Mark Wileman
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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
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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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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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Thanks Paul, nice one! ?
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Oh, and regarding qualifications, if I where you mate I'd get my UA1,2.1,2.2 and try and get a job with a utility firm. If you want to cut trees exclusively, that is probably the best way of going about it. I see a fair bit advertised around your area, too.
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You just need to learn how to sell yourself, from what I just read you are an Aerial/Platform Tree Worker with 7 years experience in one of the largest grounds maintenance companies in the UK working in sensitive sites to a high H&S standard. After 7 years of 20% Arb related stuff that is (not including holidays etc..) around 500 days of tree work! Don't think that because you don't walk around with your chest out with an arbortech T-shirt on that you aren't worth money.
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Vat registered companies.... how do you stay competitive
Mark Wileman replied to swinny's topic in Business Management
All the fuel garages will tell you it's full of rats piss. I've never had an issue and I always use Tescos fuel, all about the club card points. Plus someone as big as Tesco/Asda isn't going to breach the fuel British Standard to make a few more quid, wouldn't be worth the risk. -
Not sure why that offended you?
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Everyone is saying tree climbing is totally different to rock climbing, I do agree, everyone is missing the part where tree climbing is a lot easier than rock climbing, though
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Hi guys I'm fitting a pump from a 2010 transit tipper to my ranger and cant see the ampage anywhere on the motor. Does anyone k ow what it os, so i can put the correct inline fuze in? thanks in advance marl
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This makes me feel bad for burning a whole nest of the little fuckers earlier this year.
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No wonder I used to fight so much on the piss...
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Are you sure? I've researched pretty intensively looking for an exact definition but it's just a grey area and totally up to the opinion of the HMRC officer running the case. The same can be said for large contracts, whats the difference between me providing an arboricultural contracting service to a tree buisness for 2 years and a civil engineering company providing a service to highways for 2 years? I don't think the tax man is going to be getting Highways UK to pay Balfour Beatty's holiday pay for X amount of thousand employees So long as you aren't breaching any of the bullet points on HMRCs 'are you employed' checklist then they can't touch you.
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Well done mate, use it for the experience and just look around for better paid work, if you find any get a pay rise
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Another 40 year old just starting
Mark Wileman replied to forestboy1978's topic in Training & education
Justifying how good you are at falling is probably not the best way to start a career in climbing trees ? -
Massive Volcano w Girdling Root
Mark Wileman replied to JoeT's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
what's caused this? Putting mulch too high? -
Same on laptop & phone.
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Hi mate have you had an MOT yet, just wondering on where the law sits on the front bumper missing the plastic bit beneath the metal part and the whole hitting someone and "sucking them in". Not asking to be a jobsworth, I'm planning on doing the same to my ranger and will have to cut away some of the body work to expose my underneath at the front.
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You'd get 3 Rock Machinary Venom's for that and have £500 left over!
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https://www.ereplacementparts.com/husqvarna-372xp-xpxtorq-chain-saw-parts-c-114486_114487_290347.html Should see whats come off by referencing that diagram.
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I know a few building labourers on £150+ a day (that's in rural west wales), tree work is years behind on its economic growth, but noone is going to start charging more out of fear of losing the quotes. As an 18 year old, labour on a site/learn a trade for 100+ a day or drag brash and get passively bullied for the next 5 years until I've earnt my right to put a harness on for £55 a day.
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Anyone seen this video? One word- stumps!
Mark Wileman replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in General chat
The instructor at 0:40 took me for my chainsaw in the harness and various assessments, he's 60 and an amazing climber. -
advancing a base tie you'll need something to create a false crotch ahead of you each time, I guess the whole point of SRT is to get the line as high as possible or you might as well just DRT up!
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In terms of tickets to be useful to 90% of tree firms as a second climber she'll need her Chainsaw Maintenence and Cross cutting (CS30), Small tree felling (CS31), tree climbing and aerial rescue (CS38), chainsaw in the tree (CS39) and woodchipper. The rest of the tickets are obviously a bonus but you can fall down a rabbit hole of going ticket hunting instead of getting on the job and actually learning (and making money). The above tickets will probably cost around the £2000, depending where you go for it. There are a few companies that can take advantage of government schemes and apprenticeships to get some of those part funded and bring the cost right down. @LynherTraining is a provider based on the Devon/Cornwall border that I can vouch for.
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Myerscough seem pretty poor at correspondence to be honest, I've sent them my certificates for my FdSc application three times now and they keep getting missed.
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Are you climbing off a base anchor? If not then you can just use the other end of your rope, but would be quicker to just lanyard in and then readvance your tie in point.
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How to grow my business, how did you grow yours?
Mark Wileman replied to Chipperclown's topic in General chat
I think I misread your original post, I understood it that the little guys should charge as much as the big guys (and probably not get the work) to keep the big guys in business. ? -
How to grow my business, how did you grow yours?
Mark Wileman replied to Chipperclown's topic in General chat
I'm cheaper than everyone in my area, if I start charging the same as the guys with £200k + of equipment then I won't get the work. Why get me in with my 4inch chipper and some ropes when they can have the 3-4 man crew in with the MEWP, 12ich chipper and Mog? Like has previously been said, it's not about under valuing the industry, it's about having a business plan that is lower cost to run and therefore give more affordable services, for not too far off the same margins as a larger firm.
