Canopy So, what's your daytime job?

[Gary Fowler]

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.

I guess you could say that I was lucky enough to be in the right spot at the right time to be able to take advantage of many job openings. In a large corporation like KBR formerly Brown & Root.Inc. , you have to be available at the right time with the right skills. I never turned down any internal educational opportunities, took my free time when welding to watch and learn from other crafts which is almost a requirement for doing management work in QA/QC. I took on some tasks outside my craft training many times and had success so my talents were recognized by upper management. It also didn't hurt that some of my early career bosses turned out to later become Vice Presidents of Construction either.
My advice: don't ever turn down an opportunity for advancement even if you don't think you are qualified. Someone must think you are or you wouldn't be offered the job. Second, don't be afraid to ask for a job that means a promotion, just be ready to explain why you think you can do the job and what skills you can bring to it.

 

[Tor Arne]

5 Years as a sawmill operator, 3 years in the logging, one year as a welder at full time with welding truck frames and 3 years as a self-employed doing all types of odd jobs

And was told today that I have got a permanent job of running one of these, starting on Monday.

After 350-400 job applications over a 2 year period I finally got the opportunity of a sustainable job

 

[Deere Dude]

I was an assembler at Speed Queen (Suck job) for a couple years and then joined the army. Three years with Special Forces.

Got a job at a John Deere factory in the Midwest. Started assembling and a short time later I got a Pipefitter, Ventilation and Heating Apprenticeship. Pipefitter until retirement in 2002 after 30 years.

I snow-birded for 6 years then went to preaching school in Florida for a couple years. Preached with a small congregation in Wisconsin for 7 years, moved to Tennessee to really retire last year and now fill-in preach when needed.

Now mostly just trying to build an addition on the house and keep my John Deere tractors going.

 

[bajabum]

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I'll bite, what the heck is that???

 

[riptides]

I'm a identity thief that collects personal histories off the internet.

I tracked people like you in the global marketplace and send recommedations for remediation techniques.

 

[CobyRupert]

I tracked people like you in the global marketplace and send recommedations for remediation techniques.

What do you recommend?

 

[riptides]

What do you recommend?

Depending on the activity, anything from a missle to a bank account freeze, debit or credit.

 

[flying m]

25 1/2 years as a firefighter/paramedic. 6 years as a flight paramedic. As I worked shift work all those years, schedule had work days at 13 24 hour days a month. On my days off I framed houses, built porches and additions and had a ceramic tile business. Live on the family homestead where our family have had a cow-calf operation for the last century. Just started my own home and ranch repair/maintenance business doing a lot of pasture mowing.

 

[Tor Arne]

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I'll bite, what the heck is that???

It is a wheeled excavator that is modified so one can hoist the the cabin for better overview of the job when doing demolition and recycling of waste:thumbsup:

 

[Walkin Horse]

I guess you could say that I was lucky enough to be in the right spot at the right time to be able to take advantage of many job openings. In a large corporation like KBR formerly Brown & Root.Inc. , you have to be available at the right time with the right skills. I never turned down any internal educational opportunities, took my free time when welding to watch and learn from other crafts which is almost a requirement for doing management work in QA/QC. I took on some tasks outside my craft training many times and had success so my talents were recognized by upper management. It also didn't hurt that some of my early career bosses turned out to later become Vice Presidents of Construction either. My advice: don't ever turn down an opportunity for advancement even if you don't qualified you are. Someone must think you are or you wouldn't be offered the job. Second, don't be afraid to ask for a job that means a promotion, just be ready to explain why you think you can do the job and what skills you can bring to it.

I never turned much down. A welding job at a GE plant in NC and an inspectors job in Utah. Both were shot down by my wife not wanting to leave her family. So I spent my younger years as a road ***** working shutdowns. Then I landed a shop job at home and learned the production way of pipe. Truck loads of fabricated pipe. When I was offered a supervising job I jumped at it. That has been 12 years ago. Now I spend my days trying to teach and encourage the young ones and screaming at the old ones.

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