What do you lot do part deux
Submitted by sea-kem on Mon, 2022-08-15 15:11
We had this before but thought it time to revisit as so many new members.
Good to know what everyone does for a crust.
Me as most of you know have a small steel fab shop.
Mostly oil and gas , some structural and a lot of maintenace work for Coles etc.
Love it apart from the tax man.
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Love the West!
davewillo
Posts: 2258
Date Joined: 08/09/16
Just replied on your other
Just replied on your other thread Andy. I work for a residential property developer. Love the work and the people but not the boss
PGFC member and lure tragic
uncle
Posts: 9353
Date Joined: 10/02/07
I work for myself
Retired
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
rob90
Posts: 1522
Date Joined: 06/02/13
I gave up cabinet
I gave up cabinet installing, now do general building maintenance part time. Been part time stay at home dad the last 5 years.
Hi my name is rob............. and I'm a........... fishaholic
Shark1
Posts: 1084
Date Joined: 21/05/12
do whatever they pay me
do whatever they pay me for
marine engineer is my degree, got master 3
got my own specialist underwater demolition business company
also sell guns and ammo- legally ;p
carnarvonite
Posts: 8627
Date Joined: 24/07/07
Retired
Was skippering a demersal shark netting boat around the Capes area when I retired before that out of Hedland longlining for shark till just before they shut the fishery down, many years in mineral sands as a supervisor, control room op and general op, truck driver , mechanic slaughterman, you name it so now happily retired
marble
Posts: 773
Date Joined: 03/09/09
Make peoples dreams come
Make peoples dreams come true . . . . . Used to work for a builder in Exmouth building new houses . Now self employed chippy doing renos and owner build new houses
PMY 25 Centre Console DF300 Suzuki
Mulie
Posts: 546
Date Joined: 20/02/11
I've gone back to the
I've gone back to the exploration drilling game Andy, and I'm glad that I did. The HME undercarriage game stopped being enjoyable during covid as it was all WFH and office work during that time.
Mulie
sea-kem
Posts: 14857
Date Joined: 30/11/09
Ha ha you need to kepp the
Ha ha you need to kepp the mind occupied mate, I could never be an orifice johnny.
Love the West!
Markie
Posts: 2141
Date Joined: 06/08/10
Brickie/ owner build
Brickie/ owner build
Silver Fox
Posts: 1097
Date Joined: 19/06/14
I’m the luckiest man alive.
Bit of a role reversal at our place. My wife's the one with the brains and she's the breadwinner, she works away and I get her for two weekends and a full week every month. I've been playing the house bitch for the last five years and it's better than good....(:
I've got the daily house routine down to about half an hours worth of work ( mainly cleaning the pool) then I'm a free man. No kids, just a 14 year old dog to keep happy. Currently getting the big duck ready for summer in FNQ.
My wife understands why I clean my rods n reels in the shower....
Swompa
Posts: 3786
Date Joined: 14/10/12
My company is owned by the
My company is owned by the people of Western Australia and we are the largest electricity generator in the state. I make sure contractors and our people are all getting on nicely.
Prior to that -
18 months in Marine Chandlery at ACM in Fremantle
Couple of years as a draftsman > Sales / project management for grating and handrail projects > HSE rep > Purchasing for a mob in Belmont
7 years of Procurement and Logistics coordination for Maersk Drilling operations
1.5 years of procurement and logistics for an international mob running an FPSO for Woodside
6 months as a procurement specialist with Quadrant looking after a FPSO.
6 months off work in that time when O&G shat the bed. Redundancy payout is great until you cant get a job....
Adam Gallash
Posts: 15610
Date Joined: 29/11/05
Supply base
2ic for the Dampier Supply Base, mostly oil and gas prod/drilling but now starting to expand into mining imports.
Site Admin - Just ask if you need assistance
Rob H
Posts: 5745
Date Joined: 18/01/12
Covered a bit of ground so
Covered a bit of ground so to speak, going backwards through the years
Fitter Machinist by Trade.
Pumped out 5 kids aged 15-22 now.
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
Bodgy 79
Posts: 264
Date Joined: 04/08/22
Gday fellas yes a
Gday fellas yes a newby.
apprentice desiel mechanic in coal mine at 17,couples years at yarrie,Goldsworthy/shaygap iron ore at 22.Last 20 years in logging industry down south and hopefully only 20 years of work left
Jackfrost80
Posts: 8050
Date Joined: 07/05/12
Same thing as last time
Same thing as last time
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
little johnny
Posts: 5330
Date Joined: 04/12/11
Mmmm
Left school ( achievement) 15 years old . Macca’s , fibreglass Ute canopy’s , grano ,Apprentice boiler welder ( building prawn trailers) 1987 quit apprenticeship. started at alcoa. Still here 35 years later . Good pay/ great views of cockburn sound . Good roster . Pretty happy with job .
