newbie looking to get into tree surgery/arbiculture/forrestry work

[combined tree services]

You could always look at some of the colleges ofering 10 week courses , its a good way to get started , Have a look on here for a member called TAD33 - send him a pm and explain your situation and he may well be able to help you .

 

if you want more info feel free to pm me

 

cheers

 

dave

[Maxnaggle]

thanks for the replies ! im going to go see a arborist on weds , will see how that goes ! courses are looking appealing aswell, thanks for the info !

[Maxnaggle]

hey, went and spoke to the guy on wednesday and he said he thought my best bet was to get my chainsaw ticket and see if i could get anyone to employ me as a groundsman and work my way up from there.

 

I will be able to borrow the money to do these courses:

 

Basic chainsaw techniques (ITA)

Maintenance and crosscutting (cs30)

Felling small trees (cs31)

Felling medium trees (cs32)

Climb trees and aerial rescue

Chainsaw from rope & harness (cs39)

 

would it be a good idea to basically jump in at the deep end and get as many of these tickets as possible ? what would i realistically take away from doing this ? has any one else got all of these??? thanks !

[eddiegts]

If it was me I would get cs30. & cs31 first then find a job, work on the ground for a while then go for your cs38/39

Good luck

[Sam Thompson]

30 & 31, then get a job. Do other tickets as you can afford and need them. If you are wanting forestry then windblown and medium trees will be an advantage, but in arb few people are going to let their green groundie fell anything "medium".

 

 

Work hard, there is always something to do on the ground.

If you smoke, ask first, and don't spend half a day rolling fags.

Good luck