Register of Tree Work Operatives

[scotspine1]

The Registry of Treeworkers will be an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy. It sounds like something the EU has dreamt up and wants to enforce on the good hard working people of the UK.

 

I wont be taking part in this Registry and I certainly wont be using to find employees.

[Craig Johnson]

Apparnetly a further admin fee, similar amount circa £25, will be incurred if you wish to upgrade as your portfolio builds to the next criteria level.

 

So, yes there is a cost incurred but it's nominal and hopefully the benefits far outweigh this.

 

now i'm out, so on top of the cost of trainnig you have to pay again to update your own c.v.

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

now i'm out, so on top of the cost of trainnig you have to pay again to update your own c.v.

 

Don't think you have to pay to update your CV, as you put it, but if you want to be upgraded / move to the next category up then an admin fee applies (inevitable when it's held on a centralised record with someone like Lantra SSC )

[Gareth Dalzell]

Don't think you have to pay to update your CV, as you put it, but if you want to be upgraded / move to the next category up then an admin fee applies (inevitable when it's held on a centralised record with someone like Lantra SSC )

 

I wasn't aware that this type of scheme fell within the remit of a SCC.

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

I wasn't aware that this type of scheme fell within the remit of a SCC.

 

Hi Gareth, I do stand to be corrected ('as always') but I thought it was Lantra SSC and Ros Burnley, rather than Lantra Awards, who were involved in steering it and because they can draw down some funding for it's development and because it relates to education and industry skills etc.

[Gareth Dalzell]

Hi Gareth, I do stand to be corrected ('as always') but I thought it was Lantra SSC and Ros Burnley, rather than Lantra Awards, who were involved in steering it and because they can draw down some funding for it's development and because it relates to education and industry skills etc.

 

I think I know what you mean - there's an interesting cross over between the awards and ssc side of lantra - chinese walls and all that. I know other sectors have the schemes but they have been set up separately from the ssc involved. Not sure exactly - never paid enough attention - or possibly sleeping at that meeting. Interesting scheme, similar or almost identical in part to the CSR scheme in Construction over here. Takes a bit of setting up, a mandatory requirement to work on government projects certainly helped focus the big players on that scheme though.

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

I think I know what you mean - .

 

Can you explain to me then

 

Good to hear something similar is running elsewhere and bringing benefits.

 

Fingers crossed..!

 

Cheers Gareth, have good weekend.

Paul

[Ian Haynes]

Hi Gareth, I do stand to be corrected ('as always') but I thought it was Lantra SSC and Ros Burnley, rather than Lantra Awards, who were involved in steering it and because they can draw down some funding for it's development and because it relates to education and industry skills etc.

 

Hi Paul,

 

Yes, you're correct. Lantra SCC is involved in the R2 scheme and has nothing to do with Lantra Awards.

 

Thanks,

 

Ian

[Ian Haynes]

now i'm out, so on top of the cost of trainnig you have to pay again to update your own c.v.

 

Hi Judge,

 

There is the functionally to be able to create a CV within the software. But this will be free for all to use.

 

At the moment the scheme would allow for an individual to be graded within one fee. This is no set in stone yet and could allow an annual renewal to include an up-grading if the individual is ready to move up to the next grade.

 

Nothing within the scheme is set in stone yet and all comments are greatly received.

 

Thanks,

 

Ian

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Andy,

Bearing in mind that it is the 'worn out climbers' that are often the ones that teach the people, that take their jobs in the long run, how to do the job when we are learning, i feel that as an industry we have duty to re-adddress the issue of people dropping out the industry at this valuable time of their career, and try and sustain their employment in arboriculture.

 

We need to start somewhere i guess.

 

 

It is not hard to see the the good intentions of the scheme, its what many of us have directly and indirectly been asking for. Jaimes quote above is sufficient in its own right to justify full support from the industry.

 

Having met both Jaime and Paul smith in person, even had a few beers with em, I can assure anyone of the septics these guys are lionhearts and bust their balls for us hairy arsed types.

 

Jaime, carry on regardless, this sounds great and if it delivers all it suggests the future may be a lot better for aging old dogs like me!