Chris Moss

Thanks, a peacefull half hour.

Might just be a Scottish thing, but I have just had half of my fees paid for by :- Funding for employee training | Skills Development Scotland Good luck, just done the first day today, really good.

I feel your pain. I have a hard time after taking my boy back to his mum aswell. Even though I know many guys have it worse it doesnt seem to make it any easier. Its especially hard when im not going to see him for a while. Anyone have any tips coaping with this?

If you have a good out of the way place to put the static. Have heard of people building a overhanging roof over the whole caravan and building straw bale walls around it for insulation. Stick a woodburner in. toasty.

Thanks for your replies guys. I worry also that although i know my way around a saw, an assessor will be looking for a particular 'correct' way. It does sound like I could do with a few hours with someone who has done the course recently or even an instructor to go over things first. I will download the assesment schedules and have a read. Do you think there are any changes between the cs30/31 and the new 974/6?

Thanks Mat thats certainly a route I would be tempted by. I wonder if anyone else on here has done that and whether there are any pitfalls?

Hi everyone I live in SW scotland and want to start getting qualified so I can take on tree work but I dont really want to spend nearly a grand and six days learning what I can already do! (and thats just for 31/32). I have been sawing for ten years and the last five I have been cutting logs for firewood one morning a week. I probaly fell 20-30 trees a year on top of that. The last year i have started climbing and pruning small limbs. (I used to rock climb so feel quite comfortable in trees). I Have my own PPE, run a jonsered 2171, a smaller jonsered and bought an old ms200t in the autumn. I guess that I am one of the hated 'cowboys' with no tickets and no insurance, however I have been taking things slowly and surely, not taking risks and mostly on land that I help manage. If I have a job I can't do safely I buy someone in, and learn from them. However I want to start getting tickets so I can use my skills properly . Any advice on how to progress without spending loads of time and money sitting on a course not learning very much.?