From Carpenter to Forest Worker. How???

[Blackbomber]

Hello to everyone on the forum, this is my first post so please bear with me, I was hoping for a bit of advice from all you Forest and tree people. Basically i've been a carpenter/joiner all my life and really want to spend the rest of my working life outside doing Forest Work.

 

How do i start? Do i go and do CS30/31 and ask somebody for a job or experience first, then CS30/31? I live in Cleobury Mortimer in South Shropshire if that helps. Does anyone know of a kindly Forester in that area that might give me a break?

 

any advice would be much appreciated.

 

Cheers

 

Rob

[Ty Unnos]

Funding for courses here:

 

Lantra ? LandSkills WM ? training ? businesses ? funding

 

Good place for courses - ring them up and see if you can help out in return for experience:

 

The Green Wood Centre - Woodland Management : Coppicing : Sustainable Building and Other Sustainable Technologies.

 

Volunteer - I started out volunteering with my local wildlife trust. Now I manage woodland on their behalf.

[born2trot]

Hi Blackbomber , Doing your cs30/31 would be a good start, very basic but well worth it. Having worked with hand tools all your days i dont think you will find it a difficult course. You could do alot worse than advertise your services on here You could also do a bit of ' wood vulturing ' and get cutting up some firewood to get you using a saw on a regular basis .

[Blackbomber]

Thanks Ty. Must feel be good to be Welsh at the moment!?

[Blackbomber]

Cheers Born2trot, Advertise as what though? at moment i have no experience in forestry.

Basically i'm willing to work as an apprentice

[born2trot]

Cheers Born2trot, Advertise as what though? at moment i have no experience in forestry.

Basically i'm willing to work as an apprentice

 

You know your strengths.. keen, enthusiastic, willing to learn, punctual, hard worker ? etc.. oh nice Plummer terrier btw

[Guss109]

Your in the same position as me. I started by buying my ppe and saw gradually to help with costs then I did my cs30/31. Then I have been lucky enough to be able to work at weekends with someone on here (cheers you know who you are) got my pl insurance and I have just started my first private job today so just keep plodding on and you will get there if you want it enough. Good luck mate

[Ty Unnos]

Hi Rob,

 

It is a bit far but you would be welcome to come out with the North Wales Wildlife Trust. I am doing woodland work for the next few weeks. We normally meet at Loggerheads Country Park, near Mold, Denbighshire. PM me if you are interested.

 

Cheers

[Blackbomber]

Ty, Thanks for a fantastic offer, sadly Mold is over 2 hours from me. Great advice though, I do a bit of volunteering for the Forestry commission near me, but only manual clearance work, need to get into something thats gonna make be employable.

 

cheers

 

Rob

[Chris Sheppard]

Rob, with the sort of skills you already have, I reckon you'd slot in well doing green woodworking/building etc as well rather than just crash bash forestry. CS30 and 31 would be a good start as the others have said though.