Been there done that. Went in in 72 and gladly got out in 76 and never looked back. 20 hour day was a short one. Thank you also.

 

I did 4 years working the catapults on the deck of an aircraft carrier and you are right. It sounds lke you are just getting ready to eat lunch !

I once stood on the deck for 44 straight hours ! I then got to go get a shower and 2 hours of sleep just so i could do it all over again...

 

Cool, got any pics? Not really. Never been there never done that even though I am a liscensed powder actuated tool operator through my company.

 

That wouldn't be Framatome or Areva would it? We do a lot of business with them.

 

Areva. What kind of business do you do with them?

 

Thanks!!!!!!

 

So, you are a Boy Scout troop leader??? Just kidding...
Gunny Sgt. Hartman would be proud I think you know what I mean here...

 

Ha ha... better duck... no, wait... choke yourself...

 

I work electronic systems support. I am a Electronics Technician (ET) in the U.S. Coast Guard. I am quite versatile in my job. At my current station I maintain 2 60' remote comms towers and site equipment (radios), a communication center, 2 110' cutters, and 4 small boats. Aside from maintaining the electronics systems on those platforms, we do other projects. We just overhauled the electronics package on one of the 25' small boats, installed 2 new radio DF (direction finding) sites to enhance our maritime safety capabilities. I also maintain our backup generators (one on a trailer, and 2 permanent ones at the remote sites). Lot of work for my small shop (theres only 3 of us ET's), but the work is fun and enjoyable.

 

Currently I am UNEMPLOYED! Free from the bonds of Egypt (Wally World). My exodus was yesterday and I won't be employed till June 4th.

My last job was a dry food orderfiller for walmart at the Sterling distribution warehouse. Think of it this way, I would rather bale hay all day than orderfill. Same concept as baling hay but you get 2 pallets in tandem on a lift. You drive down the aisle, about 300 feet long, with a headset listening to the computer tell you where to go. You call out the check digit number on the tag above the slot (You gotta say 3 out of the five numbers. If the number were 5-6-7-8-9, and the check digit for the day was numbers 1-3-5, you would say 5-7-9.) Now the computer tells you how many items to pick from that slot. You go and down every aisle it tell you to go to and fill up pallets ranging from 2 72 cu. ft. (about 7 feet tall, and as wide as the pallet) to 0.01 cu. ft. Your time limit is anywhere from 1 hour 20 minutes to 3 mins. So you fill up the pallet(s), The computer checks for shorts (Stuff where there was no product). If you shorted 5 or more in a single slot, you have to drive the lift back to that slot, call the check digit number and pick it if it is there. Now once all is said and done, you take it too the shrink wrap machine. Now if you didn't build your pallets right, and they are too tall, you have to down stack it all and restack it, on your time. And boxes of chips on the bottom and jars of speghetti on top make for a product damage. (Think about it) Once you tell the computer "ok", she checks your time against the standard time given. So lets say you were give 10mins to complete this trip and you completed it in 9 mins. You get 110% for that trip. Now if you finished it in 11 min, 90%. Goal for the week and month is 95%. Anything over 100% for the week is added, by ex number of a percent, is added to your base working pay. Up to an extra 30% can be added. anything over 130% for the week is just overkill, and a pat on the back. I gave that all up because of the long hours (4 10 hour days are really long!) and the weight of the boxes was getting to my back (I regulary lifted 50 pound boxes above my head.) and I am only 19! I also gave up, after 10 months there, $15.05 hourly pay.

My new job in June is gonna be a maintenance/line mechanic at a factory that make Betty Cocker desserts. This company right now has a exclusive contract with General Mills to make the Betty Crocker Warm Delights. They have added, just in 2 years, 3 new lines and expanded there warehouse 3 times with more to be done! Starts out at $10/hour and after 6 months, $13/hour. 10 miles to get to the factory vs 30 miles to Wallyworld distribution warehouse.

I have a part-time job with a machinist. He only calls me when he is swamped with jobs, which is not very much.

Jon

 

I am a subcontractor doing QC work. We are building the largest Urban Warfare Training area in the world, BAX/CACTF. Last two years we built the Missile Defense system here in Alaska. The hardest part of my job is dealing with the Army Corps. They just can't think out of the box, and walk around with their spec book and say....It says right here........

 

Man this sounds IDENTICAL to my day to day life. I am an estimator for a tenant finish Drywall company, and it is simply amazing how I can bid a tiny tiny job that costs $4,000 bucks and they will send out 6 to 7 sets of prints to change one wall here, add a door there, take out a sidelight........it gets so OLD!

Or we build a lot of spec suites so future tenants can come in, figure out they want to change it all, and completely rip out brand spanking new walls and carpet and build everything new.......still haven't figured that one out!

But like you said........Job security


~Nick

 

Ret LT.Col Army 20 Years , Now I'm in IRAQ Working For ###### Lets Not Say.




TB

 

I draw explosives in the morning. After that my day is filled with loud noises. lol

 

Not real exciting, but chances are if it has hydraulic hoses on it, I loaded a manufacturing order for the coupling on the ends to be built and delivered to the assembly plant that built the hose assembly.