Weegie30

Hi hope im posting in the right place.. my husband is leaving the army next month and has just completed a course ,so he is now a qualified arborist (tree cutter lol anyone know what the job prospects are in canada? Tia

Former Lancastrian

Now awaits for the Monty Python comments on being a lumberjack

Yes Canada has a few trees that need cutting down in most Provinces.
BC has a huge timber industry and the wearing of red plaid shirts is not mandatory nor is growing a beard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zey8567bcg

Shard

Bear in mind the work tends to be seasonal.

Weegie30

When he told me about doing the course i swear for weeks i walked about singing "im a lumberjack" ahahah
Well we will just keep on looking i suppose oh and the beard is already part of the deal think m goin have to veet him in the middle of the night, and i draw the line at plaid shirt, now ive got the log dancers advert in my head

Novocastrian

But the big money if you're an arborist is in urban areas. My son's best mate is so qualified and makes very good $$ doing stuff he happens to love. Arborists don't (just) cut trees down, they look after their health and preserve them when possible.

This may be less true of clear cutting in BC or wherever.

Novocastrian

True. But as ever in Canada, EI tides you over the winter.

Aviator

Until the EI rules change, which is coming soon.

Novocastrian

Perhaps. But since urban arborists all have big pickups, the common fall back plan is to slap a snow plough on the front and sign up lots of homeowner to $300 a season drive clearing contracts. Non refundable of course when there's very little snow that winter.

Shard

Not a bad gig.

bats

Ontario Parks employ arborists. So I suppose other provincial parks do to.

Partially discharged

If you want you can get very specialized

http://www.arborvalley.ca/bha.html

just reviewing one rare species of tree

Novocastrian

But a bit risky. My kids have lots of mates (not all arborists) who do this. I think it was 2 or 3 years ago that we got a lot of snow in the GTA and it was a time when gas went up to something silly like $1.40 / litre.

They lost money that year.

A better scam is to say you've invented a rain making machine and sell it to farmers. The deal is that if the annual rainfall is above average one year they pay a fee, but if its below average then no charge.

Think about it.

Dorothy

I worked for a company about 20 years ago in Vancouver called The Tree People. http://www.treepeople.ca/index.html Or you could try Davey Tree. http://www.davey.com/

Ring or email direct to the office you're interested in. I would think that if he has a visa already and they didn't need to sponsor him he would have much better luck.

Weegie30

Thanks for all the replies alot to think about ,it wont be happening for at least 3 years until i finish my occupational therapy degree so by then he should have alot more experience and making the chances of getting a visa alot better

.c.s.o.

Look into power companies. I know HydroOne employ a fair few Arborists.