How hard is it to find work in Germany?

[colemanjessenz]

Yup i also did my dass at the Big Asplundh politics, 1.5 years there is some good work there but the world is bigger and the tree work is better. their knowledge of pruning in NZ is defo lacking and no where near enough of it, as to say loads removals as well as OZ. this is also due to climate but still they dont grow fast enough as we are chopping then down.

 

I find working in Euro alot better for the soul in the tree climbing world. Yup tickets are tickets but you will learn something i am sure and it sets us different from the rest, they does need to be something. 3yrs at Myerscough was enough for me but love it aswell.

 

Mog

 

 

well said , the attitude towards trees over these ways is much healthier and there is less of the rush chop bash type thing its all about quality and getting the job done correctly , get your destruction skills up in nz and then come refine your climbing and pruning over here... definitely the best decision i have ever made career wise although i would recommend learning the language as i came over here with knowing f a , you can get by with just english but i think the full benifits of th country will be seen if you can speak the language

[morten]

My wife and I are thinking of moving to Germany also - I started a thread about it a couple of weeks ago (I would link you to it but each time I view the page the address bar simply says arbtalk dot com, and nothing else - just search German and it comes up).

 

Link to the thread http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/51182-german-arboriculture-sawmilling.html

[will.morris]

well said , the attitude towards trees over these ways is much healthier and there is less of the rush chop bash type thing its all about quality and getting the job done correctly , get your destruction skills up in nz and then come refine your climbing and pruning over here... definitely the best decision i have ever made career wise although i would recommend learning the language as i came over here with knowing f a , you can get by with just english but i think the full benifits of th country will be seen if you can speak the language

 

I can already speak enough German to get by as a tourist but that's totally different to being able to communicate in everyday life I'd imagine so plenty to learn if I do go there. One of the asplundh supervisors is German and he was saying English is probably ok to get by initially with most germans but he said the older boys may not speak it.

 

I worked with a german guy back in the UK and he came over to England to attend an arb college not speaking a word of english so had to learn it whilst doing the course ... Stories like that do make us seem very lazy as a nation! I suck at learning languages, I have to repeat a word/phrase 1000s of times before it sticks but I'd at least like to show that I'm making the effort, when in rome!

[colemanjessenz]

yeah bro i cant speak german a but all my work mates speak english so they are helping me out , I'm comming back to nz for a holiday late feb if you wanted to catch up for a beer and a yarn mate , could tell you what its like

[will.morris]

Yeh definately mate, always good to meet people from AT