Change of Career?

[Dan Earp]

Cs 30-31, 38 and 39 minimum bud

 

30-31 is cross cutting and small fell

38 is ariel rescue

39 use of a saw within a tree.

 

Check out the nptc website and your local suppliers of the course and test

[CCB]

Thanks for the info! will start to look into it! Cheers.

[Dan Earp]

Thats the minimum u should have other courses like cs 32-34-41 would also be good to have but maybe after 6-12months in game bud

[Yorkshireman]

Well dont put your self off this as a career !! it has a lot to offer..

 

I started my own business 13 years ago ,,,

 

I grew up from a family background mix of businesses & Farming been in the Forces, spent time in management roles of both the retail grocery & Food haulage distribution sectors,, then took a wild tangent and started doing this,, when I started off I took on any task that folks would pay me to do , then slowly gained equipment, tools, experience & qualifications and clients ...

 

A simple way to look at it is ,,, if in twenty years time you look back on life & say I wonder if I tried >> what would have happened >> and where would this have taken me ??

 

You'll only ever truly know if you give it a go ....

 

at the fork in the road ahead you go >>>

 

 

this is not an easy option & business isnt for everyone ,, being good on tools doesnt a business make......... However its a bloody good start ...

 

I hope once our training school gets under way,, to also offer business advice options as well as vocational [hands on] and acedemic [paperwork] qualifications

 

all the best guys Iain

Edited January 6, 2013 by Yorkshireman

[CCB]

Thanks for the advice! theres probably a few others lurking out there wondering the same things! hopefully some of these answers helps them? as for me, well i will make a point of contacting the local colleges, Oatridge/Barony, to see about prices, timescales! better build up some coins to pay my way through it!!

 

Great Forum by the way!!

 

Cheers

[tworvrs]

I was made redundant at 40 from a large supermarket chain, but always been good with my hands and machinery, I took a 1 year course at our local college (2 days pr wk) and set myself up doing small trees. that was 14 yrs ago and I've never looked back ! money can be a bit tight sometimes, but if you're good at budgeting then do it.

dont get to 70 and think " wish I'd done that" every jobs different, healthy outdoor life, high job satisfaction... plus... real boys toys to play with ! ha ha

[Burkey]

Thanks for the advice! theres probably a few others lurking out there wondering the same things! hopefully some of these answers helps them? as for me, well i will make a point of contacting the local colleges, Oatridge/Barony, to see about prices, timescales! better build up some coins to pay my way through it!!

 

Great Forum by the way!!

 

Cheers

 

Yep you are probably right about "few others". Im nearly forty and wondering whether the same career change will be right for me (and family). Fingers crossed eh? There is only one way to find out!!

 

Good luck!!

 

"In at the deep end. Out on the golden sand!"

[treequip]

Yep you are probably right about "few others". Im nearly forty and wondering whether the same career change will be right for me (and family). Fingers crossed eh? There is only one way to find out!!

 

Good luck!!

 

"In at the deep end. Out on the golden sand!"

 

You would be better at nearer thirty but you deal with what ya got, as an employee you have limited scope. It will take you a couple of years to get past brash rat/second climber and poor wages, HGV licence would be a good thing to add to your leaving package.

 

If you decide to go it alone you can always have a go or bring in a freelancer for the stuff you can't yet do.

 

Tree work is hard on kit and the body, be handy with the spanner and deep heat

[Andy Collins]

Just thinking on this thread, and I think it's strange. Those in a career outside of Treework wish to get into it around 40ish, and those already IN tree work want to get out around 40ish. Is there more to this? Lack of satisfaction with life's dealings? Mid life crisis? Just an observation and by no means intended as a dig at anyone in particular.

To the OP, I'm 48, physically a wreck at the moment, and too stupid to find an easier job, so I cut trees for a living. And I love it. Good luck.