Failed PTI - opinions?

[Jonas]

reading through the thread im afraid it just seems like you made to many mistakes, severity of lean, woodpecker holes in limb over path, only 3 out of 4 funghi ident, no latin names on trees and only 50% on the questions.....

its only human to feel agrieved however sometimes we just need to do better next time.

 

stick with it, seek some feedback and give your own to the tutors but most of all try again

[Lake]

You're right mate, I don't think it could be saved. I did get the Latin names but I didn't number the trees. Again, I didn't get an appalling mark so we'll have to see how it goes in July when I take the re-sit.

[Treeation]

Hey lake, I did my pti 3 and half weeks ago still haven't got results yet. Good on you for getting back on your horse...im sure you'll nail next time now you know what to expect. .good luck!

[Lake]

Thanks bud, yeah mine took 2 months to get. Mantra were very behind apparently.

[Stuart Phillips]

The PTI course assessment is tough, and justifiably so. However, you are quite right in saying that it must also be fair, and be seen to be fair. There is an appeal procedure, via the Quality Services team at Lantra, who will have the assessment reviewed.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

So I failed my PTI, came up with 50% on the questions which baffled me as I felt very confident answering them.

 

I identified all of the defects on the trees, but lost mark for not recommending stump removal (we had had a different tutor the second day who specifically said if you don't want it removed, don't put it down), for not including a specific key (I went with S-M, and M) and not nothing wood pecker holes on a limb that was hazardous over a path.

 

Fungi ident, I got 3/4.

 

What bugs me is that we're given all these scenarios throughout the course, like "If an arborist was reading this would be able to interpret the recommendations", but on the survey side it was deemed "a customer may want advice on their stump". I find it hard to believe I got points marked down for that, especially with regard to what our stand-in tutour had said.

 

Then, the contrast in levels of interpretations, who's reading it.

 

I scored 58.5% so not really bad going but to only get 12 marks against 24 on the tree having picked up all defects, and to come out with 50% on the questions, I'm proper miffed.

 

Am I right to be a bit bummed? I'm not allowed to see the questions I faulted on either.

 

No, not sure whether to or not, but I also him remember saying things like, don't worry about the exact height of the tree, the tree numbers, he said he was really only concerned with our findings and our recommendations.

 

I didn't number the trees as they appeared, just went with common names but to be honest I don't even think they had numbers on them.

 

I guess I could speak to him about it, even if it doesn't improve my mark, the inconsistency between the two tutours and the emphasis placed on findings has left me a bit bummed. He also mentioned that I didn't bright to light the severity of the lean, which is fair enough.

 

Thanks bud, yeah mine took 2 months to get. Mantra were very behind apparently.

 

Please don't take this the wrong way fella, I'm not the grammar police (but the assessors / moderators for your paper are) whilst recognising that a post on here isn't an exam piece but care and attention to detail may have clawed you a few more marks (or conversely, the absence of it may have lost you some!) If you are presenting a formal document you may be held to account for the contents so accuracy is crucial.

 

I once received a tree report from our LA relating to trees in their ownership near to our house. The TO stated the requirement for biannual inspection. Six months later I requested the updated survey report, they said it wasn't due for 18 months (he meant biennial but wrote biannual.) Any failure resulting in damage or loss which takes it to court I doubt the judge will be sympathetic to a poor grasp of the English language.

 

Do it again, you'll know what to expect and it should be easier to smash through the bits you did well and focus more attention on the bits that might need it.

[Lake]

Yeah did some of those posts from my iPhone.

[bob]

Yeah did some of those posts from my iPhone.

 

Class

Yes I did?

[Lake]

Undertook my resit recently, nailed the fungi and the survey went well I feel. In hindsight, I think the resit was great, it really highlighted some areas/details where I came up short before.

Edited July 9, 2016 by Lake

[Gary Prentice]

Sounds like a better result!

 

Fingers crossed for you