Myerscough On-line Students?

[Jon Hartley]

FdSc northcountryboy.

I did the RFS Cert. Arb. in 1999 (not at myerscough). It was a real eye opener for me. Id been climbing for 3 years by then and the knowledge I picked up in that year made me realise what I was doing poorly and why I was doing the things I was doing well. It really did start me on the way down my career path proper

A really good course, I know you will get a lot from it and I truly hope you enjoy it!

[northcountryboy]

Have to say im quite looking forward to it, have already downloaded the FdSc course content and it looks quite daunting, can i ask how much the FdSc course is?

[RobArb]

I'm just about to finish my 2nd year, finished the P&D module, waiting to do the exam and finishing off the last of the stupid (imo) business module assignments.

 

I paid 1400 first year, 1500 last year don't know how much it is for next year yet, and dont even want to think about how much the top-up BSc might be!

 

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[northcountryboy]

Forgive my ignorance but how does it differ from the RFS Cert.

[RobArb]

Rfs is level 2, FdSc is level 5

 

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[northcountryboy]

Being new to this arboriculture learning Im not really sure how the qualifications work, can anyone enlighten me.

[RobArb]

It's not just arb, it's the qcf levels

 

Level 3 is a-level equivalent, level 4 foundation certificate, Level 5 foundation degree, level 6 is BSc and prof dip, level 7 is Masters level 8 is PhD

 

At least thats how I think it is..

 

Search the forums for QCF levels or even google:biggrin:

 

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[northcountryboy]

my brain is already fried

[dgcunningham]

I completed the FdSc last year. I was told on enrolment that about 16 hours a week should be enough time to set aside to meet the curriculum obligations. I would say that 16 hours per week would just about cover the reading. I found the course tough, tough and tough. I was very lucky I had a boss who had graduated from it the year prior to me enrolling, so he was very sympathetic. In a nut shell, i found the course a 3 year uphill battle with an amazing sense of achievement and a little knowledge to boot at the end of it.

 

The course is great and terrible at the same time, its tough to fire up the comp and put in the hours after a days work to meet the impending deadline!

 

Go for it, dig deep and keep going.

 

How was the holiday Rob, did the kids have fun? Where you at at the moment?

 

D.

 

[RobArb]

Hi Dave, Yeh kids had loads of fun (I had more:001_tt2:), it was awesome and wish i could go back this year, america rocks!

 

I'm back at Salford for 6 weeks on a temp contract, Phil's promised work in June so we'll see what happens. Hows the boat:biggrin:?