forestry in kildalton college

djflawless

Hi lads,
Just wondering has anyone done any forestry related courses in kildalton as a mature student?
Thinking of trying to get educated up to more than a couple of chainsaw tickets.
Maybe not even kildalton but any other colleges in/near midlands
Any info appreciated

fergus1001

Only place is ballyhaise in Cavan you may get in touch with marianne Lyons about it. I was there done the level 5 got my tickets etc then transfered into the second year of the level 7 in Waterford I'm just finnished that now

djflawless

What were the basics in ballyhaise if you don't mind me asking?

fergus1001

for the chainsaws we got cs 30.31.32 and pesticides were PA 1 and 6

and fencing too

lots of practicle experience (its split 50;50)

djflawless

Chain sawing, I have my coillte 201-202.I know its only the basics but its all I have legally/ticketwise.have the spraying level 4 and 5 and plant production and propagation level 4.
I have plenty of experience in other aspects like planting, thinning, spot thinning, stacking etc.
But I really want to broaden my belt.would the course benefit towards starting a buisness?

fergus1001

djflawless wrote: »

Chain sawing, I have my coillte 201-202.I know its only the basics but its all I have legally/ticketwise.have the spraying level 4 and 5 and plant production and propagation level 4.
I have plenty of experience in other aspects like planting, thinning, spot thinning, stacking etc.
But I really want to broaden my belt.would the course benefit towards starting a buisness?

Very little business on the coarse honestly if you have the money/time I would personally recommend the coarse I'm doing in WIT it sets you up nicely for setting up your own business and opens up doors for you because you can sign off on forms yourself without the need for a forester as you are one and it covers the business side of forestry as well as inventory afforestation engineering and just the foundations of Management

In terms of ballyhaise if you have practice experience and from what you say you know about it will not benefit you

If you have any other questions feel free to ask me or what I would recommend is giving tom Kent in WIT a ring about it he knows his stuff to be fair

djflawless

Grand I'll get his number and ring him so. Cheers Fergus!

Tirnanog79

fergus1001 wrote: »

Only place is ballyhaise in Cavan you may get in touch with marianne Lyons about it. I was there done the level 5 got my tickets etc then transfered into the second year of the level 7 in Waterford I'm just finnished that now

Sorry for bringing up an old thread.

So you went to Ballyhaise for 26 weeks and then skipped a year of a 3 year level 7 course in Forest management.
Are you still employed in the forest sector ? What are job opportunities for the time we live in can you tell me ?

Thanks in advance.

fergus1001

Tirnanog79 wrote:

So you went to Ballyhaise for 26 weeks and then skipped a year of a 3 year level 7 course in Forest management. Are you still employed in the forest sector ? What are job opportunities for the time we live in can you tell me ?

I'm currently have my own region under my management with one of the biggest forestry investment companies in the country and still going strong!

Tirnanog79

fergus1001 wrote: »

I'm currently have my own region under my management with one of the biggest forestry investment companies in the country and still going strong!

Thanks for the reply.
I'm a Toolmaker for the past 16 years and I want a change in career. Would you think the forest industry will have sufficient employment in 3 to 5 years ? I'm really interested in Forest work. I'm done with the rat race
Any info would be great. How many hours ? Is pay food ect.
Presently I'm on 40k. Would you advise me to go for it ?

Oldtree

Theres always the option of arboriculture with a career change. Theres an arborist, arboricultural officer, on every council in the UK to manage the urban tree population, but sadly not here. The other side of arboriculture is tree surgery, hard work, but you can swing through the trees with the greatest of ease. . salary would be smaller though, unless you go private.

http://www.merristwood.ac.uk/SubjectAreas/Arboriculture/Arboriculture.aspx

https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/arboriculturalofficer.aspx