What is your occupation?

[MO]

Originally Posted by exrtnz

private security company, Iraq . ex military

Stay safe sport.

[NC 5ltr]

Hire car driver

[56L]

EX full time soldier,currently self employed plasterer,about to be interstater truckie

[CaRtZ]

i flip burgers @ maccas. good ol' 10.50 per hr!
year 12 too lol

[red_hotxr6]

Didn,t see it there but i am a cleaner, houses/units townhouses, private and real estates.Damn hard but not bad money.

[bencat]

In order..

Jackaroo > Auto mechanic > motorcycle mechanic / race fabrictor / engine builder

Then came the IT revolution...

PC builder > network engineer > solutions architect > infrastrcture architect

Used to be cool, now I'm a nerd :P

[XR6Gal]

Originally Posted by XR6Gal

Payroll Officer

Wow that was a little while ago now...heheh..

Now Payroll Supervisor.

[Mechan1k]

IT .. and transport/logistics for me ... couldn't select both though.

[PJ_SR_AUII]

I was a fam hand, barman and then i did a course in desktop publishing and now im a desktop publisher for a printing company

[SunDrifter]

Originally Posted by Paris Hilton

Network Administrator

Heh, this still tickles my funny bone when i see this thread.

You finished that traineeship now Selecta/Selector/Selection/Paris?
:

[TZENU]

Damn! Any boring, cardigan wearing, camry driving, bean counters on here???

I must be one of a kind :P... Accountant here (if you havent guessed yet!)

[Powdered Toast Man]

Originally Posted by McobraR

Hey guys just wanted to ask if anyone here did/does civil engineering or mechanical engineering? because im thinking of changing from my current architecture degree to one of those degrees.
I just wanted to know whether its really hard to get the degree (civil/mechanical), if the occupation is really hard, and if theres alot of demand for them because supposedly there isnt much demand for architects yet theres heaps of them walking about unemployed... they also get paid crap too and can get sued : . any advice would be appreciated.

Yeah ive got a BEng in mechanical engineering. If I got a degree anyone can!! :evil_laug

My jobs pretty easy. I design attachments, mainly quickhitches, but also buckets, rippers etc, for excavators. Just sitting in front of a computer drawing all day, nothing to it.

But seriously, you want to be pretty good at physics and maths to get a degree (in mechanical eng anyway) as it is essentially applied physics. The drawing/design is only a very small part of it. And then I think it depends on the university as to how hard it is to pass.

If you are a contractor or have your own business your still open to being sued. And the money still isnt very good. It all depends on what industry and company you work in.

[Olympus]

I'm a salesman at 'the outdoor furniture specialist'.

[rapidxr6]

I now have NO job. :
My position and another 16 were made redundant as of 26th oct. :

[DODDO]

4th Year apprentice heavy vehicle mechanic. LOVING IT TOO!!!

[Ruger]

Ceramic coatings on Air con condensors and cooling towers... and anything else that needs ceramic coatings lol

[Outbackjack]

Originally Posted by rapidxr6

I now have NO job. :
My position and another 16 were made redundant as of 26th oct. :

I am sorry to hear this, I hope everything works out OK for you.

[5L]

i am a mail officer for aus post,

[satria]

graduate mine surveyor

doesn't really leave much time to learn how engines work though :(

[uranium_death]

I'm still a student at Uni.

My job consists of bludging, procrastinating, being lazy, sleeping, playing pc games, not working, looking for a job half-arsed and surfing the web.

It's a very demanding job and takes up most of my week. I just wish there was more "me time".

I guess that's the sacrifice you've gotta make.

[MO]

Originally Posted by uranium_death

I'm still a student at Uni.

My job consists of bludging, procrastinating, being lazy, sleeping, playing pc games, not working, looking for a job half-arsed and surfing the web.

It's a very demanding job and takes up most of my week. I just wish there was more "me time".

I guess that's the sacrifice you've gotta make.

Get off your butt...get a haircut..and get a real job you...you .....you...well you know.lol

[keenaz]

Driller in the mines

[DoreSlamR]

Landscaper by trade but am working my way up the ranks in the construction industry

A good combination for when i start my own business in a few years

[Ralliart]

So many It workers Nice, i work in Woolworths Ltd (Safeway) Nightfill , i work 3 -5 Nights aweek, only thing i hate about job is the sleep patterns stuffs you up but pays my bills, my hrs are 24-38

[kieran23]

Good to see there are lotsa IT nerds out there. Me the CIO for a big ****y sydney firm

[smiley]

1st year sparky, $430 a week isn't as bad as I thought it would be. I want to eventually become self employed somehow in the future but those prospects are too scary to think about right now.

[MITCHAY]

Still working at the drycleaners. But it keeps the WRX running so can't complain at the moment!

[XR8-260]

I got a job as a janitor/cleaner (laugh it up guys...) for a few weeks at a local medical centre. It's hard work but at least I can earn some cash to pay for all the mods

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by 30487256

I got a job as a janitor/cleaner (laugh it up guys...) for a few weeks at a local medical centre. It's hard work but at least I can earn some cash to pay for all the mods

Being cleaner actually pays fairly good apparently. I think my mates were earing $20+/hr while I'm stuck on $14 or so. Damn I can't wait till I get a decent paying job so I can put serious $ into my car. 200awkw is the aim at the moment : but you always go over budget with these things!

I only stay in this job because it is very secure and flexible no matter how **** the pay is. I would bet my life on it I would never get fired

[XR8-260]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

Being cleaner actually pays fairly good apparently. I think my mates were earing $20+/hr while I'm stuck on $14 or so. Damn I can't wait till I get a decent paying job so I can put serious $ into my car. 200awkw is the aim at the moment : but you always go over budget with these things!

I only stay in this job because it is very secure and flexible no matter how **** the pay is. I would bet my life on it I would never get fired

The pay is good at about 20 bucks an hour. The only problem is that I only get to work about 7-8 hours a week.

I'm hoping to reach 170rwkw . KW are a lot harder to come by on an N/A car :.