Trowelandhawk

Cheers. That’s a great help. I appreciate it was a short intro however I was just being to the point. I’ll do a chipper ticket first so I can at least be of some use and I already done the broom and tea course. thankyou

Looking for some experience from a company willing to teach basics as I go through my tickets through the next couple of years. I am employed full time at present and this will remain the case so it will be ad hoc when it suits both parties. is this doable?. Brighton based with vehicle.

Top man, thanks for that advice. I agree that I'm gonna find it hard due to age but I’m fit due to my job. This is a job that I was gonna do years ago when I started out, why I never did I will never know now. I’m down in East Sussex on the coast and there are a few names of companies that I see and have seen regularly that have been around since I was a kid so they must be doing something right. I’m erring in the side of having my age giving me wisdom and common sense on this one and Reliability too. My problem comes with time to commit to a company at present as I’m always busy and I mean always and could only commit to a day a month at present And no company would want that as they would think I’m just playing at it. I’m gonna do the basic tickets off my own back and go from there. I believe in my own abilities and you never know what opportunities come along in the strangest of circumstances. Which would lead me to the next question which is equipment.... that’s a whole new thread in itself ?.

Spot on advice, Thankyou very much to all. Glad I come on the forum now.

I reckon the hardest thing for me at the moment is gonna be finding time to fit in the required training. As I’ve said before though it’s doable with a bit of juggling.

Cheers, that is my outlook. I’m not deluded, I know it’s hard graft, im Looking at doing cs30,31 for starters and go from there to the climbing quals.

Hi. Im gonna throw this out there now. I expect like any forum, some good advice and some ridicule. Im 9 years away from retiring at 55 years old and thinking about making steps to enter this industry on a part time basis with a view to being self employed when I retire. I will have no need to be full time when I’m retired, just a few domestic jobs and all the small jobs most full timers don’t want, but I love being outside as I have been all my working life. I appreciate this is a hard game and will probably be ridiculed for wanting to enter it now at 46 years old. My intention is to get the necessary qualifications by either paying for them myself or giving my time for the experience and a company put me on the requisite courses needed if this is doable. My outlook in life is that anything is possible and so is this. my questions are these:- Are my expectations in regards to trading my time for courses/experience with a company unreal or a viable option, or would it be better to pay for the courses and then knock a few company’s doors. I am willing to volunteer my time for a few months for the experience which you cannot get in a classroom environment and more than willing to turn up, shut up, get stuck in to learn and also make the tea. That’s how you learn as far as I’m concerned. some advice would be appreciated. Thanks