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  1. Chris at eden
    Hi Gary A) I think it would depend who registers and validates it. If its the LPA then them although the TO may be happy to forward it. B) There is no requirement to submit a 211 on the one app and that is what requires the plan. I believe it came in in 2008. C) It used to be best practice to acknowledge receipt but I think the 2012 made it a requirement, certainly for TPOs anyway. Cheers
  2. Chris at eden
    Technically you need consent but some TOs will allow it as kind of an informal agreement. Phone and ask the question.
  3. Chris at eden
    Anno makes a good point. LAs are cutting budgets all over the place at the moment. I started Eden while working as a TO as a back up plan as I knew the cuts were coming. Its a thankless task also - whatever you do it annoys someone especially when it comes to TPOs. Not sure about the hard work and sleepless nights though. Running your own business is worse for this. Yes TO can be hard work and stressful but at least you can switch off when you go on holiday. You have to look after your client base when working for yourself so if someone emails when you are away, you have to answer even if its just a holding email. Its also very rewarding so swings and roundabouts really.
  4. Chris at eden
    They should get you an interview as a junior TO. Whether you get the job then would be down to how well you interview and the competition. You are on the right track though. Senior TO jobs often ask for L5 or L6 though. If you go for an interview and don't get in ask for feedback on the interview and they will tell you where you were lacking. You can then fix this for next time. Good luck
  5. Chris at eden
    Fell the tree - probably not going to happen though. You could try one of these temporary parking surfaces but it will look pretty rubbish. You could speak to an engineer to see if it is possible to use a pre-cast concrete slab fitted on mini-piles and if that would have a lesser level change. You wouldn't write the probably wont work in the AMS but you have to bring it to the attention of the client upfront. The spec would be hand digging avoiding the severance of structural roots and pruning smaller roots. Problem is if you find a large root that you cant work around.
  6. Chris at eden
    Don't know who told you that but not according to the people I did it with. I did tech cert before L6 so can't comment on L4 but other said it was a big step up. Its not easy to schedule either. The workload is insane. You will need to work every night and every weekend if you want to do it in two years. You will also need to work through the holidays to catch up. It may be two years but the level is higher so you need to research more and I'm pretty sure their are more units. Not to mention the research project which is the real challenge. The landscape / nursery unit is at L5 and is the same as in L4. I remember it feeling like a bit of a break as the expectations of the AC were so much lower. My advice would be don't under estimate it but don't fear it either, its very rewarding. Just get stuck in and go for it.
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    Sorry wasn't referring to you when I said nonsense, more my early assignments. I wrote pages of work that was not marked as it was not relevant.
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    On the L6 you only get a word count on the research project - 10,000 plus or minus 10% I think from what I remember. If you submit pages of nonsense though they won't mark it. They will skim over and ignore and just mark the relevant bits. You soon get the hang of it, there is a lot of work at L6 and you don't have time to waffle, you wouldn't stay on top of the work and you would ultimately fail. Staying on topic and nailing the assessment criteria is part of the skill of working at L6.
  9. Chris at eden
    Its not just the kerbs. Its the rest of the excavations for the drive. You cant use no dig because of the level changes that would be created next to the road, you will never meet up with the road in terms of levels.
  10. Chris at eden
    Singularly no, but if all gardens in thd area do so because of Council policy the accumulative effect is significant. If the policy is then implemented elsewhere real problems are created. Spot on - but its no just policy. SuDS forms part of the Flood and Water Management Act so its legislative. I'm no expert on this but there is a lot of noise coming out of LPAs about it.
  11. Chris at eden
    The surface would need to be either porous or discharge water into a soak-away on site, otherwise it would require planning consent.
  12. Chris at eden
    I don't see cellweb working in this situation. For a car the cellwebb need to be 100mm think and then a wearing course on top of this will need to be fitted. The RPA will extend right across the path and so in theory so should the cellweb - so a step in the footway and a big level change to the carriageway. Even if you end the cell web at the edge of the lawn you still have a level change issue which will require digging. The finding the root is easy - well sort off, just excavate a trial trench by hand but you would need the consent of the highways section which they may not give. Its not just the kerb though - you will need to grade down the footway to meet the road which requires more digging. I've written specs for these situations before (as larger developments) and always recommended doing under supervision but I am sceptical of whether they work. I always explain this to the client - i.e. the investigation may well show this isn't possible.
  13. Chris at eden
    Just checked the ABC website - there is an award at L4 but not L6, only cert and dip. I agree, L4 is for those wishing to get off the tools at some point.
  14. Chris at eden
    I don't think you can do the L4 as an award - certainly not the L6. Yes half - When I did the L6 dip it was 8 units (still is), but you could get the cert half way through with just 4 units. I didn't bother as I was always going for dip - its not on a level with a degree otherwise. My son was born 3m into my first year of L6 so its doable - go for it. Yes they do open doors. Since finishing my L6 I am approached by recruitment consultants 2 or 3 times a month on linked in. Before that - never.
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    Level 2 is in reality a tree surgeons qualification. L4 is junior consultant to consultant. L6 is a top consultancy qualification. L3 (with the exception of the old tech cert) in my opinion is still a tree surgeons qualification. Tree surgeons will be more concerned with how much work you can churn out in a day while still being safe. L2 will be fine. L4 is if you are working toward getting off the tools. I worked for years as a tree surgeon with just L2, its was only when I wanted to get off the tools that I started to do the higher qualifications. Don't bother doing anything that isn't accredited on the RQF. Apart from short CPD events that is.
  16. Chris at eden
    QCF doesn't exist anymore - RQF is the new system. Its based on total qualification time rather than guided learning hours. Should give a better representation on the amount of work required. If HCC is plugging their course as being accredited on the QCF I wouldn't bother.
  17. Chris at eden
    This isn't quite right - I did the same route to L6. The L4 dip isn't the same as the L6 dip, the L4 cert is but with fewer units. As with L6 dip being the same as the L6 cert but with more units. You get more mandatory units with the dip also - the main one being the research project for the L6.
  18. Chris at eden
    yes - half as many.
  19. Chris at eden
    I find that odd as every other measurement is rounded up!!!
  20. Chris at eden
    I tell you what is over complicated. Those ridiculous over complicated multi stem calculations. What was wrong with the 10 x the basal diameter. Much easier to work out.
  21. Chris at eden
    yes all of that is get. My issue is with the use of annex D as its not clear whether you round up, down or to the nearest.
  22. Chris at eden
    Tell you what I find odd. The fact that you measure stem diameter to the nearest 10mm and then calculate in accordance with annex D which is rounded to 25mm. Why not just measure to the nearest 25mm and then multiply by 12 for the radius. Also, I may be wrong but it doesn't say whether to calculate to the nearest 25mm or round up to nearest 25mm. Or at least I haven't been able to find it. What you think Ed?
  23. Chris at eden
    You'll go a long way to find a TO which doesn't know who Heliwell is!!!
  24. Chris at eden
    You should be careful relying so fully on the NHBC ZOI. Willow has been recorded as causing damage at a distance of 40m which is also well outside of the ZOI. Clearly the trees aren't reading the NHBC guidance! I had a tree officer tell me a few years ago that he had rejected an insurance claim as the tree was not within the ZOI. Additional evidence he had was crack monitoring showing seasonal movement, soil analysis showing it was shrinkable, and root ID from under the foundations. I never heard what happened next but I would say on the balance of probability the ZOI would be a pretty flimsy argument!
  25. Chris at eden
    Best response by a long way.

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