This year at APF our theme was: 'Supporting arborists in creating a long and satisfying career in trees'.
It's a subject that we know a lot about with over 20 years of experience in recruitment in arb.
We care too and we know we're not the only ones. Arboriculture is an industry with a big heart and one of those is apparent in Tree Life AC. Keely and her team donated two amazing prizes to the show competition and even joined us at the event to offer support and advice to arborists at all stages at the show.
The prizes offered were one Professional Tree Inspector course and one Fungi Recognition and Response course. The PTI could only be won by someone with a Level 3 in arboriculture or above and the Fungi course was open to anyone in arb with a thirst for knowledge. We had lots of entrants and Keely and the CTC Team got together to work out who we felt would benefit the most from the prizes. The two winners were notified a couple of weeks ago and both were delighted. Kieran Hall, the winner of the Fungi course said: 'I was shocked at first to find out that I had won something and it was awesome that it turned out to be a fungi course, I’m looking forward to seeing what i will learn on the course as I find fungi fascinating. Thank you once again!'. It's a lovely feeling to spread positivity and we're really greatful to the Tree Life AC for the opportunity.
A PTI is the key to the door of many 'off the tools' arb jobs. You can read more about it here. It's often fully booked so if you're considering it it's worth thinking ahead.
The fungi course helps arborists to recognise and respond appropriately and can really help when assessing a tree.
If you would like advice about your next step in your career in arb we're all happy to help. From getting into the trees at the start of a climbing career to coming down and working from the ground, in a technical or managerial capacity.
Hope to see you at the next APF and maybe speak in between.
Thanks, Kate & Beccy
Links for further exploration:
CTC Recruitment Ltd – Beccy or Kate
Tree Life AC Ltd - Keely
Professional Tree Inspector course (PTI)
Fungi 'recognition & response' 1 Day Course
