What does it take to work in tree surgery? Dylan Goozee, 22, is the founder of Hug Tree Care in Brighton. He discovered that while the classroom was not for him, he could build a successful career by combining physical work with professional qualifications.
The tree surgeon: Get paid to work outside
Glossary
GCSEs - National exams taken by 15 and 16-year-olds in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Landscaping - Making a garden, park or other area of land more attractive by adding different features and plants.
Tree surgeon - A trained professional who specialises in the management and maintenance of trees, including pruning, planting and felling.
Arboriculture - The cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants.
Pruning - Trimming a tree or shrub by cutting away dead or overgrown branches.
Brash - Confident to the point of rudeness. Or the residue of branches, twigs and leaves left over after a tree has been cut or pruned.
Tickets - In technology, "tickets" are digital records raised to track and manage tasks or problems. In arboriculture, a common industry term for the specific certificates of competence required to operate machinery such as chainsaws and woodchippers safely.