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Niko:
--- Quote from: mike the bike on June 03, 2017, 10:13:02 AM ---I started off s a TV repairman then went sideways into fruit machines and jukeboxes. Lost my job then despatch riding for a bit, then learned carpentry and joinery. Helped rebuild the Norwegian Church in Cardiff Bay. Work went slack so I repaired domestic appliances for the next 15. Fell off a ladder and broke my back and got retired off. Went to uni and qualified as a design and technology teacher. No jobs except supply work. Went back to fixing stuff - commercial dishwashers. Struggling now because of the back injury so I'm training to be an ADI. Having done my IAM tests on a bike, car and a minibus, and the teaching degree, teaching people to drive is the way forwards. Just waiting for my ADI number from DVSA so I can do my part one.
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Very versatile....good luck to you with the adi
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Niko:
I've always been involved with manufacturing management, improvement and training. Worked as a change consultant in automotive and aerospace companies up and down the uk for 7 years...but 70,000 miles a year and living in hotels isn't much fun.
Worked at rolls and Bentley...which I liked. Now I work for an engineering company that specialises in sheet metal and precision machining 7 miles from home.
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Bryanj:
Merchant navy engineer apprentice from 70-74 stayed in for another year found i didn't enjoy Vietnam in 75(still shooting) with 400 ton of liquid propane in a tank on the foredeck. Came to land and worked on infernal combustion engines ranging from mm to meter bore and MOT tester till became a technician at Stroud college on motor vehicle/construction plant, was off work for 6 months with severe dermatitis(stay away from safety clean and brake/hydraulic fluid folks) and for the past 20 odd years been piloting 44 toners around at nights and fixing Honda's when time alows
Honda Al:
If I have half the experience that you guys have when I retire, I'll be a fortunate man.
At only 36, I'm probably only half way to retirement unless I win the lottery. I stayed on in college not really having an idea of what I wanted to do, took a part time job in a pharmacy as the 'Saturday boy' whilst trying to decide, and found myself enjoying the work there. Trained as a pharmacy technician and found myself in a training roll for a company that took me around Kent and East Sussex. The company was bought out by Boots (hate them) and I stayed on for a year before working in the NHS.
Still in the Pharmacy Dept., but started to work at a ward level speaking with patients, doctors, nursing staff etc. about medication, prescribing, etc and eventually managed the team of people that did it. After a few years switched to mainly dispensary management and now manage two pharmacy dispensaries across two hospitals.
Not sure of the next big step/move yet. Kids are young, the job is local, and it pays the bills so for the moment it suits.
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mike the bike:
--- Quote from: Bryanj on June 03, 2017, 05:48:47 PM --- severe dermatitis(stay away from safety clean and brake/hydraulic fluid folks)
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I know Arial / Persil / Daz is good for cleaning hands after doing washing machine bearing changes but now I'm allergic to bleach. That's why so many mechanics wear rubber gloves these days.
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