finding work

[northman]

Hello there all. I'm looking for some advice and hopefully you guys can point me in the right direction. I'm pursuing a carrier change to arboriculture from engineering. I've done my chainsaw and chipper tickets and all goes well i'll have my cs38 within a month. this leads me onto the problem there just doesn't seem to be that much regular work around. maybe a sub here and there but not consistent so I can quit my job, at least that's the impression that I get and i'm seriously chomping at the bit to get fully immersed in the business. So here's my question, just how do you guys do it? I mean how do you find continuous work? I'm constantly looking over the employment forum and never find much at all within a realistic traveling distance, my next step is to email every arborist I can find within 50miles a cv but hope someone can just give me a clue here what am I doing wrong.

cheers if anyone can help here.!

by the way own saws, ppe and chipper a small one.

[TheHungrySquirrel]

I have regular work cutting firewood and coppice then sub out inbetween. Cutting when the weathers good and subbing when it's not so great.

 

Where are you based?

[Pr04log]

Hi work all year round is tough,very much up and down, you need to be looking for railway work in winter, or some sort of contract to keep you busy in the winter months, I struggle in winter, summer is flat out repeat jobs year after year even subbing work out,come mid October the problems start for me I have my class one licence so go driving if I have to, hope this helps good luck Paul west lands.

[northman]

should of mentioned i'm based in S.Wales between Swansea and Cardiff.

[stihlmadasever]

In my experience its the companies who do all types of work that are busiest.This means tree work,hedges,gardening,hard and soft landscaping,stump removal even full garden clearences.

Its very difficult to keep busy 7 or even 5 days a week in tree work alone.