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Thank You Arbour Age

Vanessa — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:09:05 +0000

We were very fortunate when we met Steve McDonald from Arbor Age. The reason I say this is that the way in which he writes and article is FANTASTIC. He has produced ARMED TO ARBOUR in the latest edition of Arbor Age and it’s one of the more amusing and interesting articles that we have had!! Mind you the fact that the ELCAS service leaver guys played a large part in the interview process certainly helped the content along …. Thank you Stuart Watson for the term …”Constable Kirks crap dits”! Not only is this term of endearment used as a headline in the article; you can often hear it bantered around the office. I truly believe Mr Tim Kirk will never be free of this comment being directed his way!

I think the magazine is going to do a follow up on all of the service leaver who were interviewed so watch this space and we’ll do all we can to keep you posted in the successes of David, Stuart, Carl and Ross.

You can visit Arbor Age at: www.arborage.co.uk

Job for Ross

Vanessa — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:57:00 +0000

Ross Jones took quite a risk when he signed up to join our 1 month intensive Chainsaw course. He had been toying with the idea for sometime and finally took the leap and paid to attend out of his own pocket. He borrowed his parents camper van, brought a fishing rod and settled in to the area with his focus on making a success of his training. A new opportunity was presented to Ross after TKFs Business Manager, Jonny Ripley had spoken to an old friend and colleague from Oakwick Utility Arborists who just happened to be looking for an extra pair of hands. Ross went to meet the MD of Oakwick for an interview at the end of March and was offered the position. For Ross the timing couldn’t have been better. He finished his training with us on the 31st of March and started his new job on the 2nd of April !!!

Many many congratulations to Ross. This doesn’t happen every day but it does go to show that sometimes taking the risk does really pay off.

ELCAS Chainsaw Success

Vanessa — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:13:20 +0000

Another 1 month intensive training course has flown by … in fact it’s zoomed by! And by Eck, (up north speak for mild surprise) …. we do get the meet some characters.

This bunch have been a real pleasure, as have previous groups, although how Stuart ever stood up in a submarine really is beyond me
Between them they certainly added a sparkle and shine to our instructors days. Both Carl and Stuart are from the Navy, David is RAF and Ross is a member of the public now but did his service with the RAF some time ago. Big thanks to all of you and we hope to see you all again for the Ground Care ….. maybe!

Taking On The Irish

Vanessa — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:05:27 +0000

It would appear that some members of the TKF troops may just as well move over to the beauty that is the ‘Emerald Isle’ Thanks go out to all the chaps that have crossed the waters, been questioned as to why the need so many chainsaws in their boot and travelled and paid the toll roads!! The feedback we get for all of our instructors is FANTASTIC and thanks to their effort we hope to be working across Ireland for a long time to come.

I know that there are times when one forest looks just like another to the untrained eye but our man Joe Robson went to the trouble of taking a few pics while he was working over in Derrylackey…. Here they are and thank you Joe

More UA Breaking News

Vanessa — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:26:54 +0000

Can you believe it …….! The boss, Mr Tim Kirk is currently in a meeting with NPTC and he has now been told that the UA 3 and UA 4 courses will be re-instated by them shortly FANTASTIC news for all the chaps who have recently enquired with us. If you’re reading this expect a phone call.

Utility Aboriculture Course Changes

Vanessa — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:02:58 +0000

It may come as a suprise to some that NPTC are no longer offering assessment and certification for the UA 3 and UA 4 courses! While this may affect some businesses who rely on NPTC to supply this service we as a training provider realise that Utitlity Aboriculture is a very specialised area. Should there be anyone out there who requires the delivery of the training please contact us as our instructors have years of industry specific experience.

We’re Back in Ireland for 2012!

Vanessa — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:13:17 +0000

We are running PA Refresher training in Kerry and Galway from the 23rd of January. As a result of our trusted Instructor being in the area we can accommodate futher courses for the PA1, PA6 refreshers or even Fencing. These courses are 1 day each and if you have a need within your company to do either of these now is the time to contact us Email: jonny.ripley@tkftraining.co.uk

TKF – Forestry Journal

admin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:34:11 +0000

During the time Tim spent in Ireland he was observed by Ann Berry from the Forestry Journal for consideration for an article in their publication. TKF and Tim would like to extend our thanks to Ann for taking the time to come along and see exactly what we do and how we do it.

TKF Training in Ireland

admin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:29:45 +0000

This is our opportunity to shout out to our instructors and BIG UP the guys who have recently been working very hard over in Ireland for us!!

Tony P who sucessfully assessed an unfathomable amount of UA courses across numerous sites over several weeks and rarely saw his own front room!
Bob B more recently delivered the Strained Wire Fencing course with a 100% pass rate and a battle against the elements!
Tim K only last week braved the Irish weather and delivered CS 38 Climb Trees and Perform Aerial Rescue & CS 39 Operate a Chainsaw from a Rope and Harness courses. It is on good authourity that the chaps taking the course were exceptionally fit tree climbers and all passed with out any problems.

Well done to all of the chaps that passed and a HUGE thanks to all of our professional instructors.

TKF @ Saltex

admin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:01:16 +0000

Tim Kirk, (second from left) with the guys from Countax. Watch this space to see more from this successful event!!