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  1. John Hancock
    Can you not employ a newly qualified student, perhaps a level 3 Arb student who has invested in two years training, they should be keen, they ought to be fit and I’m sure they’ll be glad of the opportunity!
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    Cheers Rich, lost for words also, might Bugger off for another three years, not the reaction is have expected from Arborists
  3. John Hancock
    Hi Tom, at the moment, no but we're looking into it, when things change I'll let you know
  4. John Hancock
    Hi Tony, It's at Pershore College and Yes, Phil will be there who runs the Arb apprenticeships
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    Taken Sunday evening at Broadway Tower, 20 second exposure using a big-stopper filter, me stood on the mound - lifted it off my f/b page, sorry for the poor quality.
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    Pictures taken a few weeks ago while level 3 Arb students were undertaking a woodland survey for one of their assignments, later they’ll be writing a management plan based on sustainability and safety, the woodland has permissive access. You’d think rough-tough Arb students would hate doing this type of work but in actual fact they really enjoyed the task – Not a tree-stump or chainsaw in sight
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    A Nikon D810 and D4s for those shots, with a 70-200 lens
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    Not at all, constructive feedback was is given after the fell, height of the stump pointed out, as was position of thumb on the chainsaw, praise is also given when due. Teaching students who have never felled a tree before is a learning process, as previously said, nobody is perfect when starting out.
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    This was the lads first day at felling trees! What would you rather like - a perfectly composed image, totally free from errors, or an honest picture of real students enjoying their learning experience?
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    A few randoms Steve -
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    The College have an open event tomorrow, the Arb team will be on site giving practical demos, your welcome to pop along
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    16 years of age for both full-time and apprenticeships.
  13. John Hancock
    Thanks for your feedback, I'm a lecturer, students are also with an instructor. If every student felled a tree perfectly from day one there would be nothing to teach and the world would be a very boring place. Students do receive constructive feedback and are well aware of timber wastage and forest machines - thank you.
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    I thought I'd show you a little of what we do here at Pershore College. We run courses in level 1 Woodland Skills, level 2 Arboriculture, level 3 Arboriculture, through to FdSc and BSc in Arboriculture. Apprenticeships are becoming increasingly popular, especially with employers and of course we run the short courses -
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    I only found out about this yesterday, David was a wonderful chap, he loved the industry, an avid cyclist, surfer and photographer, he popped into the college recently, just for a catch-up and to say 'hi', such a great loss - RIP David
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    Its taken this long to figure out how to log back in and post pictures!
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    A huge thank you to all the staff at GreenMech for their time and hospitality in showing our Level 3 students around the factory today
  18. John Hancock
    I’ve been using a mattet a lot lately, especially on the Limes around Pitchcroft and I’m a firm believer and a true convert. On the Ash we used a particularly high tech item of stick – a piggy stick, no-less!
  19. John Hancock
    Hello buddy, pretty well thanks – still hanging on in there in local authority land!
  20. John Hancock
    Few more pics....
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    This Ash has been well known to me for many years. It stands in a formal park that’s well used, there is a footpath below and a park bench located close-by. The tree has a cavity approximately 3m from stem base and has been host to Polyporus squamosus for a number of years, there was also a line of decay extending upwards towards the branch unions. Four years ago we carried out a heavy crown reduction in an attempt to put a control measure in place for the obvious defect, the hope was that the tree would receive further crown reductions and so end up with a much more compact crown with much less lever-arm and stress on the branch unions. The extent of decay in the cavity has been regularly checked, on the last inspection it became evident that the decay was increasing at an accelerated rate so regrettably the decision was made to fell and re-plant. Other options were considered including a further reduction or a ‘pollard’. *Pictures from my iphone
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    I’ll have to hang a picture round that Ash tree ‘No Photos Please’ – I’m well aware of the decay on that particular tree, we gave it a crown reduction (30%) three years ago and I would have liked to reduce it again this year and retain it. We have another Ash with Dryads in the park so the plan is to assess both trees this week. I’m loathed to remove any but suspect their fate may already be written…..
  23. John Hancock
    Is he not around these days...?
  24. John Hancock
    Hi Steve, We have one here in the whole of Worcester so guess it must make it pretty rare!
  25. John Hancock
    Happy New Year folks

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