What would you look for in a groundie?

[Mull]

Had an interestign chat with a trainign provider the other day, which got me thinking.

 

 

 

As I'm trying to move my career over to arb, I'm puttign myself on or through training. Currently waiting to get on my C30 and 31. I'm waiting for the learning agreement from Capel for the online RFS level 2.

 

 

 

What else would you want, bearing in mind I don't have a lot of experience.

 

 

 

If someone turned up asking for work experience / becoming a trainee / groundie job what would you want?

 

 

 

C30/31 is prettyy much a given.

 

C38?

 

Chipper?

 

Grinder?

 

ISO 3103?

 

 

Strong of back and weak of mind!

[csservices]

From a groundies point of view, thick skin, common sense and sensor humour, a certain level of intuition/sixth sense to know what your climber wants before he wants it, and the two things that really bug me, one an understanding of compression and tension and ability to read it in a laid tree or branch and two the knowledge to put a gob cut in based on the lean/weighting of a tree and wind direction and not just because you want to fell it that way because it suits you, how so many people have passed cs30/31 is beyond me lol

[diervek]

I'm getting the impression that the employer wants common sense..... If only that was a GCSE.....

 

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[dtms]

Some experience climbing and rigging as is hellish useful having a second pair of eyes to guid you up there and to be able to read what's happening

[gensetsteve]

An honest reliable trust worthy grafter that has no text facility. Common sense personable, clean and equipped with sarnies.

 

Of course it helps if his parents are rich retired farmers with a redundant secure yard with out buildings and containers.

[Billy]

Honest, reliable, not cash strapped and desperate!! A good work ethic and the correct tickets, driving licenses and experience for the wage they are expecting.

[Stephen Blair]

Good attitude!

Skill you can teach, the first is the parent, guardian or care givers job.

[Stoatally]

Some interesting points here.

 

How do you go about assessing these desired traits?

 

What would make you give someone a go?

[stihlmadasever]

Some interesting points here.

 

How do you go about assessing these desired traits?

 

What would make you give someone a go?

 

Doing a couple of days unpaid would be good

[Stoatally]

Let's hope some local people will take me up on the offer when I've got C30/31.

 

I can't believe I got no take up of unpaid offers last time. I can only assume it was lack of any tickets.