What the worst thing that happened to you as an apprentice Electrical Trainee may not apply =]

[axel132132]

Just a thread to see how everyone was abused as an apprentice lol.. I wants that bad as i sorta made them realized not to do stuff when it first happened due to my back then anger problem..

First thing was one of the guys calls me to come help him in this house (we were doing 3 houses next to each other on street) so i walk towards the house he runs in first an as im walking to the door BIG BUCKET of water straight over my head.. What i did next was bad but like i say i had anger issues.. I launched my lump hammer straight at one of the guys missed him went straight through the window.! Got called in to see boss told him Sack me and i will sue for physical abuse. He soon appologised and made sure no one did anything else like i said i had anger issues back in day!

I heard a story of one guy who worked there got locked in the stores for the whole day! no lights, just had to sit in a dark room all day must of been **** boring lol.. AND another one were someone stole on of the apprentices tools blatantly broke it then just laughed the apprentice got mad.. took his toolbox out of his van, took it into the stores stick like sh!t it to the floor, put a few nice long nails through bottom of box.. Went next door grabbed aload of horse manure and filled his toolbox with all his tools in of horse manure and then padlocked his box.. Lets just say the guy wasn't a happy bunny! Was hilarious tho!

Final prank was one of the guys strapping a great big pink dildo to the top of the other guys van.. BOSS went absolutely mental but was hilarious as the guy didnt realise and was driving around with it on his van all day!

 

[trev]

You wouldn't have lasted long when I was serving my time mate, physical abuse was commonplace then and it was something that apprentices were expected to take along with getting a clip when you made a mistake.

 

[axel132132]

Yeah ha i realize that! How times have changed.. that's exactly what my dad used to say how things have changed back when he was an apprentice was the same clip round ear etc nowadays its totally different cant get away with that or people just sue! or fight back, i always had in my head if someone hit me id smack them straight in the face back! Bet back in the day you wouldn't have dreamed of it!

 

[trev]

I wouldn't have dared to even consider it Axel, at the time I swore blind that I'd get even when I was out of my time but quickly realised that those clips round the ear did the job of focussing my attention and made me a better spark in the long run. I don't think I ever made the same mistake twice.

 

[ayjay]

i used to get a slap too trev,if ever i had nothing to do the guy made me bend swan-necks on the bender, at the time i hated the bloke, but looking back it made me good on conduit work

 

[trev]

Regular tasks for me when we were slack was glanding scrap SWA for practice and dressing scrap pyro, like you said I hated it at the time but it paid dividends

 

[Knobhead]

You wouldn't have lasted long when I was serving my time mate, physical abuse was commonplace then and it was something that apprentices were expected to take along with getting a clip when you made a mistake.

Physical abuse? I thought it was written in to our indentures!

 

[Knobhead]

I prefer verbal abuse now :devil:

 

[Geordie Spark]

I'm a time-served engineer & in engineering it was customary for apprentices to have their balls greased. It was a right of passage, but try doing that today & it would be a case of Good Morning Judge & sign on as a Sex Offender for a few years.

 

[trbod]

i got a piece of 3x2 threaded through my arms and lifted up on a crane about 80-100 ft then i got taped to a chair in canteen foreman was running round looking for me i got released next break he gave me a right rollicking i rolled with it didnt grass or out thinking id get there respect but no they then nailed me to a pallet following day and lifted me up onto top racking in a warehouse for a day.

i lost a days pay again got a rollicking but i dint buy one drink friday night

rrr the good times

 

[trbod]

I'm a time-served engineer & in engineering it was customary for apprentices to have their balls greased. It was a right of passage, but try doing that today & it would be a case of Good Morning Judge & sign on as a Sex Offender for a few years.

they dont know there born . ive had apprentices that refused to lift a toilet into a skip even with ppe. and i dont mean a nightclub toilet i mean a proud house owner who had cleaned/bleached before we ripped it ou

 

[trev]

they dont know there born . ive had apprentices that refused to lift a toilet into a skip even with ppe. and i dont mean a nightclub toilet i mean a proud house owner who had cleaned/bleached before we ripped it ou

I'd have them booted off the job.

 

[trbod]

I'd have them booted off the job.

i got called into the college , apparently i shouldn't expect 17/18 year olds to do such a task . i replied do you know what i was doing when i was 18 - protecting this country . now go forth and multiply <<< i can swear lol

 

[trev]

So a 17/18 year old shouldn't be doing that? What a load of utter nonsense, what the hell are they supposed to be doing commissioning the plumbing system?
At that stage in my apprenticeship I was given all the crap jobs to do and was glad to be doing them because I knew it would get better

 

[Strima]

I would reply to this thread but I'm not allowed to... :rolleyes2: