had not been cleaned for a long time, the owner had just put fresh bedding on top of the old stuff, so i was having to dig/fork out chicken shite and straw around 1ft deep.

 

the smell and dust was the worse, plus the fact im about 6ft 5 and the sheds at the tallest points where around 5ft.

 

Having said all this, im still good friends with the chap who employed me, and if for any reason i was jobless, i would consider doing this again just to see me by until i found a better job.

 

I get slightly annoyed with people saying they cant get a job, theres a job out there for everyone, it just might not be what there ideally looking for!

 

how many,bloody loads tom,wait for it eight:lol:

[Martyn Amos]

Left school and left home and went straight into a YTS to do Estate Maintenance and game keeping. Even before leaving school I was a volunteer at the local council run countrypark which later on gave me employment for around 5yrs.

 

Also managed to get over to America for 3 summers to work for Camp America, but have also been a barman, 2nd man delivering white goods, a cleaner, cardboard box maker, delivered wine around northern England and worked with teenagers teaching them horticultrual and agricutraul skills. Been with the company now for nearly 4yrs and every day is a school day as they say. Love my job!

 

i remember the old YTS,they should bring it back:thumbup:

[Martyn Amos]

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!![/quote

 

well said,yes its hard work,yes its rewarding!

its also skilled and can be dangerous!as a previous thread where the home owner breaks his leg,thats when you give a customer a price and they looks at you sa if you,ve got 10 heads,that the downer,why they think you can do the job for peanuts:001_huh:

[penfold]

did a stint as a kitchen porter after leaving houghall college, had its good days but more than outnumbered by the bad ones.