newbie here

[spicey]

hi there,

 

just thought id say hello

 

my name is Justin

 

Im 22 and currently studying countryside management at hadlow college in Kent

 

I am keen to get my chainsaw tickets and some experience under my belt

 

I was wondering the best way to get into the industry? im keen to volunteer to get experiance etc

 

any help much appreciated

 

thanks

[chrisgilltreesurgery]

Welcome mate, if I were in your situation id contact as many contractors as possible and try to get in the door, offer your help as a volunteer on your days off from college. This will show willing and how keen you are and when you finish college you will have experience within the industry and the company you have been helping out at may even offer you work.

 

Good luck

[spicey]

thats good advice thanks

 

i see you are a tree surgeon?

 

How did you manage to get started if you dont mind me asking?

 

thanks again

[Eddy_t]

thats good advice thanks

 

i see you are a tree surgeon?

 

How did you manage to get started if you dont mind me asking?

 

thanks again

 

Not a tree surgeon now, branched out into greens keeping if you pardon the pun, I started out by asking local tree surgeons for work, feeding the chipper, dragging and stacking, watched what they did, picked up a few tricks, one put me through my cs30/31, and I worked hard, in the winter when the work died down I spoke to land owners I knew and laid hedges with a saw, chopped down trees and flogged the wood, I bought more equipment, and did other courses, following year I worked hard again, and did more training and bought more stuff, if you learn to work well with basic equipment, you can make expensive stuff work twice as good!

[spicey]

that again is good advice, thanks for sharing that

 

i have posted a thread up advertising that i am after volunteer work

 

thanks again

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

that again is good advice, thanks for sharing that

 

i have posted a thread up advertising that i am after volunteer work

 

thanks again

 

Welcome to the forum, nothing to add to the excellent posts above, just stick at it, get involved and if your keen one of those you help out will offer you paid work.

 

Keen and an ability to plod on without a proverbial prodding will always make you worth having on board, too many slouches around these days, pull your weight and youll be valued.

[Eddy_t]

Good luck, and I hope you find work, but the pay is poor when you start off, but work damn hard! It'll get you there quicker, and they might teach you more during your time there

[spicey]

thanks again for the advice guys

 

really helpfull

[easy-lift guy]

Welcome from the Sunshine State. Study hard and stay on the straight and narrow path.

You have at your disposal hundreds of years of experiences to learn from.

All the best.

easy-lift guy

[Warren Stirling]

Welcome to the forum mate, I finished the Landscape management degree a couple of years ago and we had the countryside management lot join us for the final year. If your going to get your tickets go to Kingswood Training up the road from Hadlow. A far better outfit for that sort of thing.

All the best with the course. W