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23rd February 2011, 12:31
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New Job =D
Boys Girls, Children of all ages 
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 
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
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23rd February 2011, 12:43
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Excuse my ignorance but what's one of them
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23rd February 2011, 12:45
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Congrat's 
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23rd February 2011, 12:46
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nice one mate
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23rd February 2011, 12:48
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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 
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23rd February 2011, 12:49
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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.
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23rd February 2011, 12:52
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Originally Posted by 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.
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Bedford Compressor Services is the company I will be working for
How do you mean with the Aggreko bit? Sound like a bunch of cowboys from the way you put it?
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23rd February 2011, 12:59
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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"
Last edited by stevie_m; 23rd February 2011 at 13:01.
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23rd February 2011, 13:01
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well done mate youv done well getting that!!!!
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23rd February 2011, 13:03
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Well done mate
Nice when someone has some good news about a job!
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23rd February 2011, 13:04
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Thanks guys
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
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23rd February 2011, 13:10
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Well good luck and I'm sure you will know what I mean in a few months maybe years.
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23rd February 2011, 13:16
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Well done you!
im looking for a new job too ....
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23rd February 2011, 13:23
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Think im lucky in some ways, all the people being laid off work, and I have been handed one on a plate 
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23rd February 2011, 13:46
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congrats mate! always great to be paid for what you want to be doing! Whats 1st on the mods list?? 
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23rd February 2011, 13:48
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congrats mate! always great to be paid for what you want to be doing! Whats 1st on the mods list?? |
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
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23rd February 2011, 14:39
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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 ?
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23rd February 2011, 14:44
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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?
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23rd February 2011, 14:45
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Congratulations buddy, its good to hear of a young lad getting a job in todays employment climate.
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23rd February 2011, 14:45
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Well done
Hope you enjoy it.
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