Yeh I never really got the jist of wearing a thong backwards. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by hekarewe
Printable View
Yeh I never really got the jist of wearing a thong backwards. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by hekarewe
Server\Network Systems Administrator. Dam Computers.
Chasing the unfair competition, abuse of dominance and prohibited agreements in general.
Expert (lawyer) in the unfair competition directorate.
I am an apprentice fitter and turner, working for PBQ technologies in toowoomba, however, our company specializes in boilers, and so my days are spent fixing, maintaining and installing boilers, autoclaves, and just about anything else that makes hot water and/or steam.
And no, it is not a dying industry, infact, it is booming ATM!!!
Cheers!
i guess it keeps you on the boil
Im a Cabinet Maker. Love working with timber. so much job satisfaction when things are finished.
Used to be a Property Manager but had to cut back hours being single again & with 3 kids. So now I do part time admin work for Ipswich Central Motors + Ipswich AVIS and Brad is a boilermaker (supervisor) at JAWS Buckets in Archerfield
work at onesteel in whyalla, we make ....... steel
I am a blast hole drill supervisor in a coal mine in central QLD, I do fly in fly out on a week on, week off roster so I have a 50/50 chance of making the patrol meet ups hahaha.
I'm a Export coordinator.
We produce the heating equipments and I send it to export in to Russia, Tajikistan etc.
Before crisis I work in alcohol produce industry.
IT Solutions Architect.
Environmental science
Full time bum :)
Resort Manager, publican and a few others.
Cheers
Sounds good i was head concierge for a while in a former life in cairns was at times very entertaining hahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by The Phantom
im a fabricator, make alluminium doors and windows
commercial buildings only
ex hay-carter, farmer, tyre technician, truck-driver and soldier. Now in Project Management/Business Improvement/Business Systems, dabbling in IT, ICT. not quite sure how that happened, think I turned left when I should have made a right - but it all worked out in the end
im a draftsman..that just copped it off the boss for reading this forum..
working for Dept Education in the IT section
and if anyone needs any IT advice, i always happy to extend my knowledge to those in need
Hey all
Im a boilermaker / Welder by trade i can pretty much make anything you want when it comes to steel
But currently i work for monadelphous as a estimator mine site jobs which keeps me really busy
Good opening topic. Well Scotty, i had a mid life crisis several years ago and went back to uni and became an Industrial Tech teacher. Now after one year of teaching it seems some of those gifted and talented students (AKA little bastards) are going to give me a crisis for the remainder of my life! I recently inherited my late fathers SWB GQ, in pretty good nic, replaced/repaired several bits, ran up a big bill now will be using it as my dog to the beach/fishing vehicle. All i have to do now is find parts,learn how to be a bit of a mechanic to have offroad confidence.Quote:
Originally Posted by rottodiver
Good luck with everything in WA. look forward to reading posts and searching for info and fixes. Cheers mark
I'm a full time community helper....I go around my local community helping people who have no other way of getting things done. I'm a jack of most trades and a gardener. Been a professional musician as well. I don't work for money, I don't trade and I don't barter. I live off the land and receive help from people who want to and choose to support me. I place no obligation of anyone for anything. Everything I receive is freely given to me by the wonderful people around me. I have been living like this since surviving suicide 5 years ago....thankfully!!! Was a bit of a mid midlife crisis !!! Lifes all good now though !!!
Strewth glad its worked out for you mate
Hahaha yea me too . Glad I went through it mate cos I've been surrounded by nutters trying to top themselves since then...and I know what it's like to be a nutter !!! The best knowledge is personal first hand experience..... unless it's a tow ball flying off your truck...... Cheers mateQuote:
Originally Posted by growlers71gq
What a range of occupations on here. A credit to AB for having such wide appeal from this forum. I started out in Radio and Electronics in the Army at the end of Vietnam, then moved into Office Machines and early word processors, then inevitably into computers. Have done some other things along the way, but been in IT for 25+ years. I now manage a team of network server engineers for HP here in Adelaide, looking after SA Government. I am a licenced Amateur Radio Operator but still prefer working on cars and boats. The Trol has been an absolute hoot to play with.
I'm a motor mechanic by trade and have moved around a bit in the automotive industry from dealers to OEM manufacturers, to performance exhaust manufacturers and back to OEM.
