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Role: Manager Salary: Negotiable, dependent on experience Hours: Full time; 35 hours/week Holiday: 28 days, including bank holidays Anderson Tree Care Ltd is looking to hire a new Operations Manager. As a company which has been in operation for over 40 years, the collective experience and knowledge within Anderson Tree Care is unmatched across South Yorkshire and Derbyshire. Working for us is a unique opportunity to work with prestigious organisations on a wide variety of exciting conservation and arboricultural management projects. Current clients include Sheffield City Council, English Heritage, The National Trust, Eastern Moors Partnership, Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust and The Environment Agency. The role will be a blend of working from home and office based but a full driving licence is essential for attending site meetings. You will work in close conjunction with the Business Director and will have the support of a part-time Office Administrator. Key responsibilities are: Day-to-day running operations - Scheduling work and organising teams of operatives - Arranging plant hire and traffic management - Point of contact for both domestic and commercial clients - Management of employed staff and contractors - Visiting clients to provide impartial advice on arboricultural management - Organising quotations (these will typically be written up by the Office Administrator) - Submitting TPO applications and Section 211 Notices Company Management - Legislation compliance; LOLER checks, risk assessments, method statements, site audits, organising training for operatives - Maintaining external accreditations and licences - Client relations; providing a reliable point of contact and advice for ongoing commercial and domestic clients - Contract Management; filling out Pre-Qualification Questionnaires, applying for large contracts and overseeing their completion Essential Skills: - Level 4 certificate or diploma in Arboriculture, foundation degree or equivalent experience. - A good understanding of the running of an arboricultural company including the practical challenges involved - Excellent communication skills - Highly organised - Good basic IT skills; able to use the Microsoft Office suite, Gmail, Google Calendar, OneDrive. A previous knowledge of Fastfield would be useful but not necessary - A full clean UK driving licence

Can anyone clear up the two rope working? yet again a guidance document is full of 'appears' and 'ifs'. I do not feel that there is a clear line to follow, there is a lot of leeway for everyone to follow a different path. Everyone will also believe they are following the guidance correctly. It will only be when its all to late that we will find out. can anyone point me in the right direction, is it: 1- ALWAYS have two ropes connected to separate anchors where possible. When changing one of the main anchors a third rope/line is used to maintain two ropes all the time. 2- ONE main line is used around the tree. When cutting or in a place which may cause a swing/pendulum a second line/lanyard should be used. Once out of a swing position and not cutting you can ascend and descend on one line. 3- NONE OF THE ABOVE. ICoP Tree work May 2020.pdf

Has anyone done the assessed route for professional membership with the arb association? Any advice?

Hi all I'm torn between two courses - the Arb Association's Intermediate Tree Inspection and Land Skills' 2 Day Tree Inspection. I need a stepping stone between the Lantra One Day basic course and the Professional Tree Inspection course. I'm thinking the Land Skills one as it's being run quite a lot sooner and is a bit cheaper, and seems to have the same basic material. Any help or suggestions, especially from anyone who's done the courses, would be great. Thanks!

Hello Hello I've been working in the industry for around 3 years now and I'm in my second year of studying Arb' at Inverness Forestry College. I've been a member of the Arboriculture Association for almost two years and it seems to me that we never seem to have any training/workshops/talks etc from the AA North of the central belt. (Please correct me if I'm wrong.) As a student/arborist in training I would love to attend many of the events/training that the AA put on but the nearest are in Edinburgh or similar. I'm based out of Aberdeenshire so once you include the cost of the course, travel, accommodation (depending on times) and the loss of a days work then it's just too much money. I know guys working full time who are not happy with this either. So I'm hoping some of you will help me change that... I've been in contact with Duncan Slater about giving his Tree Fork Assessment workshop at the Scottish School of Forestry in Culloden. He is willing to do so but his funding comes from the AA. He has passed me the contact details of the relevant person at the AA so I can request that they put on the workshop. I feel the request will be better received if I already have evidence of a wider interest for the workshop to go ahead. Here's a link to an article about Duncans' work: https://www.trees.org.uk/News-Blog/Branch-News/Assessment-of-Tree-Fork-Workshops-announced One of the guys I work for has been to the workshop and highly recommended it to me, which makes me feel it is worth the effort. If any of you are interested can you comment below so that I can gauge how much support there is for this to go ahead. I feel once we've had a successful workshop we may be able to open the gates for more! I'd love to hear your thoughts either way. Cheers in advance Amy

Hello, Is anyone North of the central belt going to the AA Scottish Branch AGM tomorrow? I was hoping to share at least some of the journey with people but so far no luck and it's a 4 hour journey for me. I'm coming from Aberdeenshire but I could easily stop along the way to share the journey. *fingers crossed* someone's going! Cheers Amy

Good afternoon all Those of you that are members of the Arb Association will no doubt have received an email informing you of the Logo change that will happen in December. I was wondering what peoples thoughts were about this change? We have roughly 25 vehicles in our fleet all wearing the Arb Association logo and now have the daunting prospect of replacing it on all of them. The costs will be phenomenal. I fell bad for the fleets that are bigger than ours! It seems that the members had little or no input into the changes.

Ground Control is delighted to announce that they have become Arb Association approved contractors! This outstanding achievement is testament to the great work of all the teams working at Ground Control. For more information about the services that are provided, including PICUS tomography tree surveying, visit our website: Ground Control: Award winning commercial landscapers. If you are looking to join the incredible team at Ground Control, check out the latest vacancies here: Great Careers for Great People _____________________________________________________________ On a side note, GC have also been doing their part to help the environment, such as the introduction of electric cars to the business for employees. What are you doing to help improve our environment and what more should we be doing as an industry?