Blog 2: Summer MentorShip

1.
Date                                        Hours                                      What I Did                                               Total Hours

7/02/2013                               9 Hours                   Introduced to safety procedures                                9 Hours

                                                                                And how the protective gear helps

                                                                                Also what the maximum and minimum

                                                                                Distance you must be from the power

                                                                                Lines. Had to drag all the branches out of

                                                                                The work zone and into the street so that it

                                                                                Can be stored into the truck until job was done.  

7/03/2013                               9 Hours                   I was taught different knots that would help              18 Hours

                                                                                Keep Loose branches from going crazy once

                                                                                Cut and also Knots that are easy to untie so

                                                                                That we can send Equipment from the ground up

                                                                                To the climbers in the Trees.  I was also taught a valuable

                                                                                Lesson on how the Client is always right and you must

                                                                                Respect their decisions On how they want the job done.

2. 
Pascual Gamboa (626)536-3677 
    Marios Tree Service 

3. 
Some questions that were raised from my experience there: 
-Is this something I want to do when i grow up?
-Is all this work worth the pay at the end of the day?
-How much experience do you need to excel in this job?

4.
The most important thing that i learned from my experience there is that you need to be really careful and always make sure that safety is the most important thing because you rely on all these ropes and belts to hold you in positions that are difficult while caring a chainsaw and other equipment!

5.
This type of work is like a stepping stone to what i want to be and it gave me look at what i am to expect and how i can prepare for it mentally and physically because its all a lot of hard labor.