How many Arborists graduate per year?

[Frankie Lawrence]

There proberly as many arbs looking for work as there is many job its just people sit on there ass and moan rather than moving around to the work and hope it comes up in there area and the ones who dont find an employed job and then dont think to start up on they're own and finding work that way

[Mesterh]

There will be absolutely loads of lads that will graduate but have no intention of doing tree work.

 

They will then move on to whatever other training course the DSS(or whatever its called these days) thinks will be a good job for a young lad.

 

No idea of the ones that do want to get into tree work.

[Rich Rule]

You bored again Mike?

[ecolojim]

Same with my degree in Music Production (sound recording). Ratio of graduates to directly relavent occupations is fairly dire. I chose to MAKE it relavent to my other skills and workstreams and make some limited moves into wildlife sound recording and filming

[Mike Hill]

You bored again Mike?

 

Nope.

 

Just trying to break the "What Boots","Best Saw" pattern of Threads.

 

 

I think it would be interesting to find the ratio of Graduates vs jobs,to gauge the demand.

[Rich Rule]

Nope.

 

Just trying to break the "What Boots","Best Saw" pattern of Threads.

 

 

 

Good thinking...

[Tom D]

I suppose some of the courses are really just nptc training which is really box ticking for employers rather than training to be an arborist. Of those who are doing the nptc type courses some will already be in employment and will be being funded by their employer, I'll bet britains councils will spend a fair wack on staff training. Having said that there must be plenty who "graduate" only to discover that there isn't much out there.

 

It is sad to see all the somewhat desparate threads on here allong the lines of "just graduated from XXX colledge with nptc XXX looking for work" it must be tough.

 

As to the numbers of people leaving the industry, I dont see many " I'm packing it all in" threads on here.

[Ian Flatters]

When i was at college the course had 28 people i only know of 5 of us that are still in arb 1 is a Tree officer, 1 is employed and 3 of us now run small arb firms. The rest i've never seen in or around norfolk so who knows what they are doing now.

 

Also today 2 kids spoke to me when i was working with james and said they were doing arb because they here it pays good wedge......and look well cool like ax men.

Edited February 1, 2011 by Ian Flatters

[will.morris]

I'm on a 2 year national diploma course in forestry and arb, started in September last year with about 30 people on the course .... 4 monthes later 6 people have already dropped out and only about 15 of us attend regularly! I decided to go on the course after I bit the bullet and forked out to put myself through my CS30 & 31 tickets, but still did'nt really have enough to be considered by an arborist employer.

[Ewan Murray]

I finished college in July and have been employed since, I think 3 of us are still doing it, but not sure what the rest are doing, I think some people expect to leave college and be a top notch climber without having spent time on the ground and the trees you climb at college are pretty ideal no nasty conifers or ivy covered stuff so some I think some people lose their motivation