Bit of Advice Please!

[JHolly]

Hi guys

 

Got a dilemma some of you might be able to help me with!

At the moment I am doing irata rope access, but work has gone really quiet so am having to supplement it with building work. My question is (why I am posting on this forum) I have booked my CS 30-31 to try and get some more work, both of de-veg for rope access and hope fully get my 38 so I can climb trees aswell, but is it gonna bring me that much more work?

 

its a lot of money for me to be spending when I don't have much work and im starting to think twice!!!

 

Hope someone can give me a bit of advice, sorry its not really about full tree work!!

[Rupe]

None of those Certs will automatically bring you any work. You need someone offering you work first really, and clearing up debris will pay the same (if not more) than you'll earn as a climber.

 

So if there's lots of work opportunities for a groundworker in your area then the extra Certs might be a good investment for the future but on their own, in the short term, they won't earn you anything.

 

Remember they are safety Certs, not tree surgery training. Same as with irata stuff, they don't teach you how to do the actuall job once got up (or down) whatever it is your working on.

[JHolly]

cheers for some advice! problem is need the certs before company's would even look at my cv to offer me a job.

 

just need to decide if to go for it or not within the next 2 days or I lose the chance to change my mind!

thank you tho for the advice!!

[Rupe]

Yes, but with your Certs you won't actually get a job. Unless you have a job offer in writing (i.e an employment contract) then the Certs won't actually guarantee you a job.

 

If you mean self employed tree work then need to know how to do tree work and they won't teach you that on an NPTC course.