electrical engineer

[babylonsBurning]

Good luck with the interview, I agree with what you say, you have nothing to lose but everything to gain!!!

 

[Knobhead]

Yea Tony use to work ata boxer short factory - before every tea break the "war Dance" orchestrated by the Pant manage was compulsory.

I wouldn’t be seen dead at a works party like that! Where are the Tesla electro wands, the whips and the rack? Mistresses clad in rubber and plastic? 200micron pure plastic is so much better than PVC.
I spent years running clubs you could only (wet) dream about. All (just) legal before you try to twist things.

All the while I was doing that, I was keeping the wheels of industry turning.

 

[Knobhead]

Rob, grap the oppertunity with both hands. It's going to be tough to start, as you gain experience then it gets to be 2nd nature.

One tip I will give:
Get the plant opperators on side. They can make you're life hell or easy. Fred has worked on that machine for years, he knows how it works. His help is worth it's weight in gold, upset him, then god help you!
You will get the lead swingers, you'll soon find them. "It won't do XXXX." I had to learn how to run an eight colour printing press to catch one of the lead swingers out. He could get the press to break down to order, he made my life hell until I started the press up on my own. Pitty my eyesight is crap. he had to explain over 100 metres of out of register material.

 

[Guitarist]

Agree with Tony, the guys who've run the machines will generally know just by sound when something isn't right. On the other hand, there will be a few "know-it-alls" who you will have to assert your authority over, otherwise they will walk all over you and make your life hell. If you're successful, keep your head down for a few weeks while you discover which is which.
Also, during the walk around the factory, be really polite to everyone you meet, as often the manager will go and chat to everyone who met you, to get an idea of how you behaved.

 

[rmc86uk]

Are these operators the same as minimim wage plant pots who just load wood in a machine?

 

[robbalaar86]

Thanks guys this is proper helpful and I will certainly be taking you lads advice appreciate it

 

[Guitarist]

Are these operators the same as minimim wage plant pots who just load wood in a machine?

As with everything, you get good and bad. I've worked with some who were worth their weight in spuds, and others who, when they rang the workshop with a fault, would make your shoulders slump.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

just become a pat tester...and have done with it...

 

[Guitarist]

just become a pat tester...and have done with it...

They should really be known as Paté.....Portable appliance test engineers....

 

[GLENNSPARK]

They should really be known as Paté.....Portable appliance test engineers....

soft headed

 

[telectrix]

They should really be known as Paté.....Portable appliance test engineers....

engineers my arse. GLS, more like. green label stickers, most of'em.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

engineers my arse. GLS, more like. green label stickers, most of'em.

dont forget the masters of disguise bit Tel..
hiding under the table just passing stuff n all that lot

 

[Knobhead]

Are these operators the same as minimim wage plant pots who just load wood in a machine?

I’ve worked mainly in automated foundries and chemical plants, some of the operators were just a couple of steps down the pay scale from me. They had to know their job and the plant inside out. Get things wrong, death and destruction will follow.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I’ve worked mainly in automated foundries and chemical plants, some of the operators were just a couple of steps down the pay scale from me. They had to know their job and the plant inside out. Get things wrong, death and destruction will follow.

and it follows Tony...
that the first people who should be asked if a fault develops on plant/machinery should be...yep...the operators

 

[Silly Sausage]

Shut up whinging you bunch of numb nuts.
99% of you woudn't get past the First year!

Slag graduates as much as you like, the ONE thing you do learn is the ability to think and find out things for self!