What is your occupation?

[R0bb0]

Worked as an Auto Electrician for 13 years until 1997 then joined the Fire Service

[Shonky]

Originally Posted by R0bb0

Worked as an Auto Electrician for 13 years until 1997 then joined the Fire Service

Which one?

[Fairlane]

University Student

Doing an Arts Degree majoring in Politics & hoping to move on to law.

Dont have a real job at the moment, though I feel like I work in an aged care home looking after all of my family.

[CobraLeMans]

Automotive industry.

Ford specialist.
On the tools since leaving school.
If it burns fuel, i'll work on it

[Shonky]

Originally Posted by Fairlane

I feel like I work in an aged care home looking after all of my family.

I've worked in aged care breifley.

It's a lot of work... hard, smelly labour intensive and emotionally draining.

It's also a real testament to your strength of character. Good on ya mate.

[FreezeR]

4th Year Apprentice Carpenter (on commercial sites, so earning the good dollars)

6 months to go..YaY!

[YuGoStaR]

Come on science ! hehe
I am currently at uni, studying Medicinal Chemistry.You know the guys that discover new drugs, that sort of thing.
I work sometimes at a Pharmacy, and as a driver for Dominos pizza, but it's all uni mostly for now. Soon we open the meth lab LOL

[Falcon Girl]

Currently a full time student, but work in the customer service/retail industry part time.

[R0bb0]

Originally Posted by Young 'un

Which one?

Queensland Fire and Rescue Service

[Shonky]

Schweet...

I must admit, I have had fleeting moments of ditching my career plans for the ambos and going and joining the Metros. Oh well... I'll just stay as a wannabe volunteer for a now.

[Charliewool]

Originally Posted by bindi

I am yet to learn it, although I get the general idea. I won't claim I can do it until I am qualified though, unlike some


How much? I might be in need of services lol. Nah really, I am planning to start on low cost massage for women in crisis/financial need, because most therapists charge the earth. I have just opened my business and gotten organised and am about to sort out how low I can actually go (after room rental, oils etc).


How much for a cheapie kitchen, installed? Mine's still 70s green and has a mouse in it which I can't catch (have been trying for a month now).


You two, get a room!

OMG.... Bindi.. you ARE a classic!! (Love it)

Well I run a small engineering business (Machine shop) We have CNC lathes, CNC Mills etc...Doing a lot of breakdown type one offs, as well as making lots of nifty gizmos, For the transport industry, the car performance industry, and the Wool industry..

And we make lots of nifty gizmos

[geckoGT]

Originally Posted by R0bb0

Queensland Fire and Rescue Service

what station are you at?

[geckoGT]

Originally Posted by Young 'un

What was wrong with the Army? (Apart from being shot at.... : )

I am trying for the Army Reserves as a medic, and then Charles Sturt Uni to do Bachelor of Clinical Practice (Paramedic) Hopefully then get a job with a State Ambulance Service, and stay in the reserves to supplement the rubbish income that ambos get for all their work.

There was nothing wrong with the army, that is why I did it for 13 years and would do it again. I just got tired of going away all the time and missing out on seeing my daughter grow up. I also got tired of high ranking people that were in a different job tell me how to do mine, they think because they have rank they know how to do it all. I enjoy medicine and reached a point where promotion was going to mean less clinical work and more admin, so I decided to get out and get my clinical fix on the general population.
I now consider I have the best job in the world, I even look forward to going back to work after days off (sick hey). Having said that, I also look forward to days off so I guess I just look forward to life! Happy as a pig in poo!

[GreenMachine]

Nearly a qualified lawyer here, although I'm actually taking a break at the moment and will be working for a state politician soon... I suppose that makes me "Government"...

[bindi]

Originally Posted by Mark^^

Um please explain....I dont understand the reference

Did you ever see the kids movie The Incredibles? He was this unhappy ex-superhero stuck behind a desk at an insurance agency, trying to help the little guy (or old woman, in one case). Actually, I loved it cos it is a true family movie, with jokes for the adults stuck in there

[bindi]

Originally Posted by Feathers

They break up families, and teach that anyone who speaks against scientology is "expendable"...
Sorry, WAY OT there....:

Meh, OT is still interesting reading to me lol. Are you sure these ppl weren't around London last week? Sound like a cult/terrorist organisation with that "expendable" word.

My cult will be very different. I will make chocolates that have a secret yet miraculous weight loss formula in it. I will have developed this, sold it worldwide and gotten totally completely filthy stinking rich from it. Then I will have men on request, begging to be in my cult (there will be a waiting list!) and fulfil my every wanton wicked desire... I will be a Goddess on Earth...

Did I just say all that out loud?