Now working in the 'Global Aftersales Diagnostic Engineering' department.
---
I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-37.845413,144.946689
Nice one Dejay, I've got mates who work in psych wardsand they are so good at it because of their close encouters with addiction themselves.
I've got my own gardening / landscaping business, which helps pay my way through a science degree at the moment
Bugger AB, there's only one appeal here.......The mighty PATROL! LolQuote:
Originally Posted by fixer982
But actually, a definite credit to AB who made this all possible.....cheers AB :-)
Good to have you with us Dejay ( in more ways than one).
i am a mechanical drafter - also a qualified fitter and turner
Im a plant operator (loaders,diggers etc).did a few years in the pilbara now travellin round oz til i run out of cash lol
I work at Ideal Electrical, and electrical wholesaler. I'm in charge of internal sales and the store room, and I do the deliveries.
Maritime Industry, on the east coast.
Shipping is the main game IE: Ships engine/deck stores/spares, Safety equipment service/repairs, right down to the general commercial fleets, tugs, WP vessels, AFC, Fishing, commercial charter.
Comming up in March this year, it will be 30 years of doing the same thing, sorta, and I still have'nt reached 50 yet.. bugga. I still enjoy it, mainly because of the characters who are my customers, such good value as mates.
Cheers
Hi all,
Been an automotive mechanic for 13 years, currently run the floor of a fairly large workshop here on the sunshine coast.
Have worked in about 6 different workshops over the years, have done RACQ style roadside work, efi diagnosis, petrol/diesel Dyno tuning, air conditioning, auto electrical, engine reconditioning, lpg instalation and just about any mechanical job u can think of.....
Absolutely love the trade and look forward to going to work every day, have always had a passion for cars and think I always will!
Have been trying to splash a bit of help through here since I joined a few weeks ago, this forum is great and if I can be of help to anyone then please don't hesitate to ask!
Can't wait to meet a few of u in the future!
Steve
Take my hat off to you mate. I would have been 13 years this year too, many workshops and very different roles, sorta similar to yourself. I lost a lot of interest in cars in 3rd year and it kept going downhill until I finally left the industry and went to trucks and high pressure water pumps, eventually ending up in mining as mechanical fitter. A bit brain deadening.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve cooper
I did enjoy the challenge of motor mechanics, but bills have to be paid. Do miss it sometimes.
Good to hear some mechanics still have the passion, few and far between.
Thanks for that mate, the trade can be very frustrating at times, and its getting increasingly harder to get young blood interested in the nitty gritty that being a light vehicle mechanic involves. I think out of the 15 odd apprentices I have had under me over the years, only 7 fully completed their time and as far as I know, only 3 are still working in the trade.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rip'n'Shred
The mines have soaked up most trade qualified guys, the last 3 blokes I had through as replacement tradies were from overseas, 2 from the uk and 1 from Prague! U should have seen the fella from prauges face when I had him do a complete front hub overhaul on a GU, he kept calling it a tractor and was constantly replacing the rubber gloves he wore because they kept tearing apart! He was so astounded about the 4.8 liter engine and it's fuel usage he took a heap of photos and sent then home to all his mates.
Lol. Gloves? ? ?
They mustn't have real size cars!
Yep it's a pitty the mines take so many, usually to become operators. I know of plenty of tradies gone over; mechanics, plumbers, bakers, all kinds.
Yeah, latex gloves!
It's actually OH&S law in the UK and most of Europe to wear gloves when your a tech, we got proper ones in and I gave it a go, it's actually not that bad!
The costs of living it Prague were quite bad he said, only the very rich drove larger petrol cars, every one else just drives small diesel shoeboxes..... In fact he thought a 1.8 diesel Astra was a great car to buy and was wondering why we don't have em here!!!!!
Im a store manager for Aussie Disposals.... great industry to be in for the hobbies I enjoy
My trade history is very similar, 16 years as a motor mechanic, master tech (Ford) qualified, LPG fitter/repairer, RWC inspector etc etc. I didn't mind the job but the pay was terrible even with all the qualifications and experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve cooper
I still work as a mechanic but now doing mobile servicing of industrial floor sweepers and scrubbers. Much better money and I spend more than half my time driving.
Tony