newbwelder
01-20-2006, 12:47 AM
Hey all. How's it going? Seems to be a lot of us newbs coming on here now ;-)
I just started into welding about 1.5 months ago. I'm currently in a basic MIG (GMAW) course at NAIT (Beginner) so I can have something on my resume for education until I get my apprentice.
Here is the whole story:
I have a MCSP Diploma from Grant MacEwan College. (MicroComputer Specialist Program) and I've worked for Telus for 3 years. The Telus strike came around and by the end of it I couldn't work with those scabs anymore so I quit wanting to go onto a different career path (as computers, there is no moeny in it unless you have $6k/year to upgrade school constantly. So I sent out the Resumes. (fun).
I was hired at a company in Nisku (called Harvest MFG Ltd [if you want their address so you can send hate mail, I can hook you up]) about Nov 15ish of last year. Everything was going well until they asked me to pump their septic tank into a ditch outside the shop (about 40 ft away) I'm like....What????:realmad: The forman guy (broken english) kept pestering me to do it so I went to one of the bosses (brothers) and asked him why they don't get a septic truck out there, he gave me some run around the bush like I'm a dumbass so I called Alberta Environment and setup and Inquiry. The other brother came up to me and asked me if I had a problem with this, I of course replied "Yup, and I've already made an inquiry to Alberta Environment". So he gave me some harsh F words and fired me right then (So this was December 21, I was going to quit anyways, it was nice to have Christmas off). So I wasn't to worried, I think it's time for a new paragraph.
January comes around and I've sent resumes to every place that is advertising in Edmonton and Nisku, a couple places replied wanting interviews, I went and no word. Remember, I've only got about a month of welding exp. So Jan 18 comes around (yes, 2 days ago) and I get hired onto a a shop that does pressure vessles. The only downside is you need your own tools and stuff. They don't even have tape measures to lend out... :-/ Not making that much money but you need to start somewhere :-D
That's my story, I'm glad to be here. Soon I want a little home job welder so I can make some small stuff at home, but I can't afford anything yet... :cry:
I just started into welding about 1.5 months ago. I'm currently in a basic MIG (GMAW) course at NAIT (Beginner) so I can have something on my resume for education until I get my apprentice.
Here is the whole story:
I have a MCSP Diploma from Grant MacEwan College. (MicroComputer Specialist Program) and I've worked for Telus for 3 years. The Telus strike came around and by the end of it I couldn't work with those scabs anymore so I quit wanting to go onto a different career path (as computers, there is no moeny in it unless you have $6k/year to upgrade school constantly. So I sent out the Resumes. (fun).
I was hired at a company in Nisku (called Harvest MFG Ltd [if you want their address so you can send hate mail, I can hook you up]) about Nov 15ish of last year. Everything was going well until they asked me to pump their septic tank into a ditch outside the shop (about 40 ft away) I'm like....What????:realmad: The forman guy (broken english) kept pestering me to do it so I went to one of the bosses (brothers) and asked him why they don't get a septic truck out there, he gave me some run around the bush like I'm a dumbass so I called Alberta Environment and setup and Inquiry. The other brother came up to me and asked me if I had a problem with this, I of course replied "Yup, and I've already made an inquiry to Alberta Environment". So he gave me some harsh F words and fired me right then (So this was December 21, I was going to quit anyways, it was nice to have Christmas off). So I wasn't to worried, I think it's time for a new paragraph.
January comes around and I've sent resumes to every place that is advertising in Edmonton and Nisku, a couple places replied wanting interviews, I went and no word. Remember, I've only got about a month of welding exp. So Jan 18 comes around (yes, 2 days ago) and I get hired onto a a shop that does pressure vessles. The only downside is you need your own tools and stuff. They don't even have tape measures to lend out... :-/ Not making that much money but you need to start somewhere :-D
That's my story, I'm glad to be here. Soon I want a little home job welder so I can make some small stuff at home, but I can't afford anything yet... :cry: