New Job =D

[Dom]

Boys Girls, Children of all ages :homme:

Just got myself out of a shite job at Sainsburys, and becoming a compressor Engineer! Well happy atm, so decided to come on here and announce the great news :A:

Doing something I want to do instead of the shelf stacking at the moment is probably the best choice I could of made! New Job, More Hours, Better pay.. BRING ON THE CAR MODS =D

[Aly]

Excuse my ignorance but what's one of them

[CHIP]

Congrat's :y:

[LouNYF]

nice one mate

[Dom]

Compressor? Well, you know them big tanks with a little engine on top that Bodyshops use when spray painting a car, thats a piston compressor.

When you put tyres on alloys, you would use a compressor to fit them..

The company I have got the new job with does the Engineering of these compressors all around the country, all the way to Scotland etc. They also have the contract for STS tyres to sort their compressors.

Its not to everyones taste, but its a job better than shelf stacking :)

[stevie_m]

Who you gonna work for ?

Worked in Aggreko alot over my years of workin and they are supposed to be "engineers" when they basically work in an overgrown mechano set.

Good luck if you are actually working on different types of compressors and fixing them rather than the Aggreko way.

[Dom]

Who you gonna work for ?

Worked in Aggreko alot over my years of workin and they are supposed to be "engineers" when they basically work in an overgrown mechano set.

Good luck if you are actually working on different types of compressors and fixing them rather than the Aggreko way.

Bedford Compressor Services is the company I will be working for :y:

How do you mean with the Aggreko bit? Sound like a bunch of cowboys from the way you put it?

[stevie_m]

Nah they ain't cowboys ... Just the way the do stuff is to build up a repetative nature.

One guy works on the same machine doing every job until he knows how to put it together in his sleep and then when the guy decides to leave the place (mind you very unlikely ..). To me this causes a problem especially if you are teaching a young man a trade.

I'm on different sites all over the year doing various different jobs so I have learnt more on my trade than someone who is stuck doing the exact same thing everyday.

I'd say Aggreko is prob the biggest generator firm in the UK and one of the biggest in the world. I just personally feel that someone who is going to be a mechanic fitter should learn their trade elsewhere as working for them doesn't promote problem solving or "thinking outside the box"

[moggyvtr]

well done mate youv done well getting that!!!!

[devilsadvocate]

Well done mate :)

Nice when someone has some good news about a job!

[Dom]

Thanks guys :y:

Stevie, im not even sure what to reply to that, I don't even know the job outline yet, I guess I will wait and see I suppose :)

Where the hell is Yates? It was him slating me a few months back in a thread on here that made me get off my arse and get a new job lol, Yates, If you see this, Thanks for calling me a shelf stacker with no prospects or something along those lines lol

[stevie_m]

Well good luck and I'm sure you will know what I mean in a few months maybe years.

[jw1325]

Well done you!

im looking for a new job too ....

[Dom]

Think im lucky in some ways, all the people being laid off work, and I have been handed one on a plate :n:

[Jay_]

congrats mate! :y: always great to be paid for what you want to be doing! Whats 1st on the mods list??:P

[Dom]

congrats mate! :y: always great to be paid for what you want to be doing! Whats 1st on the mods list??:P

The new Saving pot for TB's as the old one was destroyed over Xmas and a £900+ repair bill for the GTi lol

GMC's offer is tempting, not sure weather to save up, or smack it on the plastic :homme:

[stevie_m]

Wasn't trying to be condescending there Dom but when you are in the new job you will notice people doing their job a different way from others, some are faster but then get into trouble ahead where some take time to think about it.

If you can push for GMC why not splurge ?

[pjm300]

ok, gonna have a rant here.

sounds to me like you're not an engineer. you're a technician.

and engineer is a professional qualification. i went to uni and did mechanical engineering. i am therefore an engineer. in a couple of months time i will be a chartered engineer.

people dont go round calling themselves doctors unless they are a doctor, so why do technicians and servicing personnel call themselves engineers?

[JoshB]

Congratulations buddy, its good to hear of a young lad getting a job in todays employment climate.

[L20VTS]

Well done :)

Hope you enjoy it.

[JoshB]

and engineer is a professional qualification.

Not necessarily true, I'm an engineer and I only hold an HNC. The IET membership now allows members who have held an engineering position for 5 years, instead of a degree.

[pjm300]

Not necessarily true, I'm an engineer and I only hold an HNC. The IET membership now allows members who have held an engineering position for 5 years, instead of a degree.

the institute of mechanical engineers doesnt allow people to become chartered unless you have a suitable degree (most dont count) and enough years experience.

[Juggyluggs]

guys chill out you should be happy for him for getting a better job then stacking bread on shelves

WELL DONE DUDE!!!!!!!!!

[JoshB]

the institute of mechanical engineers doesnt allow people to become chartered unless you have a suitable degree (most dont count) and enough years experience.

Mechanical Engineering's for knuckle draggers anyway :homme:

[pjm300]

Mechanical Engineering's for knuckle draggers anyway :homme:

thanks :D

[girl_nxt_door_x]

well done hun

[lukasvts]

Well done mate, these days you after be foreign to get a job!!

[pjm300]

Well done mate, these days you after be foreign to get a job!!

or just be vaguely literate

[Sparky26]

congrats dude i am looking at doing a night course in something to improve myself and earn more money just don't know what yet

[MiniGibbo]

Cool beans :S

[Caino]

Who you gonna work for ?

Worked in Aggreko alot over my years of workin and they are supposed to be "engineers" when they basically work in an overgrown mechano set.

Good luck if you are actually working on different types of compressors and fixing them rather than the Aggreko way.

aggreko blew a massive compressor at a company i work in, BAE Systems. everyone thought it was the *engine* that blew on the submarine haha

[Dom]

To the above, I will be put on a apprentice course to get Qualifications? The Job title is engineer, its only what was said during the talks we had, I didn't go into the finer details of "Oh your classed as this or that blah blah blah"..

Thanks anyways guys :y:

[badasssaxo]

well done mate, its hard enough to keep a job these days let alone get a better one