What is experience??

[gensetsteve]

Formal training, qualifications and years on the job = experience

[harvey b davison]

Also for me, its how you deal with a mistake, once you've made one. ( which everyone does, now and then )

[peatff]

According to what I read experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

[enrieb]

Going back to the groundie, if you only ever work as a groundie it may well take a quite a few years to become good at working with the climber, but if the groundie has, even just a few weeks, experience of working in a tree, then they would have a greater understanding for the role they have in supporting the climber.

 

understanding the perspective of the climber is the most crucial aspect of being a groundie, it will take a lot longer to learn that purely on the ground, than it will by actually getting up there and seeing it from the climbers perspective.

 

That said, their are all sorts of people in work, i've worked with all sorts. Some people are grafters, some are skivers. Some people will never work efficiently. I've worked with people who cannot even sweep leaves with a brush, no matter how many years experience they have. In Ten years experience working for someone else you might not learn as much as you would in 1 year working for yourself, but again that all depends on the individual.

[JLA Arborists]

Interesting replies thanks. I see some like time, and some like ability.

[treequip]

Interesting replies thanks. I see some like time, and some like ability.

 

I think there was a word missing from your question, should have read what is enough experience.

 

Experience is when you have been working in a trade for a period of time.

 

Enough experience is when you have been working in a trade long enough to know you have enough experience.

[Taupotreeman]

I supposed it also depends on what "experience"you have had. All well and good having five years of working in back gardens doing nothing over 50 feet. Moving to Oz and being faced with a 200 foot dead Eucalyptus that needs dismantling might provide a completely different challenge that your previous experience hasn't prepared you for. And my two pence worth; I don't believe there is any way in this world that you could be a proficient in a tree after three weeks. Up, down round and about maybe but that's about it.

 

 

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[treequip]

I supposed it also depends on what "experience"you have had. All well and good having five years of working in back gardens doing nothing over 50 feet. Moving to Oz and being faced with a 200 foot dead Eucalyptus that needs dismantling might provide a completely different challenge that your previous experience hasn't prepared you for. And my two pence worth; I don't believe there is any way in this world that you could be a proficient in a tree after three weeks. Up, down round and about maybe but that's about it.

 

 

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From 6 posts in, we are of one mind:thumbup1:

 

5 years is about right to call yourself experienced but if you work in the same place with the same people day in and out you will max out the experience quotient pretty quickly.

 

Seek out people from whom you can learn. Pin your ears back, listen watch and learn.

[csservices]

Experience is what you gain from making mistakes, especially in this game there are no hard and fast rules, no two trees/jobs are the same and you are always learning, the ability to watch, listen and use your common sense are all as important as experience but you also need the knowledge gained from your experience to interpret the situation

[gensetsteve]

Interesting replies thanks. I see some like time, and some like ability.

 

Perhaps you need to explain why you ask. Are you young and inexperienced but feel you are very able or are you thinking of employing someone.