What is your occupation?
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Applying for true value in a few days I think.
Started my 3rd year roof-tiling apprenticeship at the start of 2016 but ended applying for a drilling position at the mining company close to my city so I've opted out to finishing up my trade sometime in 2018 or 2019 and just stick to my current job. The pay is amazing, hours are shit though.
Nice man 1 more year then you're a journymang right? I got to take a lil machining in school. Just basic lathe metal work making hammers and shit, but i really dug it. Almost the most satisfying feeling in the world peeling a layer of metal on a lathe...
I'm a district manager for a oil/gas emissions company. We scrub H2S gas(bad bad gas 1 smell of it and you're dead) with chemicals. It's a cool job, but i'm looking for something different it was more of a resume buff then a career.
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yes that is correct normally would be 4 1/2 years but i did a pre-apprenticeship so that reduces the time by 6 months love using the lathes/milling machines, love the swarf peel when you get a nice continuous turn
that sounds interesting man but sounds pretty dangerous at the same time! what kind of career did you want to get into?
a boat we fit new prop shafts, fabricated/fit brand new rudders, change the prop shaft seals up near the couplings which bolt to the engine to spin the props and welded up a couple of cracks around the hull before being surveyed and put back in the water.
and of course once the boat is lifted back into the water you've got to go on the first drive to make sure everything is working correctly.
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goodluck in the air force mate, i have a friend who just went to join the army won't be home for like 4 years i think, he says he is loving it.
sounds like you have a busy life there @Ardy
nice nice, whats the hourly wage for the drilling position like 35-40 ish a hour? just don't leave it too long to finish your trade because after a certain amount of time your training will become invalid, happened to me i use to be a apprentice heavy duty diesel mechanic(2nd Year) i quit, went and did other work for about a year and a half then when i went to continue it at a different workshop i was told i had to start from scratch so i thought fuck that.
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Thank you for the support man really appreciate it
I'm on around $160,000 a year after taxes. And the apprenticeship I don't have to worry about since I'm doing it with my cousin, so I can always fall back on it whenever.
damn nice salary where are you from? australia?
no worries man hope for the best!
Yeah, Victoria - Australia.
yeah thought so 
, i'm over in western australia
, i'm over in western australia
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