What Do You Do for a Living???

rberq wrote:

PC 12-47E wrote:I work for the oldest Yacht / Ship Builder in the USA.

Sounds fascinating. Do you ever build the same boat twice, or is every one a custom one-of-a-kind project?

Most of the Yachts are one offs but the prodject we are building now is very close to the last yacht we built.

This youtube video is of a tender we built for a 250' "Mother Ship". The tender is about 34' long and is small for what we usually build. It does show the Quality of the work...

Pretty sweet my friend. Almost reminds me of my jon-boat after I wired in the 8 track I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself. Again, you build a real sweet boat.

Maybe MA will start buying those to give to welfare recipients, you know, to "help".

I'm just one lotto ticket away from my ass being planted in one of those.

The "limo" version...
I guess "Tender" is relative...
One of the Yachts going thru the CC Canal was pulling a 38' 'Tender' with triple outboards...
And the mother ship was only 150'...
Yours look to be much more refined...
Too bad Kerry did not purchase locally...

CapeCoaler wrote: Too bad Kerry did not purchase locally...

Or moor it locally.

He parks it here because we don't tax big boats.

PC 12-47E wrote:I work for the oldest Yacht / Ship Builder in the USA. The company first started building boats and ships in 1816. My job is in high tech composite Yacht construction. Lots of carbon fiber, epoxy and vaccum bagging. I wish I could go into more detail but we have to sign a confidentiality clause.... Anyway... the boats, Yachts and Ships that we build are cutting edge technology and extremely high quality.

http://www.hodgdonyachts.com/

I used to work for christensen Yachts...

I am currently in my favorite occupation of my working career. I'm retired. Early in my working life I had been an auto mechanic, and marine mechanic. Then taught Industrial Arts in a high school. I finished my working life with a jobs training program for the county. I have often had sideline jobs working out of my own shop, doing mechanical work, and auto body and frame (unibody) repair.

Now I can play at my hobby of doing woodworking using antique hand tools.

grizzly2 wrote: Early in my working life I had been , and marine mechanic.

Well god bless you, I hate working on my own boat, let alone someone elses. I still have black and blue marks on my arms and chest from trying to get the water pipe plugs out of a mercruiser 350. Now I see why a friend told me to look for an outboard motor. The marine mechanics earn their money !!!

I was employed by what is now largest industrial gas company in the world, 2nd largest back in the day when I was employed. Worked there from 1980 till 2007. I started when it was know as the Air Reduction Company (Airco) in a small shop on Front St in Philly learning how to repair electric welding equipment and some small cryogenic tank install. Moved into the industrial side of the business in '85 and held a field service tech position until 2002. I made the *deal with the devil* in '02, took an office job and was laid off in 2007. Since then I've worked 4 jobs and still trying to find my niche once again. Currently working for a local HVAC company as a field tech repairing residential AC units and restaurant walk-ins & reach ins cooler/freezer boxes. I have an interview with a cryogenic equipment company next Monday. We'll see how that goes.

I do know one thing, finding a service technician job is not hard at all if you know how to search. It seems there is a shortage of quality and experienced guys wanting to work with hands, tools and meters especially in the HVAC trades. Too many kids go to college wanting office jobs. Immigrants from the south have little technical skills. But now I am getting way off topic.

Hope you are right! I graduate HVACR school 3/2013!

I work for Red Bull energy Drink. I love it! Best job I ever had. There is nothing like going to work when It doesnt feel like work!

jpete wrote:Hope you are right! I graduate HVACR school 3/2013!

With your background and your smarts I am sure you will be one of the good ones. It will take a little while to familiarize yourself with all the different types of installations and machines.

jpete wrote:Hope you are right! I graduate HVACR school 3/2013!

Are you schooling at home via internet or at a tech school? How long is the entire program? Are you a member of the HVAC -Talk forum? Lots of great info there. Nothing like hands on experience. Are you in the field now?

Cap wrote:

jpete wrote:Hope you are right! I graduate HVACR school 3/2013!

Are you schooling at home via internet or at a tech school? How long is the entire program? Are you a member of the HVAC -Talk forum? Lots of great info there. Nothing like hands on experience. Are you in the field now?

Not in the field now. Going to New England Institute of Technology now. Started in August and took my math and English required for the Assoc. degree. Taking "Basic Refrigeration" and "Basic Electricity" now. I'll do residential A/C next then heating in the 3rd semester. Total course is about 18 months.

Scheduled to graduate in March of 2013.

The school is "hand on" enough that I am able to skip over my apprenticeship and take my journeyman pipe fitter test right out of school so I should be able to get a decent job right away. My lab instructor has his own business and has said that he sometimes hire students so I have at least one lead there.

And my mother's husband is a supervisor with National Refrigeration so I have a good shot at that too.

I am the Parts Supervisor/Planner buyer of the maintenance dept in a pharmaceutical plant. I have 33 years with the company.
We make a little bit of everything. http://www.sheffield-products.com/