Complete newbie

[dyson20]

hi im as new to these forums as i am to arboriculture and tree surgery.

i am about to finish a UNiformed bublic services course in college but as you may/ may not know none of the public services int eh UK are recruting especial the fire srervice which is what i wanted to do.

I was thinking of becoming an arborist as my 2nd choice anyway andhas always been in the back of my mind but now ive come to look at it there i can hardly find any couses in the West Wales area the closest i found is a course in a college fairly local for Diploma in Countryside Management and from an old freind who is just finishing his first year on this course there is a bit of forestry and chainsaw built into it but iit is only one day a week for about 2 years would this be a good start or would i need to do a more specialised course. if so anyone know of any around the pembrokeshire carmarthenshire part of wales.

 

Basicaly i am looking for the most info i can get in starting this as a career

 

hope somone can help

Thanks, Dyson

[Dave D]

i cant offer much advice for places in wales but i hope you find something useful. i assume youve tried entering course numbers and your location into google? ie; cs30 cs31 etc + your location. good luck and welcome to the forum.

[western]

hiya mate, pro climber is just on your door, step try them, they have a very good reputation aswell, all the best regards western:001_cool:

[The tree monkey]

go north to snowdonia man. treevolution are awesome. some of the best instructors out there.

[Joshua]

there are plenty of training providers in north wales, pm me if you want more details

[Jonesie]

Hi

 

Have you thought about this place, great facilities and you can stay there while your on the course.

 

Training | F R Jones and Son

[Dowie]

I'll second that Jonsie, just done my cs30/31 there, nice bunch of guys very professional, all the kit provided. May be a trek from Wales but you can stay there, facilities are good and the instructors are top notch.

 

good luck mate

[Guss109]

Any idea of prices for the cs30/31 as no signs of price that I could find

[dyson20]

cheers for the help guys. places like london and even north Wales are a bit far for me and im also on a tight budget it looks like i am going to do a course in Coleg Sir Gar either in NVQ Forestry Level 2 or Extended and Subsidiary Diploma in Countryside Management Level 3 the only thing is neither of them is realy directly what i want especial the the 2nd, the college also do CS30/31 which may be a good idea but at the moment its a nightmare getting a job of any type let alone in arboiculture anywhere near where i live so a 7 week course would not be ideal.

 

thanks for the help guys and i looked at the proclimber one a while ago if i was to go along that road would it be worth doing the 6week fast track or a selection of the smaller ones plus the problem i have wiht the proclimber is that i just dont have the money at the moment.

 

thank you,

Dyson