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AA Teccie (Paul)

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  1. Stuart Phillips

    you are right, of course, I was thinking about employment on the ground in NZ and transferability of quals, not about the points system for a work permit. 

    I see that the NZAA website has put in a helpful link to a site noting changes in NZ entry requirements, by the way.

    1. AA Teccie (Paul)

      AA Teccie (Paul)

      Thanks Stewart, I'll take a look.

      ATB

      Paul

  2. Mark Wileman

    Hi Paul,

    I was having a browse on the AA website earlier and in the Career Progression section there is no mention of any Academic Awards (FdSc, BSc Arb), only TreeLife's Level 4 & 6 awards.

    It's maybe perhaps an oversight, but it does feel like you are only endorsing TreeLife & your own training as a method of advancing into consultancy. A lot of people look to AA as the standard for all things tree related, including our academia, and the current information displayed does seem to devalue degrees over vocational training. 

    Aside from all that, hope all is well and I look forward to attending the Trees & Fungi day in Swansea next month!

    Thanks,

    Mark Wileman

    1. AA Teccie (Paul)

      AA Teccie (Paul)

      Hi Mark,

       

      The website has now been updated to include reference to the higher level academic qualifications see https://www.trees.org.uk/Careers/Progress-your-Career

       

      regards

      Paul

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  3. Mark Wileman

    Hi Paul,

    I was having a browse on the AA website earlier and in the Career Progression section there is no mention of any Academic Awards (FdSc, BSc Arb), only TreeLife's Level 4 & 6 awards.

    It's maybe perhaps an oversight, but it does feel like you are only endorsing TreeLife & your own training as a method of advancing into consultancy. A lot of people look to AA as the standard for all things tree related, including our academia, and the current information displayed does seem to devalue degrees over vocational training. 

    Aside from all that, hope all is well and I look forward to attending the Trees & Fungi day in Swansea next month!

    Thanks,

    Mark Wileman

    1. AA Teccie (Paul)

      AA Teccie (Paul)

      Hi Mark, thanks for your contact.

       

      If I'm looking at the same section of the website that you refer to it doesn't mention TreeLife specifically, and of course the Training Tree and several Land-based Colleges offer the ABC Awards L4 & L6. However you are quite right that the academic FdSc / BSc options aren't mentioned but this may be because that page, I suspect, is actually quite old/dated and before those qualifications were main-stream as they are now.

      I will flag this up to my colleague, Jess, and she update the page to better reflect the current position.

      Hoping you enjoy the Trees and Fungi Day.

      Kind regards,

      Paul 

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