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Posts posted by arbgarry
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That would be enough for me to not work there.
I dont break stuff but hate that attitude that some bosses have.
i wish i had a choice of where to work, but sadly not.
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My question doesn't directly relate to the OPs question but, what if the employer took a vid of an employee performing a section fell(all above board and the employee knew about it etc) and kept it on file. Would that not be proof enough that they are competent rather than say removing a few branches on an NPTC assessment?
Surely it would prove competency if that's all the HSE are worried about etc.
I know I would prefer to see someone actually do the job in hand than rely on a ticket.
Just something I've thought about since many people seem to now want the tickets when in the 'old' days no one could be bothered going on the course and just wanted to get on with the job.
that would be good if it could be done that way,
ive been told that i have to pay for damages if i break something, fair enough, but im not gona pay for something ive broke, doing a job i dont have the ticket for.
its all about blame these days, hence everyone wanting proof of tickets.
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pay for them your sen , like most folk do
ive also tried that, with the sectional, stump grinder and chipper courses, again, told no
they have put some guys through lowering, sectional, mewp and stump grinder, all paid for by the company, so i shouldnt need to pay.
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to cut a long story short, ive stopped doing sectional dismantling at my work, ive asked many times for the correct nptc ticket and been told no.
so, what do i legally need to do my work??
i have cs30, 31, 38 and 39.
im expected to do all aspects of tree work
i regularly get sent to dismantles, crown shaping and reduction, felling large trees, working from mewps, using a chipper ( tracked, tow along and tractor mounted ) tractor mounted winch, using pole saws, spraying pesticides and alot more, but that gives an idea of what im expected to do, without the qualifications to do it.
so, am i being an arse?? or do i have a point to say no, if i dont have the ticket??
i wil also add that ive been employed with the company i work for since feb 2008, so all this has been since then.
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This topic has gave me lots of information, i was going to apply for my working visa, but trees being the only thing im good at, and the fact im 31, its not looking good for me,
i really wish i had got my finger out when i was younger!
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This is my first raffle, super glad to be part of it,
prizes are superb.
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ahh, ok, shows that i know nothing, mabe im better just forgetting it, lol
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thanks, i know how to do a ring and back splice, but not how to get my 3 seperat lenght of rope into one lenght of rope to start work on
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Thanks Garry...ordered just in time for another bash of snow! We'll get those out to you on Monday
thanks, looking forward to using them
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ok, thanks for the help
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ok, i have a spare rope that id like to make into a 3 strand lenght with two eye splices, i havnt got a clue how to do it though so any help would be great
this is what i have, 3 x 12 foot lenghts of new england rope
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Ive just ordered a pair, looking forward to warm dry hands
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bit tight on the fuel and oil,but you are just learning,the cash will come later stick in.
not if your where i am and you were
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40% of the tree, top was leaning towards the garden, 2 ornimental fruit trees directly below so everything hand to be semi small.
topped 6 trees in total from yesterday, all are a matching height
i find it hard not to shout out something when im cutting lumps out lol
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just the one cut, customer wanted a 40% reduction on a mature chestnut, took a little more to try and get a shape on it, im back tomorrow to do the tidy up so will get some pics of the finished thing
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryZoPay97Zo]YouTube - horse chestnut 40% reduction[/ame]
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66kg last time i checked
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im 17 miles to the yard, we cover a large area so could be anywhere from Edinburgh to just over the border
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dam, im feeling his pain
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thanks for your input garry
were u working near dalry this morning? past some of your boys standing on a bridge looking at some trees
yup that was me, i was the intelligent looking one in the hi flex trousers and grey hoody
we were waiting on scottish power to turn the lines of, i sectioning the alder down at the bridge, the rest of the boys were over the other side limbing umpteen other trees and sectioning a dead elm
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Im in ayrshire, but im an employee of a company so cant help
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what a thread,those of you guys with one a mog know what they are about,good for big jobs ,mine takes 3 hours to fill,it will take one huge row of cinifers in one!But full its pants off road ,if vosa are about then a mog is a tin of worms,but so can the iveco with 2 and a half ton on ,our mog gets work ,that may seem daft but its true,running costs are high ,and there are only a few people in the country that are a1 on them and expencive,if its your only outfit then down time is not good .i could go on all day
all true, im using our mog tomorrow, i can get what we need done in one load, if i was using a van it would be a good few loads, with nowhere local to dump the chip.
were lucky, one of out groundys used to have his own mog hire company, our mog came from him a few years back so he knows it inside out, if our mechanic cant fix it, kenny can
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our company has one, a m reg 1650 with a chip box and a rear mounted chipper,
the gaffer has just bought another two, both are 1200.
as said, great for arb work, but our 1650 has lots of problems and is in our workshop on a weakly basis
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i was thinking about one, changed my mind though, i bought a samsung b2100 extreme of ebay, its a cracking phone,
to prove to the guys i work with how tough it is i let them test it, it was thrown about, driven over with the van, put in a cup of tea, dropped in a 3 foot stream and left for 20mins and i dropped it 20 odd feet out a tree onto hardish grass.
after all that it still looks like new and works great
A few questions regarding nptc cs units
in General chat
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you have some valid points,
i have a clause written into my contract that if i receive any training at an expense and leave the company with 2 years of said expense, i have to pay it back, so im not going to make a run for it,
YOU dont know what company i work for, therefore YOU have no idea of the companys income.
I dont have a "chip" on my shoulder, im merely after what i should have