Brits talkin about Brit stuff

[Ross Turner]

Thanks Rolla,No Licence,No truck,No saw got all my own PPE & climbing kit.

Sent out seven CV`s & had one phone call asking what wage i would except & have not heard anymore.If things get tight i will just have to do some agency work in the warehouses etc.

Keeping my chin up.

 

[blue]

ross,
have you tried arb jobs.com?sorry i'm computer inept and can't do a link but google arbjobs.alot of jobs in the uk on there

 

[Ross Turner]

Blue,When i go to Arbjobs.com no jobs appear so Tony at Arbjobs sends me any that may be of interest to me,Im also registered with complete treecare.com.

So far nothing has turned up.

 

[iain]

morning ross

a friend of mine has gone over to the us for 18mths mainly doing bucket work

then he`s bound for oz for a similar time thro an agency

hes a single gadge so it suited him i must admit i cant blame the guy

would that be any good for u

 

[TimberMcPherson]

I'd give my eye teeth to get a mog, sorry for being a colonial and crashing your lads thread. I even have a matchbox mog in my truck-sad bast$rd I am.

 

[Ross Turner]

Iain,
I dont think my other half & kids would like me leaving them at home while i went abroad to work.
I jacked my last job because my boss kept telling us we had to stay out overnight for up to 4 nights per week& when you have a 4yr old,3yr old & a 6week old children you dont want to be doing that kind of thing.

 

[iain]

hi ross

fair comment m8 i work to to support my family aswell

where do u live now, u mentioned working for cleveland council
b4

as their are a few co`s looking for climbers up here

 

[Ross Turner]

I used to live in Darlington & surrounding areas.I now live in Telford,Shropshire.
My partner will not relocate as the oldest child has just settled into school & she is making new friends.
I know Glendale is looking not sure about any others.

 

[iain]

there are at least two others of decent size one of which keeps recruiting the staff of the other

you sound as though you`ve got plenty of knowledge im sure it will be just a matter of time b4 u get another job, do you get horticultural weekly there are always arb jobs in it if not someone on this thread might keep an eye on it for you
i stopped my subs unfortunatley sorry

 

[Ross Turner]

Hort Weekly

Iain,
Dont need to buy Hort weekly as you can view it on line at
http://www.hortweek.com/recruitment.cfm.
The other two companies dont happen to carry out utility work by any chance do they?.

 

[teressa green]

ross,that link isnt working mate? tilhill are recruiting arnt they always,,,,,

 

[Ross Turner]

Try this link & click on jobs
http://www.hortweek.com/
Yes Tilhill are always & so are fountains.They both have the same problem,Crap management skills & they pay ????e wages.

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

Originally posted by TimberMcPherson
I'd give my eye teeth to get a mog, sorry for being a colonial and crashing your lads thread. I even have a matchbox mog in my truck-sad bast$rd I am.

TIMBER your welcome here any day feel free to post

 

[teressa green]

Ross,might be crap pay etc ,but if it helps you out short term then give them ago ,get in a good crew ,get picked up at home ,and shine like a diamond in a pile of s&ite,you tried the job centre web site,approx 80 vacancies advertyised on there ,,,,, chin up ,

 

[teressa green]

the link is, jobcentreplus.gov.uk .click search ,then general vacancies,the agriculture,then forestry worker ,name your location and off you go ,good luck mate ,steve xxx

 

[Ross Turner]

Job search

I hit all the sites that advertise jobs on a daily basis.There are no local companies advertising at the mo.Some companies have my CV on file & will contact me if any vacancies arise.
I worked for Fountains on the National Grid contract as a team leader & it was i they used as a scape goat if anything went wrong since i was unit 5 trained if owt went wrong on my sites even if it was down to mis management.
Example,Method statement stated 7 field staff + Manager to do job in 4 days.More like 2 field staff & was told get it done ASAP.
one section of the job was to section fell 7 lombardy poplars so they did not damage a steam pipe at the Ford plant in London,I asked a manager if i could get the trees down with out damage to the pipe could i do it & he said yes.The third tree we dropped stripped a small red oak of 8"dbh of all the branches as we felled it in high winds.
We nearly had the full job complete when we got stopped & the company blamed my crew for not following the method statement.
This job was carried out on behalf of CTRL.
So who needs to work for a company like that.

 

[Big A]

Originally posted by TimberMcPherson
I'd give my eye teeth to get a mog, sorry for being a colonial and crashing your lads thread. I even have a matchbox mog in my truck-sad bast$rd I am.

When I worked for a local co. they just got a mog in our opinion unimog stood for Useless,No-good,Inefficient Machine Of Grief. The only person who seemed to gain was the boss, we just seemed to have to work harder and faster. It was fitted with chipper, crane large chipbin with 3 ton trailer behind. Hi all new to this interweb thingy.

 

[Ross Turner]

Welcome Big A,What company did you work for.I have known firms use Mogs & the feedback i got from the employees was its a great machine.

 

[Big A]

The machine was featured in FBT about 5years ago I dont want to name co. It had advantages on site clearances but in everyday tree surgery we (the employees) found it so cumbersome on narrow Suffolk lanes and if the ground was wet we spent so much time re-instating it was laughable. Ive since used a Fastrac with 10" chipper and found it far superior!

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

Originally posted by Big A
The machine was featured in FBT about 5years ago I dont want to name co. It had advantages on site clearances but in everyday tree surgery we (the employees) found it so cumbersome on narrow Suffolk lanes and if the ground was wet we spent so much time re-instating it was laughable. Ive since used a Fastrac with 10" chipper and found it far superior!

err let me guess who that was...nahh way to easy