experiences with cs39 exam

[tree man john]

just wanted some stories on what people had to do in their 39? thinking of booking up soon !

[Arbocop]

Talking as an assessor...

 

My experiance is that too oftern candidates fall in to one of two catergories.

 

1 too soon after doing cs38 not a good enough/fit enough/ forward thinking enough climber + fail as they are oftern just unsafe

 

2 too much 'industry speed' take unnessary risks and are unaware of when they place themselves in a situation where they are 'chancing their arm' = fail

 

the bestcandidatesare those that have experiance, but without the massive pressure to cut corners, but under the council of a person who understands how to do thing correctley, thos candidates are great.

 

and dont forget it is not just about cutting bits off there is theory to do too.

 

cheers

 

kev

[Neil Frost]

My experience of it last december was that it was about good work positioning, appropriate cuts demonstrated on branches of a suitable size. Cutting vertical and horizontal branches, i.e chogging down as well.

 

Great assessor, wanted to see a good pace as well as doing it safely, and also doing some good limbwalking as well, to get a feel for what it's like in the real world of tree work.

 

Did my 39 in the snow and loved it. Still got a lot to learn!

[tree man john]

Talking as an assessor...

 

My experiance is that too oftern candidates fall in to one of two catergories.

 

1 too soon after doing cs38 not a good enough/fit enough/ forward thinking enough climber + fail as they are oftern just unsafe

 

2 too much 'industry speed' take unnessary risks and are unaware of when they place themselves in a situation where they are 'chancing their arm' = fail

 

the bestcandidatesare those that have experiance, but without the massive pressure to cut corners, but under the council of a person who understands how to do thing correctley, thos candidates are great.

 

and dont forget it is not just about cutting bits off there is theory to do too.

 

cheers

 

kev

 

i passed my 38 about 5 months ago been practising climbing done my 31 2 months ago, my theory i can learn smack on but its just i havnt had no work practice climbing and cutting maybe the odd private job but nothing full on so just wanted some stories on what people think, im gonna do the short course and then the assesment

[tree man john]

My experience of it last december was that it was about good work positioning, appropriate cuts demonstrated on branches of a suitable size. Cutting vertical and horizontal branches, i.e chogging down as well.

 

Great assessor, wanted to see a good pace as well as doing it safely, and also doing some good limbwalking as well, to get a feel for what it's like in the real world of tree work.

 

Did my 39 in the snow and loved it. Still got a lot to learn!

thanks for the heads up!