Swompa
Posts: 3786
Date Joined: 14/10/12
Howdy Neighbour.It is a damn
Howdy Neighbour.
It is a damn good view most of the time. We got salt water on the windows a fortnight ago.
quadfisher
Posts: 1146
Date Joined: 28/09/10
Pro bill payer..
Yeah left school at 15 , then 12 years a boily for railways , and others then mining.
Then 12 years at diamond mine , graders , dozers and loaders/ face shovels.
Now 15 years at gold mine as well being a single dad to 2 girls for 10 years.... yeah that last one is probally the hardest but most rewarding.....
I was feeling a bit lost and burnt out workwise a year or so ago but turned the corner by decieding reguardless of finances to semi retire at 60 ( 57 now)
Get busy living or get busy dying ....... I got aussie travel planned and am going to make my retirement meaningfull to me , not just a life phase with no plan..
quadfisher
sunshine
Posts: 2555
Date Joined: 03/03/09
As most on here know....retired National Insurance Claims Manage
Not much I haven't handled and more than prepared to assist any Wrecky if they encounter insurance issues
NORUN NOFUN
Posts: 1019
Date Joined: 15/08/11
Woodside , Shutdown planning
Woodside , Shutdown planning and execution for offshore assets. My passion is timber lure making, gives me a break from the high pressure environment of offshore execution.
Been very lucky to sell lures all over the world the last couple of years and met and a lot of really cool people who live out their dreams.
scottland
Posts: 3031
Date Joined: 10/05/10
You need
You need a shutdown supervisor? Haha iron ore is to far from the ocean
i support two teams eagles and whoever is playing the dockers
Greg_B
Posts: 40
Date Joined: 26/05/15
Cabinet Maker
3rd generation cabinet maker. Family company been going since 1944. Left school and 16 and been here 28 years. Surrounded by amazing people - love coming to work. Got 3 boys myself who'll hopefully carry it on
rob90
Posts: 1522
Date Joined: 06/02/13
Funny you say that, I tell
Funny you say that, I tell my boy he can be anything he wants to be as long as it's not a cabinet maker haha
Hi my name is rob............. and I'm a........... fishaholic
Greg_B
Posts: 40
Date Joined: 26/05/15
Ha ha
Yeah I can see how you could get to that position. Pretty lucky here, we get to do all the weird and out there stuff - lots of one off high end bespoke joinery. Including solid timber which is what I love doing the most. Still using my pops old buzzer / thicknesser etc in that area - bullet proof! I'd hate to just be doing kitchens / bathrooms thats for sure! We also put one apprentice on every year and watching them progress is pretty rewarding - if they make it! we run about a 50% ratio who have the right attitude and get past a year
abrohlosorbust
Posts: 99
Date Joined: 08/06/12
Mortgage and Finance broker
Residential / Commercial/ Assett/ Consumer Loans Providing options.
Getting wet is part of the Fun
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest
Lefty 44
Posts: 146
Date Joined: 04/12/17
Safety Manager
Hate it but it pays the bills. Company I'm with now makes it easier. Good people.
After 20 years of it I could with with a change but getting on the same money isn't easy.
Unfortunately as I get older people seem to find new and interesting ways to do dumb shit.
Hoping to semi retire to short term project roles in the next 5-10 years.
sea-kem
Posts: 14857
Date Joined: 30/11/09
Lol, I've just renewed my
Lol, I've just renewed my contract with my main client. Now requiring a OHSE policy, downloaded the subby pack from the Dept of consumer and employement protection website and submitted that. What a headF^k, like you say they need to mitigate for all the clowns.
Love the West!
Lefty 44
Posts: 146
Date Joined: 04/12/17
So True
After 20 years working for some big companies, including writing very safisticated safety systems I can tell you the best thing you go do is not hire idiots.
And if you accidently do, get rid of them.
Unfair dismissal is alway cheaper than workers comp!
Swompa
Posts: 3786
Date Joined: 14/10/12
We had a bloke called Dallas
We had a bloke called Dallas Adams on site yesterday. Lost his father and brother in seperate industrial accidents. Confronting presentation with lots of big burley folks with tears running down their face....myself included
www.whysafetymatters.com.au
Lefty 44
Posts: 146
Date Joined: 04/12/17
Tough Day
I've used speakers like that before.
A former tree climber now in a wheel chair and a truckie now missing his leg from a forklift.
They work well with younger workforces.
Some of us were lucky enough to work around our Fathers/Uncles growing up as kids.
Didn't feel lucky at the time from the constant critersism but you learned how to work.
Guess that's why I'm lucky enough to become a grumpy old man
Swompa
Posts: 3786
Date Joined: 14/10/12
Stats and reports only mean
Stats and reports only mean so much until you see the result from a lapse or breach....
dodgy
Posts: 4563
Date Joined: 01/02/10
Still the same. Service
Still the same. Service Supervisor/ Technical Lead for a mining and oil & gas contractor. Sparky background and still spend a fair bit of time on the tools.
