Honest opinion needed

[Pr04log]

Hi Bobby don't think your mad go for it,just don't expect it to take of, straight away bad time of year eg poor weather, people skint etc get your tickets and plan your budget, keep all customers happy.it doesen't take long to get a good name good luck pal.

[stihlmadasever]

Depends on how happy you are in your current job really,if your feeling unhappy then id say go do your basic chainsaw ticket and take it from there.

As others have said dont expect good money,maybe some weekend work with a local company to start off.

you might have to juggle family time though.

Just a thought but what about H&S advisor in arboriculture..

[Bobby121211]

Thanks for the responses guys, unfortunately i never left the mob with a towing ticket, pretty gutted about that.

 

Is there much scope for that sort of thing Stihlmadasever?

[stihlmadasever]

Thanks for the responses guys, unfortunately i never left the mob with a towing ticket, pretty gutted about that.

 

Is there much scope for that sort of thing Stihlmadasever?

 

Its something you would have to look into but in a world thats health and safety daft,if there isnt h&s advisory roles in arboriculture already then there soon will be.

[bob]

H and s advisors in arb need to know about arb more than h&s

anyone can do nebosh with a bit of a brain and commitment and lots of coffe to keep awake haha not everyone fully gets arb and takes a lot longer

[Bobby121211]

Already have a massive amount of H&S in my job anyway and its not what interests me the most although it is important.

[diervek]

I'm 34 and stuck in a warehouse managing a team... pays bloody well, but job satisfaction is nil.... I'm going balls deep into this arb malarky with my CS 30/31 completed ,CS38 starts next week, and currently studying for my on-line level 2 arb course while getting a few odd days work experience here and there locally.

 

I am finding it hard to find to gain the experience as often as I'd like (a day every week or two would be ideal), or an advertised position where I can earn enough to provide for myself, and expectant girlfriend (expecting a baby, not I'm expecting a girlfriend! ) — I find arborists / tree surgeons seem comparatively really underpaid.

 

I'd say, get your basic tickets and go from there - have you asked yourself what you want to be doing in the next five, ten years? That will help plot your path and hopefully realise your goals a little better.

Edited January 13, 2016 by diervek

[Dean O]

We have a member of staff who when left the RAF did a number of tickets through resettlement.

in all honesty they were the tickets that fitted the value of his resettlement not the ones that were really needed by prospective employers leaving him a little underqualified for his aspirational carreer direction.

 

I wouldn't discourage you from this carreer choice if that's the way you want to go but I would see two hurdles -

 

financially you are entering as a casual labourer with no experience of the job - pay will reflect this - I know you say this wont matter as you have a full time job - but at some point you will need to value the amount you are being payed to work weekends against the value of spending time with the wife and kid - you will need to be working regular weekends to pick up the necessary skills and add to your quals as you go..... then at some point would you want to move away from your current carreer and into this one.

 

that transition will likely still result in a drop in wage and possibly, as a new guy learning the trade a drop in job security.

 

you wont be laughed at - there are many in the industry that have moved into this line of work for the same reasons as you

 

good luck

[Midge]

If you have got enough money get as many tickets as possible. Go for CS 30, 31, 38, 39, woodchipper, stumpgrinder and trailer licence. Your only problem then is getting the experience

[Will Heal]

My mate re trained from working in an office. He went on a ten week course, got his climbing tickets went to a firm as a trainee he work for three firms for about a year each. To cut a long story short he is now buying the tree business that he works for now, as the owner is retiring. So it is possible to make a good living at it