Starting a career in tree surgery. Help!
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Check out www.isa-arbor.com for info on certifications, educational materials and best management practices. Don't hear many people call it tree surgery anymore, mostly it's called trimming or removal.
Good luck
Good luck
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He is in the UK where it is called tree surgery.
He is in the UK where it is called tree surgery.
Well spotted Nate.
Joe, It would be worth your while putting a thread in the Brit forum at www.gypoclimber.com
Joe, It would be worth your while putting a thread in the Brit forum at www.gypoclimber.com
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He is in the UK where it is called tree surgery.
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I saw that he was in the UK but did not realize the term was still popular there. I always found it odd to call it surgery, but I guess amputation of limbs is surgery.
He is in the UK where it is called tree surgery.
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I saw that he was in the UK but did not realize the term was still popular there. I always found it odd to call it surgery, but I guess amputation of limbs is surgery.
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Well spotted Nate.
Joe, It would be worth your while putting a thread in the Brit forum at www.gypoclimber.com
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Don't listen to that scalawag, click on the link in my sig.
Well spotted Nate.
Joe, It would be worth your while putting a thread in the Brit forum at www.gypoclimber.com
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Don't listen to that scalawag, click on the link in my sig.
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Start off right and get yourself educated and then employed by a good company
Don't rush it cause there are a few good ones out there
But a ton of bad ones
Best of Luck
Rev
Don't rush it cause there are a few good ones out there
But a ton of bad ones
Best of Luck
Rev
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- Hawaii
second what the reverend says, look up the most qualified person in your area (research through ISA, these boards etc...) tell him you want to learn and hope for the best. If he won't take you on, try someone else that you know you will learn from and who is qualified to teach you. the more you read these posts and read LOTS of material that's published, the more you'll start to learn about what is modern arboriculture, but more importantly what IS NOT. good luck!
jp
jp
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Hi Joe, i run a small tree care company near Taunton.Im happy to give you advice on what tickets and courses are of use for work in uk, Im always looking for enthusiastic and keen to learn new staff. treework@arboricare.fsbusiness.co.uk
Best of luck
Colin
Best of luck
Colin
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I am looking at starting a career in tree surgery.
Can anyone give me some details as to the routes into the field and the qualifications I may or may not need.
I'm 26 and live in Bath (UK), if there is anyone local that would be willing to meet with me...
Cheers
Joe
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Hi Joe,
Welcome to our world!
In the Uk you need to be looking at getting NPTC qualifications. You will need at the very least:
CS30 Chainsaw Maintenance and Crosscutting
CS31 Felling Small Trees
Then you can move onto
Climb Trees and Perform Arial Rescue
CS39 Chainsaw Use from a Rope and Harness
There are a couple of ways to do this:
Independent training providers who will run short courses of two to five days culminating in an NPTC assessment.
A local college with an arboricultural department, again they may offer the NPTC based short courses or more lengthy full time courses
As a start if you go to work for a tree company make sure they are NPTC qualified, and have all the relevant insurance and run a safety conscious outfit. Ask if they will be willing to see you get time to take your NPTC units.
Go out and buy some books by Alex Shigo, or get them from the library. An understanding of how trees are put together and grow is priceless in making sound decisions for the actual work.
For what its worth, Merrist Wood College (now a department of Guildford College) near Guildford in Surrey runs a ten week programme that will see you through all the basics of ground work, climbing and tree work,rigging and tree biology, biomechanics, machinery, law, pruning. This course is enough to get you started, and keep you safe if you opt to go to work straight away
Its heavy on practical work with a good bit of theory too. You do all the NPTC units as part of the course and an Open College Network written exam for a Certificate. It may be enough to persuade you to take on more formal full time training, an NCH or ND. There are also other part time qualifications, Tech Cert, and the forestry one (I can't remember what its called)
Check out NPTC's website or do a search for NPTC CS units, that will turn up a heap of training providers and colleges.
I had a background in landscaping and had done an NCH, ten years later I decided to concentrate on tree work. I took several short courses (Treevolution in Wales are the bees knees)then decided to do the ten week at Merrist Wood. I do not regret one penny I have spent on this training,it laid a good foundation of sensible safe tree work. I am self employed and each time I did more training I felt more and more confident to take on the bigger jobs. I also train to NPTC but I'm in Bermuda so that won't help you!!
Whatever you do, keep learning, never say enough!
Good Luck
F. Doe in Bermuda
I am looking at starting a career in tree surgery.
Can anyone give me some details as to the routes into the field and the qualifications I may or may not need.
I'm 26 and live in Bath (UK), if there is anyone local that would be willing to meet with me...
Cheers
Joe
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Hi Joe,
Welcome to our world!
In the Uk you need to be looking at getting NPTC qualifications. You will need at the very least:
CS30 Chainsaw Maintenance and Crosscutting
CS31 Felling Small Trees
Then you can move onto
Climb Trees and Perform Arial Rescue
CS39 Chainsaw Use from a Rope and Harness
There are a couple of ways to do this:
Independent training providers who will run short courses of two to five days culminating in an NPTC assessment.
A local college with an arboricultural department, again they may offer the NPTC based short courses or more lengthy full time courses
As a start if you go to work for a tree company make sure they are NPTC qualified, and have all the relevant insurance and run a safety conscious outfit. Ask if they will be willing to see you get time to take your NPTC units.
Go out and buy some books by Alex Shigo, or get them from the library. An understanding of how trees are put together and grow is priceless in making sound decisions for the actual work.
For what its worth, Merrist Wood College (now a department of Guildford College) near Guildford in Surrey runs a ten week programme that will see you through all the basics of ground work, climbing and tree work,rigging and tree biology, biomechanics, machinery, law, pruning. This course is enough to get you started, and keep you safe if you opt to go to work straight away
Its heavy on practical work with a good bit of theory too. You do all the NPTC units as part of the course and an Open College Network written exam for a Certificate. It may be enough to persuade you to take on more formal full time training, an NCH or ND. There are also other part time qualifications, Tech Cert, and the forestry one (I can't remember what its called)
Check out NPTC's website or do a search for NPTC CS units, that will turn up a heap of training providers and colleges.
I had a background in landscaping and had done an NCH, ten years later I decided to concentrate on tree work. I took several short courses (Treevolution in Wales are the bees knees)then decided to do the ten week at Merrist Wood. I do not regret one penny I have spent on this training,it laid a good foundation of sensible safe tree work. I am self employed and each time I did more training I felt more and more confident to take on the bigger jobs. I also train to NPTC but I'm in Bermuda so that won't help you!!
Whatever you do, keep learning, never say enough!
Good Luck
F. Doe in Bermuda
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