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Snap. Pah, didn't want to work for those sheisters anyway...

I spoke with Thomsons about my qual's and experience in regards to their position, and if I'm eligible to apply then you surely are too. ? The WYG position in Leeds makes no mention of any formal qual's in their specification, so in that respect you would have no issues with eligibility.

FYI, there's a couple of interesting sounding consultancy level jobs that are quite new on the AA jobs page, if you lot haven't seen them already: Overview - Arboricultural Association

I don't know of any jobs at the moment that would be suitable, but there are various online job sites you could try. Here are some that you may find of use and good luck with the search: Overview - Arboricultural Association Arbjobs.com - Tree Jobs! - Home Arboricultural/Arb jobs. Horticulture Jobs | Gardening Jobs | Countryside, Forestry and Arborist Complete Tree Care Arboricultural Recruitment > Vacancies Directgov jobs and skills search - Homepage

I don't see how that differs vastly from other survey software that's already available

I was looking at those as well . But without wanting to sound all whiney, until I get a job and start earning again I can't afford any of 'em Pants! I'll have to make do with a thorough write up from yous lot instead

I likes that: natural material used to sculpt natural forms works really well. The texture of the wood is suggestive of the rough feathers. Good stuff

That all rather depends on what you want to do. If you have a passion for arb' and a desire to learn and understand, then any sort of education will be well worth it for personal satisfaction alone. Professionally, where to you aim to be eventually? Will you go on to do the the full degree? Do you want to be a manager or a consultant? Have you considered other qualifications, like the Prof Dip, for example? Sooooo much depends on what you want to achieve. But generally, I'd say yes, it IS worth doing, if you can devote yourself to the study time needed and you can afford it.

It's GOOD that people are concerned about what is happening to their local trees. It's unfortunate that you sometimes get the flack, regardless of the what you are actually doing to the tree and the fact that you didn't specify the work.

It's a shame that they seem to be so rare

I'm really going to regret saying this, but if the resident has any queries then they need to be directed to the person that specified the work. Give 'em a brief overview if you want, but explaining Council Poilcy etc. isn't what you are there for. You do a hard enough and generally badly paid job as it is. If you want to spend a bit of time talking through what you're doing, then fine. But you shouldn't feel as though you have to. Part of a TOs role is liaise with the general public and answer any of their tree related questions they may have, however tedious it may feel at the time. Of course, if the resident going to supply vast amounts of tea and bacon rolls, you may feel like you want to talk to them a bit longer .

Pah, that's a mere baby compared to my recent bath companion

Even though it's in the Badlands outside of the M25, I aim to try and get there at some point over the weekend, so maybe I'll see you there

.... Or you're one hellover slave driver! Get well soon, Mrs Gingertrees ninja

Just as I suspected then: I didn't miss it coz' I never used it

Typical, I seem to be the only one missing a tab . Whatever is supposed to be between the "search" and "quick links" isn't there on my view. It couldn't have been that important as I can't remember what it was .

It should be ok, although it won't look pretty. Monkey puzzles are one of the conifers that can regenerate from "brown" wood, like yews and Thujas. I know Bedgebury Pinetum has a small monoculture area of Monkeys and several of them have been coppiced and they have come back fine. Is it worth keeping it, though? It's visual amenity will be significantly lowered and, as you say, it will need to be pruned on a regular basis.

I've just been to Jack Kenyon's short talk on tree morphology and he raised some interesting points. The talk was centred around reiterative growth. My previous understaing of this was that a tree has the ability to continually renew itself, but latest genetic research has shown that in most trees, the reiterative growth is genetically different to that of the parent (other than in oaks for some reason,who's regrowth shares the same genes ). So that rather than having the possible ability to be eternal, trees are actually growing what amounts to be essentially different trees within themselves. Again, other than oaks, this is. It was only a very short 20 minute or so overview, but it was very interestng.

Getting back to the more, ahem, mundane names, I like auricula - little ear and ferox - fierce, which is very apt for the Holly cv. with that name

The removal of those few selfsets (that's what they look like in the piccies) has made one heck of an improvement to the view and the amenity of the area. I'm not usually in favour of healthy tree tree removal, but in this case it was well worth it . You don't do any work around Poole, do you.....?

Get sacked, sign on for Benefits, get a huge discount on course fees and become eligible for grants and burseries and spend the rest of your life as a professional student. There, that's your education sorted! In the bizarre way that this world works, the main reason I didn't take up my foundation offer was because I got a job and started earning, and therfore no was longer entitled to any discount and couldn't afford it. Don't you just love the irony of that?

Those Sliky teeth wouldn't have anything to do with mysterious bark wounds, would they, hmmm?

Sorry that you're having such a crappy day. I don't know you and I don't know your situation, but things WILL turn around. Arb is a notoriously underpaid profession, unless you are in the upper echelons of large compay ownership, in which case it's more about business management than arb. We all know this and the vast mojority of us accept that we will never be comfortable, let alone well off while doing something we love. You choose to work in this industry because it's what you enjoy and despite the unpredictability of work and pay, how many people are lucky enough to say they have a job they get such satisfaction from? You don't have to pay huge amounts to educate yourself with the amount of info available online and experience and attitude are still worth a heck of a lot - those official qualifications are a starting position and aren't everything when it comes to getting a decent postion. This may sound stupid, but have you tried your local Careers advice service for getting your CV tidied up? Just a thought

I'm glad I don't live next to him, but I do sort of admire his cantankerousness and sod - you approach.

The very aptly named Oak Apple, caused by Biorhiza pallida. Nice piccy, Sean. I found loads of the when I was searching for OPM.