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Accepting waste from arb work to use in our nature garden, as mulch etc. Please email us to arrange drop off. This is a private residence.

Root and Branch Arboriculture Ltd. have vacancies for both a Climbing Arborist and a Grounds Person, both on a part time basis (generally 3 days a week). If you would like to join a small, professional arb. team working for both domestic and commercial clients across Edinburgh and the Lothians, this may be just the place for you! You should hold industry specific qualifications, relevant work experience and have a sound work ethic. A driving licence is essential as our yard is well off the bus route. HGV licence and Lorry Mounted Crane Operator certificate would also be an advantage but not essential. For initial enquiries and job specification please email [email protected] http://www.rootandbrancharboriculture.co.uk/

Hello I’m a climber from Scotland, I’m wondering if anybody knows any good areas in Scotland where I can safely and legally climb trees to help me practice. Im not sure the laws that surround climbing with ropes freely in woodlands in Scotland? so yeah if there’s any area anybody knows that’s a favourite for climbing around Edinburgh, Glasgow or the north of Scotland? thanks Macauley Pryde

Hi looking for work I have my nptc maintances cross cut Small felling Climbing and rescue airel cutting Blue CPCS 360 above and below 10ton with lifting ops have done excavator work for 3 years with in plant hire and been doing tree surgry for 3 years now got experinces in all aspects in tree work have my own saws own climbing kit all my ppe own car clean car license. am willing to travel if you would like to know more give me a call on 07915300773 am based in east ayrshire Scotland *Thanks*

Evening all, This one concerns trees on development sites that are protected via stipulations in planning conditions (ie not due to TPO or being in a CA). My question is when (if at all) do such conditions lapse or become unenforcable? It seems to me daft that a condition designed to protect trees during development can end up meaning a tree owner can't, for example, then prune or work on their trees without LPA permission in years to come. I've scanned the legislation (T&CP (Scotland) Act) and various circulars, plus done a search on here but can't find a proper answer. How long can LPAs use planning conditions to protect trees before a TPO is required? Is there a mechanism for getting them revoked? I ask for two reasons - firstly a client is asking and I don't have the right answer. Second, I'm tiring of searching for planning conditions (esp on recent new builds) where the tree detail is buried somewhere and often conditions were applied to plots (not the current postal address) and therefore in pin/haystack territory. My LPA places the onus on us to search, because they have to search the same system and have neither the staff nor the time to tell us what we need to know. I'm hoping Jules might have a view! Cheers, Ed

Free lance climber with over 10 years experience. Fully insured PLI / ELI. Fully kitted out, big saws, 2.5 ton trailer small chipper, rigging gear, etc, etc. Based near Glasgow, available across the central belt. Rates negotiable depending on work / gear required and distance traveled. Message for full details

Royal Oak Tree Services Ltd are seeking multiple motivated, hard working individuals to join their growing friendly team. The position is rewarded with an industry leading rate of pay, training and promotional opportunities amongst other benefits. The perfect candidate will need to be friendly, hard working, motivated and have a keen interest in the industry. If this sounds like you please read on. The Position The climber (arborist) position is a full time contract working 5 days per week (Monday - Friday). We ask that our team members are available from 7am - approx 5pm every day for the working day as we usually meet at the yard at 7:45am. The role will comprise of climbing arborist duties with groundsman duties included. The company completes all kinds of arboricultural work from hedge trimming to tree felling and one of our team leaders will be on site to support you with all types of support that you may need. Qualifications Please note: For this position, only applicants with ALL of the essential qualifications will be considered. We have another position that will be advertised today that we hope you will consider. The qualifications that we need for this position are: Essential: Full Driving Licence Climbing Certificate NPTC Unit 201/202 NPTC Unit 203 NPTC Unit 206/306 NPTC Unit 308 *Benefits* In return for your hard work we don’t just offer a very competitive rate of pay. Additionally we give you: 37 days holiday 1 extra paid day off for your birthday Discounts at shops, restaurants and other retail Annual spending money or subsidiary for holidays Charitable support Company pension Minimum 30 hour per week contract And much more For more information please contact us. 01241 828035/07980914101 Job Types: Full-time, Permanent Salary: £27,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

