Bolt
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Why are Horticultural professionals SO devalued?
Bolt replied to Trailoftears's topic in Landscaping
Charities are crap payers, because their staff will work for below normal wages. This applies to their catering staff, cleaning staff, office staff, shop staff, maintenance staff. It has always been thus. It is nothing new, the current cohort are in no way disadvantaged over previous generations. -
Why are Horticultural professionals SO devalued?
Bolt replied to Trailoftears's topic in Landscaping
Too many people are available to willingly work for a pittance. They are the issue here, not employers. Surely employers pay the amount of money necessary to fill their vacancies. -
Why are Horticultural professionals SO devalued?
Bolt replied to Trailoftears's topic in Landscaping
I don’t work for charities any more. This is not a coincidence. -
Why are Horticultural professionals SO devalued?
Bolt replied to Trailoftears's topic in Landscaping
I don’t think you can compare the NT to ‘normal’ employers by any stretch of the imagination. -
Low tree branches.
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‘CS30’ is chainsaw maintenance (and a touch of cross cutting). Most providers generally organise this in a workshop with decent lighting, a roof, work benches, tools and possibly even a compressor. It is most unlikely there will be any tree felling.
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Last time I did a chainsaw assessment I noticed that the covers to all the electrical sockets in the training room been scribbled all over with what appears to be crayons. "So what's up with all the crayon scribbles on these sockets?” I asked the assessor. "Oh, I did that," he replied "My psychiatrist told me I needed some creative outlets."
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They ask you questions, they make you do things, they are often conducted in isolation away from other candidates….. you get the picture.
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….Not sure that Christians have the monopoly on the Old Testament.
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Normally we use tools to maintain chainsaws…. Tools in workshops. The use of trees to fix chainsaws is not unheard of, but it is generally the hallmark of utter desperation bought on by a combination of poor decision making, the end of a tiring wet day, and the prospect of a long, long walk through the forest to the nearest toolbox.
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Avoid it. It’s possibly not for people like you.
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Insurance will hardly ever cover you for grinding customers, regardless of their location.
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No, it wouldn’t have been so bad if they had. What they did was far worse… Consultants were told to apologise to nurse for raising concerns, court told WWW.THEARGUS.CO.UK Lucy Letby registered a grievance against her employers in 2016 after she was redeployed from the... Thankyou NHS.
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Quite so.
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It’s painful enough watching candidates sharpen a 15” chain. Every extra inch further compounds the agony that instructors have to endure.
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I had a happy childhood; Dad would roll me down a hill in a tyre……. Those were Goodyears.
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Impressively old certificate though…. Early ‘90s?
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Depends entirely on what the company(s) that you will be doing work for will accept. Some will be happy with just a days felling and maintenance refresher, and a certificate of attendance from a training provider….. others will require an in-date NPTC or LANTRA qualification. Unfortunately, there is no right or wrong answer - it depends on your circumstance.
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Probably the wrong extension.
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The more I read, the more struggle to differentiate between AI, trolls and plain old-skool idiots.
