tree officers

[Mr Ed]

lets not forget its the local authority that appoints the TO's. If they choose to appoint an inexperienced eedjit, then its the authority thats responsible.

[Steve Bullman]

i think what tony was getting at was how different the 2 jobs are, and probably neither side appreciate the others till they have done it. Tony has done both sides, so i would imagine it can be annoying to hear tree officers being generalized when people dont really know the ins and outs of what they have to put up with/go through. i know i certainly dont!

[Colin Bashford]

I could,nt careless what my local To,s look at or what they might think of me. The fact is I think they are on the whole stupid.

 

You obviously do NOT know many Tree Officers!!!!

[Mick Stockbridge]

You obviously do NOT know many Tree Officers!!!!

 

I know the ones in my area. And in my eye,s 80% of them dont know their arse from their elbow.

[Stephen Blair]

i think its all down to the person not the job title.

[dodger]

tree surgery has change so much in the last 20 years health and safety and we need tickets for everything these days, but if you apply for some tree officers jobs hasnt gone with the time they dont need any off these tickets so how can they police someone that have ie a climbing ticket as they should do if you were doing streets trees

[Paul Barton]

I can appreciate why you think TO would benefit from times on the tools. But I fail to see why it would be a requirement for a TO to hold up to date NPTC tickets for chainsaw use and climbing - YOU are the one climbing the trees. A tree officer's job is surely to manage the council's trees and recommend necessary works, not to 'police' contractors.

[dodger]

I can appreciate why you think TO would benefit from times on the tools. But I fail to see why it would be a requirement for a TO to hold up to date NPTC tickets for chainsaw use and climbing - YOU are the one climbing the trees. A tree officer's job is surely to manage the council's trees and recommend necessary works, not to 'police' contractors.

 

 

 

 

part of there job is to see a contractors are complying to health and safety guild lines for tree gang and the public safety

Edited February 15, 2009 by dodger
miss spelling

[old snake]

The tree officer that i deal with mostly is very good and really knows his stuff. I still disagree with some of his decisions sometimes,but im sure if he could climb he would probably disagree with the way i do things sometimes? Top and bottom is i climb and he looks after the councils trees which is two totally different jobs.

[Paul Barton]

I think it is possible to carry out a H&S inspection without holding CS tickets.

 

Although I still agree that a working knowledge of practical tree works will help.