Treerangers

Hi All Job vacancy at Treerangers Ltd, based on Woldingham, Surrey CR3. We are a small arb firm looking for new staff. About 70% of our work is varied commercial - We don’t work on council contracts. 30% of our work is residential. We are looking for the following to join our team, pay depending on experience: • Part-time freelancing climber (£170-£250) • Part-time freelancing groundsman (£130-£160) • Full time employed climber (To be worked out depending on experience) • Full time employed groundsman (To be worked out depending on experience) Commercially we work all over the South of England, but mostly in and around the South East, especially London. Residentially we mostly work in and around Bromley, Croydon etc. For freelancers, fuel to be paid by us if the job is further than a 30 miles from our base. Overtime paid at £25 per hour. What’s required: Full UK driving license Certs for climbers and groundstaff (As required) EFAW Well presented and friendly Polite, professional and punctual Willingness to travel There’s the potential to earn very well with us, working with a great team in a friendly environment. For more information, please contact Adam on 07966 327419

Hi Jay That’s very informative, thank you very much for your reply. NPTC route is the way forwards methinks. Thanks again Ad

Hi all I've been asked to inspect some Cobra bracing today and although we know what we are doing, I’m not qualified to inspect or re-brace the tree in question. Is there a qual for bracing and if so, does it cover inspection of historic braces? Many thanks in advance Ad

In south east London. It'll be refreshing. We would have to upscale ground and aerial, which for 4 people would cost a small fortune. I think upscaling is great if you are paying for yourself. If you're paying to upscale a group, it's remortgage territory! Both have merits relative to the size of company or the individual etc. I was gutted when I realised we need to refresh or upscale, but the more I look at it, the more I think that any training, be it refresher or upscale can only reduce accidents. It certainly won't increase them. As a business owner, that pacifies me somewhat. Will be upscaling down the line though!

Thank you all for your comments. So basically if we can refresh through a one dayer, great. If not, get new tickets. Great. I guess an aerial course like 41 will be ideal. Thanks again!

Hi All Just had our sub contractor assessment form bounced back to us, as all our NPTC tickets are older than 5 years. Our H&S chap has said that getting CHAS is going to be difficult without refresher training. Is this correct and if so, what's the cheapest way of going about it? We all hold 30,31,38 and 39. One of us has 41. There are 4 of us in total. Has anyone had similar issues and how did they find the most cost effective way to overcome? Many thanks Ad

Hi there I assumed they were one and the same. Basically I don't want to employ any more staff, but bring in people who can work alongside us, be it with their own set up or not. They would therefore have to be self employed. My insurance is set up for myself and the chaps I employ, so anyone else will need to have their own insurance. Adam

The work ranges from small domestic up to large commercial, and everything inbetween. We don't take on council contracts and we don't deviate from arboriculture, ie: gardening and landscaping etc Adam

Hi Rich We have £5,000,000 public liability, but if your a subby working for us then you won't be covered, hence why I need any sub contractors to have their own policy. Adam

Hi there 5:30am is the earliest we generally leave for work, but had to put it in as the baseline. We work all over London and the surrounding counties, so I prefer to get to site without rush hour! After 15 years in the game I'm sick of inside lane in traffic jams! Adam

Hi all, We are a small firm with too much work! I need to find a climber and groundsman that have the following: Clean license and have own transport for driving to the yard as there are no buses! Reliable Happy to start work early and finish early (5:30am - 2:30pm) Own public liability insurance (minimum £5,000,000) Climber NPTC Certs: CS 30/31 38/39 Groundsman NPTC Certs: CS 30/31 First Aid trained More pay if you want to use your own truck and chipper although the truck must not be signwritten. Many thanks Adam 07966 327 419

It's a pain when the new oil caps get stuck or don't close properly, but I still prefer them to the old caps. I've lost count of the combi spanners I've lost!