Apprenticeship and trade

RAAF Electrical (Aircraft) Fitter Apprentice, Electronic Technican, Broadcast Engineering Officer and Woodturner.
Cheers
Barry

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Originally Posted by Zed

trained as a wanka, workong as a bullshyte artist

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Yer a politician?

Still working on Her Majesty's flying circus. Started as a radtech and now on all the queer trades (things with electrons).

RAAF as a rad tech then got a commission in logistics (called supply then).
Went to Uni got a BA in Photography Science stream, then BA in Psychology followed by MA and Phd, worked with villains for 20 years retired last year and back at work again.
Worked for myself for 12 years importing and manufacturing fishing gear, selling electronics, recently developing software and now selling it with hardware.
Beats having SWMBO nagging at me.

started as a kid doing paper delivery lad then a milk money collector, did building renovations for my tech studies teacher while in high school
after I left school got a job in a factory making eletric motors then trained as an industrial spray painter with the same mob for a bit then
print shop hand
storeman
deliverys for schweppes drinks
service station operator
sheet metal worker making averies
shi% kicker for holdens, but I had my own office
worked as a life guard at public swimming pool
truck tyre fitter,car tyre fitter,wheel alignment technician all the same mob
hurt my back playing indoor cricket 4 nights a week so had some time off then
transport/dock supervisor
truck driver
lab technician/delivery driver
garbo driver (more money :) )
air conditioning installer
air conditioner sales person
air conditioning contractor/ repairs/ sales, my own business
study building for a while
building works supervisor
and now only twenty five years to go :eek:

Boy! is there anyone left in the RAAF:D

I started my working life as;
Appr Cabinet Maker, (boss went broke, not my fault:(),
Banking & Finance,
Office Admin,
Financial modeller(retrenched:(),
Electricians Assistant(Retrenched:)),
Law Clerk,
Computer Tech & Programmer (retrenched after Y2K:mad:,
Viticulturist,
Farm Hand/Driver,
Builders labourer,
Aluminium frabicator,
Almost retired!;)

I have never lost the taste for wood!!

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Originally Posted by ivanavitch

now on all the queer trades

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Ya should of joined the Navy by the sounds of it.

Al :eek: :rolleyes:

Did my time as an apprentice brickie.

Did my time as an apprentice boiler maker 20 years later.

Now laying bricks and picking up crap.
Al :o

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Now laying bricks and picking up crap.

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Hey Al, there's plenty of crap out the back yard. Come around and get'em.

I must learn to poo in the toilet one day.

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Originally Posted by Grunt

Hey Al, there's plenty of crap out the back yard.

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Woodborer said that a few weeks ago :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by ozwinner

Did my time as an apprentice brickie.

Did my time as an apprentice boiler maker 20 years later.

Now laying bricks and picking up crap.

Al :o

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Are you picking up crap the to lay as bricks?

Electrical, Electronics, management, computers ( support of users)

did my time as an apprentice carpenter but now I'm an unemployed millionaire (the money is good if you can get work) :D

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Originally Posted by julianx

did my time as an apprentice carpenter but now I'm an unemployed millionaire (the money is good if you can get work) :D

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If you want do Work For The Dole I have some vacancies coming up soon