Whats your status?

[SAM916]

Sam

19

Electronics Comms apprentice

work in the mining industry doing communication, remote blasting and other stuff.

[spirosky33]

spiro

30

qualified boilermaker,mig and tig tickets also

10 years in the trade

currently working at caterpiller welding the mother of all trucks....the CAT

[DRD-00F]

Steven

20

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)

[Nat]

NAME: Nathan

AGE: 20

TRADE: 3rd yr Apprentice Electrician

WORKPLACE: Here and there, mainly industrial work

[gun32gtr]

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...

[Cleutin]

Name: Matt

Age: 24

Trade: Auto Accessories Fitter

Where: Brisbane

all aspects of stereo, from headunits, speakers, through to showcars.

alarms, hardwired GPS and SatNav, central locking, remote starts (auto only, manual is illegal)

[deant1]

Mechanical Engineer Apprentice @ United Water

[prescott06]

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.

[sinistaGTR]

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.

Edited May 11, 2007 by sinistagtst

[dead32]

ryan

22

qualified mechanic

now taking it easy at a ford dealership

do all my own work on my car besides tuning it.

[NicsR33]

BTW wats a boilermaker?

[T04GTR]

dave. 27

qualified light vehicle mechanic since 03

clawing my way up. finaly working for a race team

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

[SMOKE'M]

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

23

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

not workin at the moment,all bustard up

[Race__24]

Aaron

24

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.

[VB-]

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

[sbmotorsport]

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)

[STR8E180]

Name: Kemp

Age: 23

Fabrication status : mechanic & boilermaker

Edited March 15, 2008 by STR8E180

[Sambo33]

Sam

23

Qualified Spray Painter

5 years in the trade

i work in a crash shop in the western suburbs

[cliff25gtst]

cliff

[cliff25gtst]

woops hit wrong button.

cliff,

age: 22

apprentice boilermaker

just over 3 years in the trade,

also was a slicer in the meatworks few years back