[Bucknaked]

I'm in IT for the government. I'm in a technical Services area. Hardware & software support. Technical writer. I do other stuff like read emails and drink coffee and have lunch breaks. Those are what i am best at. The technical stuff, who really cares. Pays the bills.

[NIGHTHAWK]

Well i cant see mine there i am a self employed locksmith. :eclipsee_

[R0bb0]

Originally Posted by geckoxr8

what station are you at?

Ingham Station, 110 km north of Townsville

[RED_EL_XR8]

Originally Posted by Casper

ok, I'll bite, how do you get to be a Network Administrator when your all of 17 years old?

All you need is your own 4 port switch and a wild imagination, Mummy and daddy must be referred to a Client A and Client B. Red shakes his head in despair again..

[RED_EL_XR8]

Originally Posted by Casper

Cool, with that logic I was a golf pro!!!!
Hell, I worked part time during school and full time on the holidays when I was 17 at werribee park golf club in the pro shop! I used to sell stuff and change the pin positions at the end of the day.... your logic means I could call myself a golfing professional!

I'm a race driver !!!

[RED_EL_XR8]

Originally Posted by Heeno

ummm thats a bit harsh, how do you know what study he's done? you jelous cuz a 17yo earns more then you ey?? lol

And you must be Client C the one off the wan AK pc-anywhere modem.

[Shonky]

Originally Posted by geckoxr8

There was nothing wrong with the army, that is why I did it for 13 years and would do it again. I just got tired of going away all the time and missing out on seeing my daughter grow up. I also got tired of high ranking people that were in a different job tell me how to do mine, they think because they have rank they know how to do it all. I enjoy medicine and reached a point where promotion was going to mean less clinical work and more admin, so I decided to get out and get my clinical fix on the general population.
I now consider I have the best job in the world, I even look forward to going back to work after days off (sick hey). Having said that, I also look forward to days off so I guess I just look forward to life! Happy as a pig in poo!

I am assuming that you were regular Army then...

I can understand why you would leave the army if you had a young family. I'm trying to get in and do all my training and do all the travel while I'm still young and unattached.

You do have one of the best and worst jobs around... any advice you can give me about how to get in? (to both Army and Ambos)

[bailey04]

Completed an Accounting Degree in about 2 and half years.. Worked as an accountant for six months and thought this is so boring and made a career change.... :

So now i am training to be a Rope Access Operator which I hopefully will become by the end of this year, and hopefully a Confined Space Rescue Technician.. The work is alot more exciting.. : Its great to help people...

[Barry_v]

apprentice mechanic here.

[Heeno]

Originally Posted by Feathers

I know a woman who can do it, and when she tried it on me it just didn't work. I think I had sprained my ankle, and she was trying to help, 'cause I was in a lot of pain (torn ligaments).

go to my mum she's a qualified reiki master, highest level you can go!

[Psycho Chicken]

Originally Posted by Young 'un

You do have one of the best and worst jobs around... any advice you can give me about how to get in? (to both Army and Ambos)

Best advice for getting into the army; be patient. Manpower are the most useless bunch of people, I fail to see how they got hold of the Defence recruiting contract. They are sitting fairly high up in my cons list for joining again. I could probably apply tomorrow and finish the 2 and a half years left of my apprenticeship before they sent me anywhere.

[Kingsley]

Originally Posted by Psycho Chicken

Best advice for getting into the army; be patient. Manpower are the most useless bunch of people, I fail to see how they got hold of the Defence recruiting contract. They are sitting fairly high up in my cons list for joining again. I could probably apply tomorrow and finish the 2 and a half years left of my apprenticeship before they sent me anywhere.

Another hint for employment to the Defence Forces is when being interviewed, listen carefully to the question and answer with what they want to hear. Don't go overboard and try and be Rambo's clone either. That has the opposite affect. They don't need that mentality either. Another very successful hint is if you partake in any type of recreational drug, forget about a career in the defence forces. Plenty of people ( and I do mean plenty, often more than half that turn up) don't make it past the urine test, which is the very first thing they put you through at recruiting. The number of people who are told to leave after that test is astounding.
My current occupation and training is a spray painter. Whilst I enjoy it, it does absolutely nothing for you health wise!!!

[Feathers]

Originally Posted by Heeno

go to my mum she's a qualified reiki master, highest level you can go!

It's a bit too late for me now. I already have arthritis.
Sprained ankles 20+ times each. All ligaments are stuffed.
It doesn't help that I spend all day walking around in the supermarket on concrete floors either. :gren:

[bindi]

Gerardine, it seems that you have an inherent weakness there. My daughter, who's 9, has the same thing. I would suggest a Naturopath and a Podiatrist.