torrin
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I am a bank equipment repairman by day, but I was in the Post office for 23 years and before that I was a medical equipment repairman
Canopy So, what's your daytime job?
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paulharvey
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I am currently a engineering inspector working for a firm that inspects utility work prior to major state road construction. Basically been doing road and utility inspection for last 5.5 years, before that was construction superintendent.
AaronS
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Currently work in IT. Before that was the HR/Environmental Compliance/Safety Manager for a furniture factory. And currently my wife and I are considering buying some old homes to fix up for rental properties.
nybirdman
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42 years as a pipefitter/welder;25 years construction and 17 with GM.Retired from that and running my own hobby business which is an Uplands bird preserve.The preserve is a year round job because I hatch and raise all my own birds.
MoKelly
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An accountant by day and work at my wife's tennis club at night. The tractor work and other Farm stuff happens on weekends.
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Gary Fowler
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I began my career in Petro-Chemical construction in 1968 working as a welders helper on my first job with the number 1 engineering and construction company in the World at that time. I passed a structural welder test on my next job and worked a year and a half and then got drafted into the Army.
After the Army, I had to help my Dad farm as his health was getting bad. I did that for 3 years till I got married and since the farm life barely supported one family, I went back to construction while my younger brother filled my spot on the farm.
I lucked out and passed a pipe welder test on my first job interview and worked on a power house for a year or so, then moved on to other jobs where I increased my knowledge of welding pressure piping to include MIG and TIG in addition to the SMAW welding.
On the next job where I passed my pipe test again and was approached about TIG welding and if I could do it. I said heck yes. Well they needed welders to weld nickel and made each welder practice for a week doing nickel pipe welds with TIG. I didn't even know how to hook up a TIG rig but thanks to a Pipe Fitter that I had worked with who was then a shop foreman, he showed me the basics. After about 2 days of practice, I had it down good, but the made me finish out the week practicing. I made the test perfectly and moved to TIG welding after qualifying on every process that the used at that facility.
I worked a job for Celanese next where they used almost all of the known alloys at the time (1975) and I qualified on everything that they used. I even helped qualify a welding procedure to TITANIUM and ZIRCONIUM which the company didn't have and had never worked with before. We worked with all the chrome alloys there from 1 1/4 to 12% chrome and all the grades of stainless, nickel, titanium, zirconium, Hastelloy, Carpenter 20 and others that I have surely forgotten about. I learned a lot about metallurgy there and how to make heat work for you. After a couple of years, I got my first welding supervisors job.
Moving on to the next job, I moved up to Welding General Forman with 6 foremen reporting to me. A few years later, I was Superintendent working in Saudi Arabia first, then Venezuela. I Came back to work in the states after 2 years in Venezuela and a couple of years later, found myself in a position to work Quality Control Management. I was glad that I had fraternized with many other crafts learning the how and why of their work because my new job as QC Manager was over all crafts. I did that for 20+ years and even made a few years as Project Manager on a small bore fabrication facility in Nigeria which was part of an $8 Billion USD project but I always loved the QC work.
NOW, I am retired from construction but have a full time (as much time as I want) job with my property management of the 11 acre rural property that I bought to retire on. It takes as much time as one is willing to put into it to keep it all looking nice.
After the Army, I had to help my Dad farm as his health was getting bad. I did that for 3 years till I got married and since the farm life barely supported one family, I went back to construction while my younger brother filled my spot on the farm.
I lucked out and passed a pipe welder test on my first job interview and worked on a power house for a year or so, then moved on to other jobs where I increased my knowledge of welding pressure piping to include MIG and TIG in addition to the SMAW welding.
On the next job where I passed my pipe test again and was approached about TIG welding and if I could do it. I said heck yes. Well they needed welders to weld nickel and made each welder practice for a week doing nickel pipe welds with TIG. I didn't even know how to hook up a TIG rig but thanks to a Pipe Fitter that I had worked with who was then a shop foreman, he showed me the basics. After about 2 days of practice, I had it down good, but the made me finish out the week practicing. I made the test perfectly and moved to TIG welding after qualifying on every process that the used at that facility.
