Tree surveying jobs help?

[alex01]

Hello! ive been looking around at jobs and tree surveying really appeals to me!, ive done a 2yr ND in forestry/arb and ive worked for a large tree surgery for about 3 yrs now,but now i want to progress and go into tree surveying, the problem is all the tree surveying jobs ask for experence of tree surveying techniques, what courses would help me to become a tree surveyer? and what else can i do to be more employable? many thanks in advance alex:001_smile:

[Arbocop]

would help if we knew where u were

[Mark T]

The Professional Tree Inspectors course would be a good start point.

[alex01]

im from bristol!!

[janey]

You already have plenty of experience - every time you are on site you will be doing a VTA and and written R/A. Combine that with your technical knowledge gained from the ND and you are more accomplished than you think.

 

What are your IT skills like? You'll find that this is just as important when surveying trees as we've all gone new fangled digital. To a certain extent - depending on the software package - you can still be a very good inspector with little experience, as the application takes you through a step by step inspection.

 

Have you tried approaching your LA or any companies about maybe getting some work experience? LA's have a legal obligation to inspect all their tree stock on a regular basis, so even in these dodgy economis times there are still plenty of opportunities about. Employment agencies are also worth a try.

 

Good luck with it all

 

(and ditto on the LANTRA Prof' Inspection Course. Expensive but does wonders for you CV).