How to access the industrial sector??

[Knobhead]

And now you know why I retired through ill health!

 

[gnuuser]

In one of my past incarnations in the maintenance field, I spent time on time removing "cardboard engineering" done by production operatives to keep a machine going. No consideration to the safety aspect of things. The crazy thing........ The moment I signed their chit, their bonus was safe............. Can anyone explain the mentality of a production worker to me?

the lord knows iv'e seen my share if it also
(momentary contact start switches depressed and wedged to keep machine running, contactors found the same way),
production bosses complaining of down time(we call those yapping chihuahuas)
people bypassing safety hardware to get machines running and not notifying anyone!

production workers undergo a required quadruple lobotomy so the end up caring only for two things!
production statistics and bonuses. nothing else matters.

to the O.P. research it carefully and get the required schooling and apprenticeship. industrial sparks are involved in some complex systems many things you would never see in a residential environment.
but keep in mind that safety is the most important aspect

 

[sbrown2]

One thing I did not realise is that this job can be stressful or maybe I just didn't realise!!!!!!! Apart from the stress side I agree with all of the advice.
The one thing to think about carefully is the working shifts it is literally a killer!

 

[stef]

One thing I did not realise is that this job can be stressful or maybe I just didn't realise!!!!!!! Apart from the stress side I agree with all of the advice.
The one thing to think about carefully is the working shifts it is literally a killer!

This depends what shifts you work. Currently, I am doing six to two and two to ten,
changing each week and I love it. Last job I did six to six, 12 hours days and nights, this was a real killer. I feel like I am on a holiday now ...

 

[Knobhead]

The management barstewards put me on days for 3 years. I hated every minute of it!

Don’t like 6-2.
2-10 / nights suited me down to the ground. No management to interfere on nights. Zzzzzzz………..

 

[Gage]

The management barstewards put me on days for 3 years. I hated every minute of it!

Don’t like 6-2.
2-10 / nights suited me down to the ground. No management to interfere on nights. Zzzzzzz………..

You also get the local factory ghosts wandering which is always entertaining

 

[sbrown2]

I'd take days and afters now. Two weeks of days two weeks of nights. Hopefully something will turn up!

 

[Knobhead]

You also get the local factory ghosts wandering which is always entertaining

Always good for scaring the new lads that came on to shifts. Some places on one of the works was built in 1885, more than it's fair share of tragedy happening over the years. Never really felt easy there. BOO!!!

 

[vaughant]

And now you know why I retired through ill health!

Just goes to show even someone with your extensive knowledge can get stressed out in a high pressure environment.
Saw it happen a lot in ford with various people but in all honesty you were rarely in your own there which was good,plus a strong union meant you always had back up if you knew the job wasn't safe etc.
Hope your better now mate.

The management barstewards put me on days for 3 years. I hated every minute of it!

Don’t like 6-2.
2-10 / nights suited me down to the ground. No management to interfere on nights. Zzzzzzz………..

And my god amen to that as well!!
loved nightshift,particularly up here in Scotland as in both my night shift incarnations your totally left alone,my car was never as well serviced and clean as when I worked in the mill plus offshore I actually ran out of things to look at on the Internet one night it was so boring!!!
bear in mind we can't get you tube up so that does limit a large area of entertainment.

 

[Knobhead]

It's OK trying to sleep on nights but towards the end insomnia was hitting me hard. I was also left planning work for the engineering department. The shifts knew if I'd had a bad night, they had a bad time as well. Just glad I'm out of it now.

 

[PeractoPaulo]

Hi Guys,
Firstly, thankyou for the feedback, although theres a lot of negativity!! but i suppose thats the world we live in!!
I appreciate the honesty.
I was trained up on purely domestic, encountering PLCs only on the college phases of my apprenticeship, I'm taking a year out in france learning some lingo but they employ there own here and i need to start earning- I don't want to have to sign on again.
does anyone have any ideas for direction? i feel largely under qualified when i search jobs but no I'd be alright if i had a shot.
I'd like to go to England to work.

thanks for your time,

Paul.

 

[Nipex83]

Hi Paul I no some good courses that will teach u from basics right up to entry level into a plc driven factory if that's the line u want to go down??

 

[Knobhead]

Do they teach you how to write in English?

 

[Nipex83]

No English at all, all ladder and logic Terms do you no much about plc's

 

[Knobhead]

Modsoft, Medoc and PL7.