anyone here a tree surgeon?

[welshy23]

all joking aside about this being a pikey job... is anyone a tree surgeon? im looking into doing a course becuase it intrests me...

Any tips?

[Dom]

My neighbor is, think he owns his own small company, but he is raking it in. Alot of moolahh in that job!

[welshy23]

My neighbor is, think he owns his own small company, but he is raking it in. Alot of moolahh in that job!

yeh i thought so! lets face it, always going to be trees!!!

[beckha]

Yeah I was gonna say its really good money.

Lads that I know who do it though are total nutters and have lost the plot.

Lol.

x

[nicole_]

db_sax does it sometimes

[rorz_vts]

i used to do it before i went in the army, great job and very easy to start up on your own once you have some experience, tips dont be scared of heights and always keep the logs to sell to people like local pubs with real fires waste not what not

[beckha]

db_sax does it sometimes

Totally backs up my total nutters/lost the plot theory then. Haha.

x

[Mochachino]

haha I aint a nutter!

Definatly do it though make plenty of money :y: £800 a week is pretty easy to make. Start up costs aint huge either, a van would be helpfull. Its a good workout too :)

[beckha]

haha I aint a nutter!

Definatly do it though make plenty of money :y: £800 a week is pretty easy to make. Start up costs aint huge either, a van would be helpfull. Its a good workout too :)

What evaaaaaaaaar. ;)

Another good trade for good money is scaffolding.

Danger money FTW. Lol.

x

[Technics_1210]

Yes i'm studying arboriculture at the moment.
It is very physically demanding so you have to be quite fit i've found.
Can also be very expensive to get your CS tickets which are basically certificates of competance.
I would expect to pay around £600 for CS30/31. CS30 covers basic workshop maintenance and cross cutting timber, whilst CS31 covers felling of small trees up to 380mm in diameter.
Then you go onto CS 38/39 which covers aerial rescue from a tree and use of a chainsaw from a rope and harness. This will cost around £900.
Then you have to buy all you PPE such as
Chainsaw trousers £180
Helmet with ear defenders and visor £80
Gloves £30
Chainsaw boots £120

I have just bought my first chainsaw which cost me £530, definately worth it had loads of fun felling trees over the last few months. Its not all physical work though theres a lot of theory to learn which can be quite challenging.
Personally i would have a look at colleges in your area which offer arboriculture courses so you can decide whether you want to get into it.

[jw1325]

loaaads of my mates do it - and they are all rich!!

good job to get into like!

[SaxoSam96]

What evaaaaaaaaar. ;)

Another good trade for good money is scaffolding.

Danger money FTW. Lol.

x

I've been scaffolding since I left school!
Do a lot of work around the country for tone scaffolding, mainly power work ex; train tracks, substations, overhead power lines!
great fun with the right people, hard work though but worth it at the end of the week, would love to give tree surgery a go!!

[beckha]

I've been scaffolding since I left school!
Do a lot of work around the country for tone scaffolding, mainly power work ex; train tracks, substations, overhead power lines!
great fun with the right people, hard work though but worth it at the end of the week, would love to give tree surgery a go!!

My other half is a scaffolder too.

Big respect.

I worry about him every day. He does alot of confined space stuff in alot of the big mills and factorys up here.

x

[SaxoSam96]

My other half is a scaffolder too.

Big respect.

I worry about him every day. He does alot of confined space stuff in alot of the big mills and factorys up here.

x

Snap! I have a confined space course on saturday!! not looking forward to it!

[jw1325]

my old best mate that i grew up with was a scaffolder, he worked my mum and her ex bfs scaffoling company. when he moved jobs he fell 30 feet from one level to the next... fucked him up for a LOOONG time!

[Shadowdemon]

all joking aside about this being a pikey job... is anyone a tree surgeon? im looking into doing a course becuase it intrests me...

Any tips?

Try Sparsholt college really good for this, Something like only 2 or 3 places in the country that do the course and Sparsholt's the best apparently.

Done the 1st year then realized how hard it is finding a job in this sort of trade unless you know people who already do it etc.

Not a bad course end up doing a bit of everything Tractor driving, Brick laying (Tried telling me in case a tree you fell lands on one saves you forking out which I guess is true).

Really good money though, If you'r on call the money you make is ridiculous.
Tutor there always told me the best thing you can do is work abroad Canada etc for 6months and you would have easily earned enough to last you another 6 months till you go back.

Kind of wishing I stuck it out now :n:

[beckha]

my old best mate that i grew up with was a scaffolder, he worked my mum and her ex bfs scaffoling company. when he moved jobs he fell 30 feet from one level to the next... fucked him up for a LOOONG time!

Haha.

Thanks for the piece of mind Jen.

I have him insured up to the spud's though thankfully.

x

[Ultradappa]

A guy that was one of the regulars in my Ma's pub was a tree surgeon, was cutting a tree and the chainsaw kicked back and would have taken half his face off if it wasn't for him wearing a face guard.
Dangerous job, but as people have mentioned, it pays quite well....

[jw1325]

Try Sparsholt college really good for this, Something like only 2 or 3 places in the country that do the course and Sparsholt's the best apparently.

Done the 1st year then realized how hard it is finding a job in this sort of trade unless you know people who already do it etc.

Not a bad course end up doing a bit of everything Tractor driving, Brick laying (Tried telling me in case a tree you fell lands on one saves you forking out which I guess is true).

Really good money though, If you'r on call the money you make is ridiculous.
Tutor there always told me the best thing you can do is work abroad Canada etc for 6months and you would have easily earned enough to last you another 6 months till you go back.

Kind of wishing I stuck it out now :n:

Barony College, Dumfriesshire do it.

i loved that placee!!

