Haliburton Rev
New Member
Good Afternoon All,
I have a few questions I was hoping some of you may be able to answer. I am sure there will be many seasoned professionals that may jump on me with considerable negativity but here go's.
I am looking to start up or purchase an existing Tree service company. However I am not a professional Arborist, or do I feel I am any way comparable to one. I am however well seasoned as an entrepreneur and am stellar in business management, customer relations and of course sales. I am 34yrs old, have owned and operated 3 separate locations of a leading pizza delivery company. I have since sold those stores and have spent the past 9 years in the automotive industry in a Sales Management position dealing mainly with fleet, commercial and government clients. I have been successful in previous ventures as well as my current career and am very respected by both peers, employee's and product manufacturer's. I am a H.O with property's in both southern and central Ontario. My property in central Ontario is a cottage on a lake and we have roughly 3 acres of bush property. There is nothing I enjoy more up there then working in the bush. Cutting up downed trees for firewood and felling both problem and dead trees is by far a favorite hobby of mine. I have no real formal training and all the experience I have is via a tremendous amount of research and hands on trial. I know it sounds silly and unsafe however I have never considered taking on any tree I felt nervous or unsure about and make safety my main concern.
I am not looking to become a professional climber or be the key individual in the hands on day to day actual removal or maintenance of tree's. I am in great shape and I am sure with the proper training and expedience climbing is something I could do and would most likely enjoy very much. I am however looking to gain the required experience and knowledge to properly estimate jobs and run the business. Based on my background I feel I would perform better in obtaining and maintaining new business and clientele. As earlier mentioned I am no stranger to operating a business however I am a stranger to this industry.
My questions are as follows,
1) What would be the best way to gain experience in this industry? Courses with local college's? Looking for employment within local business?
2) If looking for employment with local business how many Business owners would be eager to hire someone with no actual Forestry experience but lots of Sales and Management experience just not in the correct industry. And who would possibly be the competition in the future.
3) Is there any licensed and experienced Arborist in the southern Ontario area that are capable of performing the hands on work, supervise a crew, help at first with estimating, train and be willing to get involved ground floor with a new start up?
Thank you in advance for any input both positive and negative.
Cheers.
I have a few questions I was hoping some of you may be able to answer. I am sure there will be many seasoned professionals that may jump on me with considerable negativity but here go's.
I am looking to start up or purchase an existing Tree service company. However I am not a professional Arborist, or do I feel I am any way comparable to one. I am however well seasoned as an entrepreneur and am stellar in business management, customer relations and of course sales. I am 34yrs old, have owned and operated 3 separate locations of a leading pizza delivery company. I have since sold those stores and have spent the past 9 years in the automotive industry in a Sales Management position dealing mainly with fleet, commercial and government clients. I have been successful in previous ventures as well as my current career and am very respected by both peers, employee's and product manufacturer's. I am a H.O with property's in both southern and central Ontario. My property in central Ontario is a cottage on a lake and we have roughly 3 acres of bush property. There is nothing I enjoy more up there then working in the bush. Cutting up downed trees for firewood and felling both problem and dead trees is by far a favorite hobby of mine. I have no real formal training and all the experience I have is via a tremendous amount of research and hands on trial. I know it sounds silly and unsafe however I have never considered taking on any tree I felt nervous or unsure about and make safety my main concern.
I am not looking to become a professional climber or be the key individual in the hands on day to day actual removal or maintenance of tree's. I am in great shape and I am sure with the proper training and expedience climbing is something I could do and would most likely enjoy very much. I am however looking to gain the required experience and knowledge to properly estimate jobs and run the business. Based on my background I feel I would perform better in obtaining and maintaining new business and clientele. As earlier mentioned I am no stranger to operating a business however I am a stranger to this industry.
My questions are as follows,
1) What would be the best way to gain experience in this industry? Courses with local college's? Looking for employment within local business?
2) If looking for employment with local business how many Business owners would be eager to hire someone with no actual Forestry experience but lots of Sales and Management experience just not in the correct industry. And who would possibly be the competition in the future.
3) Is there any licensed and experienced Arborist in the southern Ontario area that are capable of performing the hands on work, supervise a crew, help at first with estimating, train and be willing to get involved ground floor with a new start up?
Thank you in advance for any input both positive and negative.
Cheers.