I worked a job for Celanese next where they used almost all of the known alloys at the time (1975) and I qualified on everything that they used. I even helped qualify a welding procedure to TITANIUM and ZIRCONIUM which the company didn't have and had never worked with before. We worked with all the chrome alloys there from 1 1/4 to 12% chrome and all the grades of stainless, nickel, titanium, zirconium, Hastelloy, Carpenter 20 and others that I have surely forgotten about. I learned a lot about metallurgy there and how to make heat work for you. After a couple of years, I got my first welding supervisors job.
Moving on to the next job, I moved up to Welding General Forman with 6 foremen reporting to me. A few years later, I was Superintendent working in Saudi Arabia first, then Venezuela. I Came back to work in the states after 2 years in Venezuela and a couple of years later, found myself in a position to work Quality Control Management. I was glad that I had fraternized with many other crafts learning the how and why of their work because my new job as QC Manager was over all crafts. I did that for 20+ years and even made a few years as Project Manager on a small bore fabrication facility in Nigeria which was part of an $8 Billion USD project but I always loved the QC work.
NOW, I am retired from construction but have a full time (as much time as I want) job with my property management of the 11 acre rural property that I bought to retire on. It takes as much time as one is willing to put into it to keep it all looking nice.
Gary Fowler
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If you think that post was long, you should see my resume, about 9 pages of job history and 2 pages just to summarize my work experiences.
Walkin Horse
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Dang Gary you did all the things I wanted to do as a weldor and never took the chance to go for it. I have supervised 2 piping shops for the last 12 years. I have not been able to keep up my welding skills like when I was young. But it has turned out to be a good living.
the old grind
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I dabbled in electronics and small engine repair as a teenager, neither with much career potential at the time. With a 'lottery' number of 330 for the draft I didn't expect to be called so I enlisted, having spent two years at an ROTC Military school in Wisconsin. By the time I'd dropped or of college a fourth time I got a referral to hire into GM as an Army veteran vs as a relative of an employee, the typical foot in the door back then. I got into motorcycle wrenching & engine/transmission rebuilding/repair on the side and started collecting bikes.
After several years on the production line I apprenticed as a Toolmaker and found my true calling. Using the clout of my classification I jumped into tool grinding as EITs were attritted out in favor of Toolmakers to run the newer CNC machines. There was still plenty of 'manual' work as the older guys retired leaving the old machines and ops behind. I did plenty of both till retirement and loved every minute of it. Along the way I got into computer hardware, building or repairing dozens before they were put out to pasture by cel phones. I also started collecting 'old-mil' rifles and added reloading to my list of hobbies.
I have my 4-machine home shop now (2 mills, 2 lathes) with tractors here (2) to maintain a big property. There's lots of water and 2000' of shoreline to keep clear as willows, poplars, and that d__ phragmites australis keep me busy fighting them back between some spectacular bird watching and photographing. Everything seems to focus around the tractors now as working on & with them plays to my enjoyment of being outdoors. Of course they'll be the last of my toys to be downsized as I get older, as they'll have to help make the place look easy to maintain to be sold off when I'm gone.
After several years on the production line I apprenticed as a Toolmaker and found my true calling. Using the clout of my classification I jumped into tool grinding as EITs were attritted out in favor of Toolmakers to run the newer CNC machines. There was still plenty of 'manual' work as the older guys retired leaving the old machines and ops behind. I did plenty of both till retirement and loved every minute of it. Along the way I got into computer hardware, building or repairing dozens before they were put out to pasture by cel phones. I also started collecting 'old-mil' rifles and added reloading to my list of hobbies.
I have my 4-machine home shop now (2 mills, 2 lathes) with tractors here (2) to maintain a big property. There's lots of water and 2000' of shoreline to keep clear as willows, poplars, and that d__ phragmites australis keep me busy fighting them back between some spectacular bird watching and photographing. Everything seems to focus around the tractors now as working on & with them plays to my enjoyment of being outdoors. Of course they'll be the last of my toys to be downsized as I get older, as they'll have to help make the place look easy to maintain to be sold off when I'm gone.
knibloe
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I work for a specialty chemical company. My division supports dairy farms. I work in sales and trouble shooting of quality problems on dairy farms.