Phillipino tree workers

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Anyone know if there is a decent industry and or tree workers in the Phillipines?

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Apocalypsse

Thats a bit of a random question, looking to expand?

Drouin Tree Service

Theres lots of Phillipino lineworkers getting around so why not tree workers,Might be a good climber from there without the prima donna experience

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redmower

Hi all, my first post so be gentle please.

Was in Borneo May last year for an industry 'conference' for my former profession - but that's not relevant here. At Miri on the northern coast in the Malaysian half. I had the pleasure of watching a local tree crew prune a huge!! hardwood rainforest species in town by a main road I was traveling on.

The tree crew had 2 climbers, they were both using Stihl 046 (or maybe larger) in the tree, each had 3mtr lanyard. There were a few tag lines and lowering ropes but no lifelines or harnesses. These blokes were local malays and climbed the tree bare feet with ease. The chainsaw lanyard was tied to their waste as they climbed then it was tied to the tree when the were positioned for a cut.

There were 11 groundies and one boss in a dress shirt who clearly knew his stuff. No chipper but all material was cut up and loaded into dump trucks. The most safety-conscious measure I observed was carefully covering the loaded truck with a tarp to avoid material falling/blowing out during transit to the dump site. I saw no PPE other than gum boots on the groundies and a few construction helmets. They had a traffic control plan but had trouble getting the vehicles to observe the stop/go man.

By our Australian standards one could have picked a heap of holes in their work practices, but as i watched for an hour or so I concluded that by their standards they were doing an excellent job. They had a few group chats to decide on the details of some of the big limb removals near the road and then after a consensus of nodds the respective plan was implemented. The climbers had a heap of lianas (vines) and epiphytes to hang onto so the tree was easy for them to climb. Traditionally, many of the local people have excellent forest skills, this was later reinforced later when I saw where some Penang men had just finished working with 60mtr meranti in the Mulu National Park. This tree required a 40mtr free climb to the first limb.

To get to the point, there are people in Malaysia, particularly Sarawak, that have excellent climbing skills and that may have English as a third or fourth language after the local tribal dialect, Cantonese (or other chinese) and of course Malay.

I would be happy to host a climber from Borneo if I could work out how to get the work permit immigration....... if I could find a bloke that climbed like the fellows I saw in action. From what I saw during my brief trip the locals seemed happy to learn and adopt the western safety practices if it means they could get a licence to work with the tourist industry - because generated a real income for their family.

Red

Drouin Tree Service

Yes i have seen crews working in Thailand quite efficient.

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