Good wage for a groundie/Inexperienced climber?

[Mr Ed]

Ok guys, re read Mozza's post. He's an EXPERIENCED groundie, with climbing skills.

 

That to me is worth £400 a week or £18k per annum, as he obviously wants to continue climbing, and will become a valuable asset.

[RPA]

Yes great but if i cant send them into a tree to do the job then i wont pay them for that job i would pay a qualified groundie £60-75 a day.

 

 

That would be £15.5 - £19.5K then! (Or to put it another way about £18K)

 

A good groundy with climbing tickets would prob = better worker than a whanna be climber with his head up his

 

How about a lower wage eg £14K working on a bonus system?

[Mr Ed]

Hey Mozza, why not leave Stab city and come and work in Snowdonia:001_tt1:

[Peter]

Hey Mozza, why not leave Stab city and come and work in Snowdonia:001_tt1:

 

Ball and chain!

 

Its a good offer though, never get that money staying put!

[Rupe]

dont matter about tickets if they cant climb there not worth climbers money.

 

£60-75 a day if you have to teach them.

 

A good reliable groundie that you can send to keep an eye on the climber and take care of everything from customer to kit is worth good money.

 

Pay the climber less and tell them there just a climber, the groundie is in charge!

[Rupe]

That would be £15.5 - £19.5K then! (Or to put it another way about £18K)

 

A good groundy with climbing tickets would prob = better worker than a whanna be climber with his head up his

 

How about a lower wage eg £14K working on a bonus system?

 

Thats what I was getting at!

[Big 'Ammer]

Sounds sensible Rupe.

 

I dare say the groundie would also be a steady reliable older bloke who could actually tow something more than a pencil sharpener behind the truck.

[Rupe]

Exactly, and be able to reverse it! I can find plenty of climbers to break things, forget things etc but good groundies are rare, especially with a rescue ticket, problem is though, if they are not that good at climbing then the rescue ticket is just a ticket not an actual ability to rescue anybody from any situation but then again some reasonable climbers would struggle in some situations.

[Lee Winger]

I'm with Ed £400 18k a year, i'd pay more, if he has a HGV licence or he has great customer relation skills, or can draw in work from a client etc etc

 

A ''good'' groundie is as important as a climber , you need a good man on the ground, a good firm is made up of good men that includes groundsmen!

 

In my experience this type of man is very rare!

[Lee Winger]

 

How about a lower wage eg £14K working on a bonus system?

 

A good man with a family and mortgage etc wants to know what hes getting each week, a bonus system causes problems imo

 

Good wages, and an off the cuff, unexpected bonus for bringing in a job or getting a job done in quicker time is far better appreciated imo