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19 hours ago, Newtons said:

It does sound too good to be true for me I am/was thinking about doing this after a few months being up and running but I feel like it isn’t worth the while , , , it is stated that I will be one in the top five profiles for the 12 month period and that’s part of the reason it’s a 12 month contract, to stop companies outbidding my position.  The big thing that is attracting is the 450+ traffic yell gets a month for the areas I’m working in , and if I’m 1-5 in the top (as long as I’m producing a high standard) sound like a good gamble. 50/50 at the moment 

That sounds so very familiar. 

Stay well away.

Promise everything, deliver nothing, but it's your fault for not spending enough money with them.

Over the term of my year contract can you fathom a guess for my ROI?

it ryhmes with 'hero'

even then it was as difficult as they could make it to cancel.

27 minutes ago, benedmonds said:

I don't believe they are free ant more. Available to AAAC's. or whatever acronym they use now for approved contractors

 

Ahh, bugger. Thanks for the info.

Seems odd to stand for improving industry standards and H&S, but restrict a worthwhile resource for the little outfits... 
Guess I'll just have to dust of my copy of Office '97 

I'm trying to look the Arb Associations risk assessment templates to get my own sorted, but I'm being hit with "Access to the page '/Help-Advice/Public/Help-for-arborists' is denied." when clicking the link... I'm logged in, even tried registering with another email with the same result.

I'm hoping one the AA techies might be able to help...?

Cheers, 

Hi all, 

Does anyone have any tip sites around Market Harborough, Kettering, Corby they're willing to share? 

Cheers. 

1) deciding I want to get into the industry at 33

2) Spending 3 years and £thousands getting tickets.

4) spending week 4 of the career change in A&E with a 201t 14 stich "booboo" to my hand

5) still thinking I made the right choice...

Hi everyone, I'm after a bit of advice. 

I want to plant a small selection of fruit trees in the garden, but come lunch time during the summer the area is heavily shaded by a large beech tree in the neighbours garden. 

Could you advise any varieties of pear, apple, plum, etc. that could tolerate the position? 

exactly this, plus bring round a bottle of wine [emoji106]1:

I just edited my post after noticing, the OP has already tried verbal communication 😉

The bottle of wine, or a few cold beers is always a good shout 👍

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If they're not responding to your letter, or your verbal communication, I'd personally try the gently gently approach a few more times. Then include involving the council that may result in them having to cover costs.

Usually the prospect of losing money gets people moving.

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Piece of piss.

Everything you need to know is taught on the training days.

I don't think there's time limit as such, but if the assessor thinks you're taking too long, he'll deem you incompetent.

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So you got the CS38 too? Is the main barrier experience then?

Yeah, got my 38.

My main barrier is pay. What I need and what the industry pays for my level of experience don't marry... Just one of those things at the mo

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Did you get anywhere since your last post?

 

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Had a few odd days here and there but nothing to really be classed as solid experience

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I've not long passed my 38 and struggle to find someone to climb with as regularly as I'd like so, before my son was born, (climbing is on the back burner now) I just went out a few times a week and did some rec climbing on my lonesome - not exactly good advice but it's either that, or I'd have to wait for months and months before climbing...

Always make sure someone knows where you're going and keep in touch.

I'd love to see some photo's of whats available.

Bristol's a bit of a trek for me to have a look, but if your willing to post, obviously I'd covers costs - and something extra for a good cause.

The weird start to summer seems to have stunted their progress inshore thus far.

Thanks guys - great help!

 

In relation to the Collins Guide I assume that is the Owen Johnson one and not the Paul Sterry reference guide?

Correct

Trees, their use, management, cultivation and biology by Bob Watson was one I referred to a lot.

 

 

I have decided that as he wants to include tree work as part of his services I will pay for him to get his certs and I will tag along as well

 

What a great father-in-law(ish)! Considering your history, it would've been all to easy to say "bah! I didn't need training, so you don't either!"

My girlfriends dad payed for our bathroom, but I would've preferred the chainsaw certs to be honest

I remember some common law from my course that encompasses poisonous plants and the prevention of contact — would that apply to Prunus laurocerasus?

We call them binnies at our house because they were always there when you move the bin on the yard

My missus calls them cheesybobs!??

We've all done it(?)... I did it on my assessment, thankfully noticed before the assessor did

Work smart, not hard.

Efficiency is key, especially as we get older

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.

I believe what I have written isn't nonsense in the slightest as it has never been remarked upon. That said, I would be interested to see what was thought of my work from other parties outside of the college tutors as I doubt we receive feedback from the external assessors other than whether criteria were met or not.

I'm looking forward to starting the lvl4 and then the lvl 6, but based on what people have said in terms of workload, I'm a little worried I'll balls it up, but If I don't go for it the last year and my plan has gone to the proverbial dogs.

Are they ok with that? When I was at uni they would penalise you if you went over by more than about 10%

I assume it is dependant on tutor, college, and awarding body.

I have emailed my tutor in the past and stated I'm struggling to fit in what I think I need to say to show a good understanding of a topic. He expressed it's generally OK, the word limit is to prevent meaningless drivel.

I would also assume a university level course, such as the lvl 4 diploma or lvl 6, would be more realistic on word count as I do feel some of our ours are unrealistic; 500 words to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of CODIT for example..... maybe I am just a serial waffler. Which brings me back to working hard, not smart

It's more of a slanging match than anything else.

This, pretty naff trade medium unless you fancy wading through the jokers, chancers, and attention whores.