Finally managed to get my firewood situation sorted; Woohoo 🥳 Found a local supplier in the local Nairn area doing hardwood logs at £70 per cubic bag, delivered. That's a nice saving from the £98/£120 per cube quoted by others locally. Six cube ordered and more to come. Got to fill that woodshed 👍 I don't have all the OP details, as the lads still on holiday. But if there's anyone else around the local area that is looking for hardwood and wants more info, message me directly.

Due to considerable expansion Royal Oak Tree Services Ltd are seeking multiple motivated, hard working individuals to join their growing friendly team. The position is rewarded with an industry leading rate of pay, training and promotional opportunities amongst other benefits. The perfect candidate will need to be friendly, hard working, motivated and have a keen interest in the industry. If this sounds like you please read on. Salary is negotiable dependent on experience and competency level The Position The climber (arborist) position is a full time contract working 5 days per week (Monday - Friday). Crucially the individual has to have a very keen interest in the industry and knowledge of the industry and willing to share among other team members. Full support will be given to the right individuals and regular CPD to increase the level of Knowledge and experience. If relocating help will be provided. Knowledge of mechanical arb is an advantage We ask that our team members are available from 7am - approx 5pm every day The role will comprise of climbing arborist duties with groundsman duties including jumping between the highways maintenance side initially and commercial and domestic sides. The company completes all kinds of arboricultural work from hedge trimming to tree felling and low impact forestry, one of our team leaders will be on site to support you with all types of support that you may need. Qualifications Please note: For this position, only applicants with ALL of the essential qualifications will be considered. The qualifications that we need for this position are: Essential: Full Driving Licence Climbing Certificate NPTC Unit 201/202 NPTC Unit 203 NPTC Unit 206/306 NPTC Unit 308 Benefits In return for your hard work we don’t just offer a very competitive rate of pay. Additionally we give you: 37 days holiday 1 extra paid day off for your birthday Discounts at shops, restaurants and other retail Annual spending money or subsidiary for holidays Charitable support Company pension And much more For more information please contact us. Salary of £40,000 Per Annum Overtime additional on top

Freelance climber from Perthshire, with two years climbing experience and five in forestry. Fully qualified and insured. Looking for work all over Scotland. Pm for inquiries

I am looking for someone to run an axe throwing event for a Scottish Arb Day which is planned for 27th August 2016. We will have a climbing demo and hopefully a fun climbing competition. More on this later. The location will most likely be between Abington (on the M74) and Lanark. We are trying to make it a free event but have some funds to pay if necessary. We will hopefully be having a social event after involving the usual fire, food and drinking, with people camping on site. I know there was a group in Dumfries who did this, but I cannot find any sign of them on the web. I'd be open to alternative suggestions for something similar. Any help much appreciated!

I am currently based in Orkney Islands and have been doing the odd tree job around Orkney and Aberdeenshire over the last couple years, I have CS30,31,38 & 39, full clean driving licence, including category C (class 2), my own saws climbing gear and basic rigging kit. I am looking to relocate to mainland Scotland and move in to full time tree surgery from a plant fitter back ground. Not to fussy about where in Scotland as long there's work for me. Any contacts or information greatly appreciated. Any questions you may have I will be happy to answer. Thanks in advance Colin

Immediate work to cover holidays and new contracts - mainly Commercial work Glasgow, Edinburgh and between. Call Matt 07794167589 email [email protected] or office on 0131 510 2013

