Need help and advice. Will do volunteer work.

[pault]

Hi , Iv put up a few threads here looking for work in and around Herefordshire area. I have my CS30/31 and have booked myself on CS38 in mid June. Iv been working as a climbing instructor and a rope access technician for the past 7 years. Iv been trying to find work for the last 6 months and still nothing. Im just needing a chance to gain some experience from an experienced climber etc. It seems like all the employers out there are looking for people with experience but how am i supposed to gain that without someone giving me a chance. Im sure a lot of the newbies out there are in the same boat as me. Can anyone help or give some advice on someone who can. Im willing to do volunteer work, Im a hard grafter, not afraid of long hours etc and willing to travel as im freelance at the moment and have nothing to tie me down.

 

Cheers guys

 

Paul

[pault]

Sorry to do it but *bump*

[janey]

Have you sat down and gone through Yell.com and contacted EVERY tree surgeon within an hours travel. Although you may want the climbing experience, you should be prepared to start as a groundie if necessary and work your way up, gaining a lot of valuable experience on the way.

 

Also, have you thought about going down the BTCV route? You'll get plenty of chainsaw and conservation experience, learn a lot of new skills and gain a wider knowledge of the natural world than you would get working purely in arb'. I'm not sure if that will give you the climbing mentoring that you seem to be specifically after though.