[Shadowdemon]

Barony College, Dumfriesshire do it.

i loved that placee!!

Thats the only other place I've heard anyone mention :fcuk:
Had people on my course from the Isle of wight and everywhere move in there just to do it :geek:.
Wasn't bad literally NO girls in the college tho, Based around Sports (You never really see them), Fishing, Forestry stuff and horse riding is the only course which has girls that weren't dykes on and there off the college site :n:

[jw1325]

Thats the only other place I've heard anyone mention :fcuk:
Had people on my course from the Isle of wight and everywhere move in there just to do it :geek:.
Wasn't bad literally NO girls in the college tho, Based around Sports (You never really see them), Fishing, Forestry stuff and horse riding is the only course which has girls that weren't dykes on and there off the college site :n:

what at Barony??

ehhem - i certainly was NOT a dyke!

ill be a bit big headed here... im some what of a legend in that place. everyone will remember 'Wee Blonde Jen' :D

[Shadowdemon]

what at Barony??

ehhem - i certainly was NOT a dyke!

ill be a bit big headed here... im some what of a legend in that place. everyone will remember 'Wee Blonde Jen' :D

Nooo Sparsholt they literally all look like butch lesbians except for the horse riders who you never see :n:

I meant barony is the only other college I've heard mentioned that does it but thats literally the other side of the country.

What did you do to get remembered then :panic: ?

[MiniGibbo]

Glorified gardeners in silly hats :homme:

[yeahbuddy]

all well and good saying thers loads of money in it but if no 1 rings you then its pretty poo

[welshy23]

all well and good saying thers loads of money in it but if no 1 rings you then its pretty poo

just like Vehicle Air Conditioning Services on a saxo forum?

[welshy23]

Glorified gardeners in silly hats :homme:

haha made me chortle. You forgot big chainsaws and funny undergarments.

[moxy89]

my parnters dad owns a tree sugeon company and he get to sit at home in there very expensive house and chill out, he wants me to work for them but its to cold in the winter to work outside.

[Mochachino]

just like Vehicle Air Conditioning Services on a saxo forum?

LOL :y:

[BrianMc]

I do landscaping mate and my boss is a tree surgeon i don't have certificates to say i cut down tree's lol but i cut them down, and in honestly its fun cutting them down but its not to great lifting all the shit later on, maybe look into getting chainsaw certificates and just going for it? My boss makes a fortune on trees like 150-200 quid per hour so there is money to be made in it :)

[dave_1]

As said good money but hard to get into it and a ball ache with insurance. Just made £400 for two days work. Theres a fair few colleges that do it most agricultural colleges do the courses, but look at nptc http://www.nptc.org.uk/. I started out working for a forestry contractor and just do odd jobs now and then as im working on the farm at the moment. Also look into jobs with manweb and scotish power as they sometimes will pay you for doing the courses. Best thing I found is charge well under your prices at first get the experience under your belt you build confidence doing the jobs and a good customer base people talk about you to their friend thats how I get my jobs. And +1 on keeping the logs to sell to people, I usually charge for the tree and add about £70 on the price then tell them ill knock £70 off the bill if i take the logs sounds like your doing them a favour and you make £160 a load for them.
Hope that helps mate

[Mochachino]

I do landscaping mate and my boss is a tree surgeon i don't have certificates to say i cut down tree's lol but i cut them down, and in honestly its fun cutting them down but its not to great lifting all the shit later on, maybe look into getting chainsaw certificates and just going for it? My boss makes a fortune on trees like 150-200 quid per hour so there is money to be made in it :)

Yeh thats the shit bit doing all the chipping.

[dave_1]

Yeh thats the shit bit doing all the chipping.

You got the wrong chipper. We saw one at the royal welsh show 26 inch baiscally put the whole tree in.:y:

[Mochachino]

oh fkin hell, thought something was up, been using one of these

http://www.food-blender.co.uk/images/vitamix-blender.jpg

[jw1325]

Nooo Sparsholt they literally all look like butch lesbians except for the horse riders who you never see :n:

I meant barony is the only other college I've heard mentioned that does it but thats literally the other side of the country.

What did you do to get remembered then :panic: ?

coz i was kinda the first real city girl that went there and iw as mad lol

[nicole_]

poor guy
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3404865/Tree-surgeon-killed-when-chainsaw-sliced-through-his-neck.html

[Proffitt]

My mate is a tree surgeon, he 21 and he has just started on his own.

Alot of money in the job but it's VERY hard work and long hours!!

My mate leaves his house at 6 and doesnt get back untill 7 some nights!!

[DundeeUnited]

i like trees :)

[Prickle]

Another good trade for good money is scaffolding.

Danger money FTW. Lol.



Dad does that. He rakes in epic money per week.

[devilsadvocate]

My Boss' husband is, got his own company
They live in a 6 bedroom house with stables and all sorts so am assuming it can pay well :)

Although she earns 40k so could be a combination of both thier wages lol

[brianS]

mate did at at the age of 25 as an aprenticeship. he now lives in a house with 2 acres 6 bedrroms 4 baths a pool etyc etc in australia with his own company and he is only 30. ive seen the hights he climbs though and fuck that

[BrianMc]

Yeh thats the shit bit doing all the chipping.

Chipper by god my boss is to cheap to buy one hes miserable :( we cut it down in the back of the pick up and stuff more in

[Chris_O]

poor guy
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3404865/Tree-surgeon-killed-when-chainsaw-sliced-through-his-neck.html

This unlucky bloke went to school with my brother, shocked to say the least

[Peter_D]

I'm not a fully qualified tree surgeon but i did a triple heart bypass on a 57 year old oak tree recently so i know what i'm doing

PM me if you have any questions


No but srsly please dont PM me