Hi Everyone, I have a couple of large Copper Beech logs (Fagus sylvatica Purpurea) ready to be milled in Bothwell, South Lanarkshire & I was wondering of anyone was interested in the boards from them. I haven't milled them yet so you could specify sizes. The logs have been cut to 3 m in length already & the largest is about 34 " (approx 86 cm) in diameter & the smaller of the 2 is approx 24". I also have quite a few large Ash logs from the same job (there is also some large logs of other species such as Sycamore & Lime). All offers considered - we can deliver if reasonably local otherwise you can pick them up from the site. Regards, Martin Greener Glens

***Looking for Employment Opportunity*** I am an enthusiastic person with a good work ethic who is keen to learn and expand my skills and knowledge. I am based in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire but am willing to travel for work. I have my own climbing kit and top handle chainsaw. *NPTC tickets CS30,31,32,38,39 *CSCS card *Experience of large/small dismantles *Pruning *Previous Street Tree Work *Hard Landscaping *Excavators (any size) *Ground Works *Experience operating MEWPS *NVQ bricklaying I can be contacted on 07915300773 and can provide a current CV. Ross

I'm a young Arborist who has been self-employed sub-contracting for the past 4 and a bit years. More recently, I have established myself as Samurai Tree Care and have been getting a few of my own jobs in. I trained and worked in Hertfordshire, but now I'm moving to Inverness for a better life. I would ideally like to walk into full-time employment. I'm very comfortable and responsive as a groundsman and have previously been involved in small scale forestry. I started climbing a while back but only gained the speed and efficiency more recently, I'm still a bit rough around the edges, so I would like to get more experience to better myself. I do love the forestry side, so will be open to any offer of hand felling forestry. I don't hold any large machine tickets at the moment but would be completely open to it in the near future. Full CV is available at request. Email: [email protected] Mob: 07905768752 (send a text first as I'm working between 8am-5pm and can't answer the phone). Hope to hear from any employers or guys working in the area, Could really use any help. Cheers guys, Ben Bruce

***Looking for Employment Opportunity*** I am an enthusiastic person with a good work ethic who is keen to learn and expand my skills and knowledge. I am based in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire but am willing to travel for work. I have my own climbing kit and top handle chainsaw. *NPTC tickets CS30,31,32,38,39 *CSCS card *Experience of large/small dismantles *Pruning *Previous Street Tree Work *Hard Landscaping *Excavators (any size) *Ground Works *Experience operating MEWPS *NVQ bricklaying * chapter 8 managment I can be contacted on 07915300773 and can provide a current CV can start work as soon as. Ross

***Looking for Employment Opportunity*** I am an enthusiastic person with a good work ethic who is keen to learn and expand my skills and knowledge. I am based in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire but am willing to travel for work. I have my own climbing kit and top handle chainsaw. *NPTC tickets CS30,31,32,38,39 *CSCS card *Experience of large/small dismantles *Pruning *Previous Street Tree Work *Hard Landscaping *Excavators (any size) *Ground Works *Experience operating MEWPS *NVQ bricklaying I can be contacted on 07915300773 and can provide a current CV. Ross

***Looking for Employment Opportunity*** I am an enthusiastic person with a good work ethic who is keen to learn and expand my skills and knowledge. I am based in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire but am willing to travel for work. I have my own climbing kit and top handle chainsaw. *NPTC tickets CS30,31,32,38,39 *CSCS card *Experience of large/small dismantles *Pruning *Previous Street Tree Work *Hard Landscaping *Excavators (any size) *Ground Works *Experience operating MEWPS *NVQ bricklaying I can be contacted on 07915300773 and can provide a current CV. Ross

Hi all Just putting the feeler out there to see what work there is in the new year. I'm based in Angus, but happy to travel for the right job. PM me if you would like a CV, or have any news on jobs. james

I'm involved with a small-scale felling operation 30 miles north of Stirling, Scotland. The trees comprise Lawson Cypress (10 Ton), Western Red Cedar (15 Ton) and Larch (8 Ton) - weights are approximate. The downside to the felling, is that a couple of us are carrying out this work voluntarily for the Scout Association, so we can only fell the trees over several weekends, which might take a year to complete. I'm looking for someone who might be interested in buying the timber as a lot or in part, but they'd need to transport it off site. The site is adjacent to an old railway line and so is solid and has reasonable access. I would need the timber moved soon after we carry out a weekends felling; therefore, there might be two or three journeys. If anyone is interested or knows someone who might be able to help us out, please reply or PM me.