Last 13 years or so in the Pilbara but just relocated back to Perth for kids schooling and wife's work relocation.
Would love a bit more time off but massive labour shortage is keeping my under the pump lately.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Skull
Posts: 630
Date Joined: 03/01/12
Retired but
Retired but not always enjoying it, I must say I miss working after having been in Underground Mining for 45 Years,
Have done some travel but for me there is no place like home WA.
Skull
Sea goat
Posts: 941
Date Joined: 26/03/17
Im a veterinarian, for abut
Im a veterinarian, for abut 20 years now. initially worked in the country doing mixed animal practice, but the after hours and horse owners were a nightmare ;) now city based doing companion animals. still get the occasioanl exotic pet to keep us on our toes.
other than that 2 kids under 4, fish when i can to keep me sane! unfortunately my trade doesnt lend much mechanical knowledge, so boat ownership has been a great learning experience!
Jackfrost80
Posts: 8050
Date Joined: 07/05/12
Was Daniel Kerr one of your
Was Daniel Kerr one of your patients?
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
Sea goat
Posts: 941
Date Joined: 26/03/17
hahaha !
davewillo
Posts: 2258
Date Joined: 08/09/16
I know his manager well and
I know his manager well and he always tried to tell me he was a misunderstood rogue. Turns out he was very wrong!
PGFC member and lure tragic
sea-kem
Posts: 14857
Date Joined: 30/11/09
Just like the vet in Better
Just like the vet in Better Call Saul lol
Love the West!
davewillo
Posts: 2258
Date Joined: 08/09/16
Haven't made it to there yet
Haven't made it to there yet Andy. Halfway through Breaking Bad and loving it!
PGFC member and lure tragic
sea-kem
Posts: 14857
Date Joined: 30/11/09
Just recently binged
Just recently binged breaking Bad and have literally just finished Saul. Mate they are as good as each other.
Love the West!
davewillo
Posts: 2258
Date Joined: 08/09/16
Yeah that's what I've heard
Yeah that's what I've heard Andy. The advice was to watch BB first even though Saul is a prequel.
PGFC member and lure tragic
sea-kem
Posts: 14857
Date Joined: 30/11/09
Yes absolutely as it ties in
Yes absolutely as it ties in with BB.
Love the West!
davewillo
Posts: 2258
Date Joined: 08/09/16
Wife's gone to Broome for a
Wife's gone to Broome for a girls pissup so I'll be bingeing Andy!
PGFC member and lure tragic
flangies
Posts: 2540
Date Joined: 11/05/08
Still doing oil & gas
Still doing oil & gas wireline but for a smaller company 3/3 roster which is great.
sea-kem
Posts: 14857
Date Joined: 30/11/09
Which company mate?
Which company mate?
Love the West!
flangies
Posts: 2540
Date Joined: 11/05/08
Was working for Schlumberger
Was working for Schlumberger (*spits on ground) but now working for mpc kinetic which are a decent mob to work for
sea-kem
Posts: 14857
Date Joined: 30/11/09
Lol did some work for them
Lol did some work for them years ago modifying baskets, mainly Halliburton now and Tek Ocean. Recently told Expro group to find someone else as they just don't pay.
Love the West!
eziliving
Posts: 865
Date Joined: 30/12/09
started of at HJ's for 2
started of at HJ's for 2 years after school wouldnt take me back.
then did a fibreglass traineeship building pools and boats for 3-4 years
wild flower picking for a year
labourer to project/contracts manager in the civil construction industry for 16 years doing underground service installation and culvert installations at wheatstone and various minesites.
got into business with best mate doing underground service installation in Port Hedland. that ended after 4 years due to bad habits. (tip for others dont going into business with mates and if you do make sure you have a rock solid agreement drawn up by a professional.)
started up my own business doing the same thing and working on Rio Rail. I have been been going now for 7 years and just using subbies with ABN now. Worked from Fitzroy crossing to Eucla to the Great Victorian Desert.
Get busy living, or get busy dying!
Gadsy
Posts: 1467
Date Joined: 01/05/10
Health and safety coordinator
Though sort of semi retired since last Nov and gold prospecting the rest of the time atm
scottland
Posts: 3031
Date Joined: 10/05/10
Shoutdown
I am a shutdown supervisor in the Pilbara sandpits challenging new role but loving it after doing on the tools maintenance for 8 years the 8n6 roster is a bonus.
i support two teams eagles and whoever is playing the dockers
KalSteve
Posts: 33
Date Joined: 06/12/16
Geo DBA
Geology Database Admin. Have been working mainly in gold for the last 25 odd years. Had a short stint in copper about ten years ago and having another go now.