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Steven

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Audio Engineer / Live Audio (PA) / Producer / Financial Controller?

more of a tinkerer then anything else... adept with all audio, electronics and technology... can put a sound system in anything :) (you should see my couch)

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name:kane

age:nearly 22

trade:4th yr plumber

where do you work:g&p love plumbing & roofing bathurst

mainly do new cottage work,roofs,gutters,drainage etc etc

no to bad a trade will pay good so thats the main thing...

Hi guys, im not a fabricator myself (im doing an apprenticeship in structural design) but i've done a few bit with my dad who specialises in stainless stuff (water treatment etc).

I was just wondering what people think about their work? I.e hard graft/boring/really interesting and how the pay compares to other things (im not asking for a figure just an opinon). Im looking at chaging career direction and doing something morre practical. Being a fitter/turner/machinist quite appeals but i need some advice before I decide for certain...

Cheers.

name:Dan

age: 22

trade:fully qualified electronics technician (radar tech, tels, instruments)

where do you work: Army, can fix anything from radios, televisions, night vision equipment, binoculars, multimillion dollar weapons systems lol...the list goes on.

Love playing with my car can done 99% of stuff on it just not internals of the engine.

I work with fitters and turners and mechanics all day long aswell so get multi skilled sorta lol.

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dave. 27

qualified light vehicle mechanic since 03

clawing my way up. finaly working for a race team :whistling:

yeah love making stuffs. got my own ac/dc tig so ally/ss etc etc. works got a good lathe (400mm) and a nice mill. all cool stuff. i prefer fabing things from dropping oil lol

BTW wats a boilermaker?

a boilermaker is ,a metel fabricator/welder,should be able to fabricate things an weld just about any thing,mig,tig,mma,oxyect depending on how good they are

scott

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6 years,qualified boilermaker/metal fabricator,specialize in mig,tig aluminium

not workin at the moment,all bustard up

Aaron

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Qulified Toolmaker, 2years in trade. Specialising in high speed CNC graphite machining and CNC EDM operation. Currently working as a machinist for a company making alsorts of things, mainly defence and aerospace. We mostly do prototyping and small batch stuff. Get to machine all sorts of funky materials. Currently running a 5axis mill which is interesting.

Ben

1st year boilermaker (1st day today)

no stianless, no aluminium, no TIG welding where i work, all basic steel construction, making things for mobile phone towers, boyds that float out in the bay, temp framework for the new freeway being built down this way. not too shabby but hope i get to do more than what im seeing now, wanna learn how to TIG etc

Ralph

Qualified fitter/turner/fabricator, done lots work wid ac/dc tig on bodyshells eg cages ic piping manifolds and the like. Currently working as a data engineer n doing diploma of mech engineering. Qualified in motec: data analysis, adl install n steup, ecu install n tuning.. Also spend much time in engine room at work

Done everything myself on my can execpt the tune (dont have acces to a chassis dyno n too much work to pull out engine to tune it on works engine dyno)

Company: Garry Rogers Motorsport (5 years now! boy time flies)

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