Required for large contract in Scotland - PTS will be necessary but possibility of training for right persons. good rates of pay. full PPE SAWS Equipment and certificates required. send c.v. / email in first instance to [email protected] or call 07794167589

“Put me in a harness and a rope and a chain saw, and I’m at home.” Nestled in the rolling green hills west of Edinburgh, Sandy and Fiona take pride in their handmade furniture and beautifully landscaped yard. For 17 years, Sandy ran a successful tree surgeon business called Treeshape. “I came back from New Zealand in 1999,” Sandy shares, “with nothing at that time, after already having 20 year’s experience. I saw there was an open market for tree surgeons and just went for it, basically because it was new, real competition. I’ve built up my yard, the field, equipment, forestry mulchers, chippers, grinders, stump grinders…but after reaching a certain age, it started to hurt, and bureaucracy kicked in as well.” He laughs. “It was just too much and it wasn’t enjoyable anymore. So I sold a lot of my equipment and bought sawmills and sharpeners and setters.” Sandy and Fiona previously had a Wood-Mizer LT20 sawmill, which they used to process trees on a nominal basis, and used the timber to build some personal projects. “It was such a good sawmill that I went for another Wood-Mizer,” Sandy comments. “Not only because the machine is good, but the backup too. I’ve always been well looked after by Wood-Mizer.” Sandy’s purchase of the brand new WM1000 wide-cutting sawmill was the first of its kind in Scotland. With the WM1000, logs can be sawed in half, into quarters, or into wide slabs directly for special projects. The operator safely controls all cutting functions while standing on a platform that moves with the head. The WM1000 was perfect for Sandy’s budding business, so he ordered the highest specs for a more powerful machine, a wider blade, and a full blade sharpening package. Wood-Mizer’s Scotland agent, Keith Threadgall shares. “Since nobody was doing it in Scotland at the time, he thought it would provide a good service, being able to mill up big large bits of timber.” Sandy and Keith were especially excited about the blade sharpening package. “A lot of customers in Scotland are starting to buy their own blade packages,” Keith shares. “They prefer to do their own blades.” Sandy was surprised at the ease in which he could clean, lubricate, and sharpen his blades. In the eastern region of Scotland, the weather is pretty changeable. But with the WM1000, Sandy doesn’t need to go outside to operate his sawmill. “It’s electric, it’s inside—it covers all my needs. And it’s very affordable for what it does. With a quick clean and lube, it’s ready to saw.” “I’m doing it because I like doing it, and I can take time to learn to do it correctly. Hopefully at the end of it, I can have some furniture and be able to provide a service to mill for other people.” And, shortly after making a few pieces of furniture, Sandy’s friends began requesting more. “So my business is basically going to be an in-house, contract saw miller. I can haul timber with my Unimog 2100 forestry trailer/crane. And I can be part tree surgeon when I feel like it, and a furniture maker too,” Sandy said with a smile. “A lot of oversized timber just gets turned into firewood and wasted, or just gets burned,” he explains. They make it a point to salvage the trees they work on as tree surgeons and use the leftover wood in their own projects. “Even the sawdust is a product,” Sandy says. Sandy’s business has just started, but it’s already rapidly growing. Sandy is planning ahead and working to find some new contacts so his hobby can become a service for others. “With a good job, you get rewards,” he explains. “The main thing is, be honest. And then be thorough!” By Bethany Faubion View full article

Hi there guys just a quick question about getting new clients, obviously there is the conventional ways like website advertising and word of mouth etc. But I'm looking for anyone with tried and tested less conventional ways of reaching people in need of tree works?