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    electrical and electronics engineer
    mechanical engineer
    design off grid electrical and water systems

    and do some damn fine car interior mods and flocking

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
    Who for in north Wales.
    Edge Transport - Palletline, we do Palletline and Haz chem into North Wales and the Wirral

    and no... no cold stuff for us

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    Panel beater for a small bodyshop in Tewkesbury been there 2 years but previously spent nearly 7 at a Mazda, merc, Toyota and Suzuki bodyshop

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    i work for a company called arnold clark as a driver/valeter ....i pick up cars from other branch's ...also deliver cars to customers ...valeting wise i just was the cars on the forecoart ...minimal wage ...but it pays the bills ...job at the end of the day

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bass J View Post
    i work for a company called arnold clark as a driver/valeter ....i pick up cars from other branch's ...also deliver cars to customers ...valeting wise i just was the cars on the forecoart ...minimal wage ...but it pays the bills ...job at the end of the day
    brought my car from a guy that worked as the same as you in arnold clark jezz was the car clean got a good price on the car also

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    Worked at Renault as a mechanic for ten years , was a senior tech for a few years then bailed to the oil industry , been an field engineer for the past 4+ years , travelling around the world watching people drill big holes in the ground, sounds exciting but I work alone so can be very lonely at times , Been to some good and bad locations but we moan and think we have it bad , TRUST ME ! we don`t .
    Last edited by greggtt; 25-02-2013 at 05:04.

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    I'm a mother ****in hustler, and service advisor for peugeot

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    I currently work full time as a laptop engineer & graphic designer for a Samsung service centre and part-time in an aquatic store as a tropical/marine fish salesman.

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    Quote Originally Posted by greggtt View Post
    Worked at Renault as a mechanic for ten years , was a senior tech for a few years then bailed to the oil industry , been an field engineer for the past 4+ years , travelling around the world watching people drill big holes in the ground, sounds exciting but I work alone so can be very lonely at times , Been to some good and bad locations but we moan and think we have it bad , TRUST ME ! we don`t .
    Worked for renault as paint sprayer/panel beater for ten years.Still do it on my time off. Now work in oil industry as a driller "drilling big holes". In china at moment totally agree with your statement.

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    Quote Originally Posted by greggtt View Post
    Worked at Renault as a mechanic for ten years , was a senior tech for a few years then bailed to the oil industry , been an field engineer for the past 4+ years , travelling around the world watching people drill big holes in the ground, sounds exciting but I work alone so can be very lonely at times , Been to some good and bad locations but we moan and think we have it bad , TRUST ME ! we don`t .
    Giz a job, I work with Ultrasonic NDT

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    Diver/Off-shore Scaffolder-just finished up 6 years in Angola
    Now venturing into the world of Diving for scallops

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    Alarm / CCTV installer.

    Also automate gates,

    Abit of networking aswell.
    Last edited by gardner51; 26-02-2013 at 19:52.

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    Work for BAE global combat munitions as the site based electrical manager.

    My office window looks down the range through bullet proof glass, watching 7.62 GPMG tracers all day!

    It sounds ace but its H&S red tape land full of point dexter ba honours "intellectuals"

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    Harringtonbuilders.co.uk

    That's me.

    Nowhere near as fun/glamourus as some of you guys.

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    I`m a manager for a drylining company in London

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    This is my website, I know it's not an RTOC thing so I don't feel like I'm just advertising

    http://detailr.wix.com/detailr

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    Precision Engineer for a R&D part of a company...

    Do everything from start to finish...(idea to there you go)

    also now moving into prototype work for R5 Turbo's...lol

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    well! lol im a security guard at longleat safari park.
    and i love my job.

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    do you keep people out.... or animals in?

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    Quote Originally Posted by smithyr5gt View Post
    well! lol im a security guard at longleat safari park.
    and i love my job.
    Oooooh staff discount? Iv always wanted Togo with my daughter

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    i get fee tickets mate. only 6 but thats quite a bit of cash saved.
    if you want 2 i can arange it. but you will have to say your family lol

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    im a cnc programmer/setter/operator for a small wax mould tool company in cradley heath. apparently lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
    Getting out was the best thing I ever did, back to back tours, rubbish wages etc. what's the point.
    I now drive petrol tankers. It's for winners.
    Same as Alan. 12 years as an Army Rlc driver. It really is crap pay and lifestyle. Getting out defo a good idea.
    Now driving a fuel Tanker around north Wales, Cheshire. Wirral, staffs. At same company as Alan.

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    define crap pay?

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    I was getting Around 1400-1500 a month after tax. They also bill you for anything they like you don't get a say in what they deduct from your pay.
    No overtime pay either You could work crimbo day and still get the same.
    Not worth it for the bull **** you have to go through every day.
    Great if your single with no kids and just wanna get pissed every day.

    Army housing is cheap though compared to civilian market.
    you would get a bonus on an operational tour.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sparkie View Post
    define crap pay?

    Dont think there is a job out there thats not crap pay, so my definition would be
    Crap pay = A job

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sparkie View Post
    define crap pay?

    ask ashley cole when he went from arsenal to chelsea money issuses i guess,or even lewis hamalton from mclaren to mercedesnot crap pay cash in hand

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    Offshore rope access NDT tech, been offshore Via Aberdeen for the past 7 years!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tony Walker View Post
    Dont think there is a job out there thats not crap pay, so my definition would be
    Crap pay = A job
    i'd say £1400- £1500 is quite good pay.
    But then again, working in the notoriously badly paid car parts distribution trade for 12 years and still not getting anywhere near £1400, maybe i'm just bitter.

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    I work with a gp who moaned about how much he go paid for working a night shift over a bank holiday (£1200 that night)... He didn't even work they much that night... I earned around £120 for the night Aswell.. But managed a 6 hour kip )

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    GP's always plead poverty.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sparkie View Post
    GP's always plead poverty.
    Only met one who says he is over paid... Reckoned last year earned £330k... Althought alot if tax paid

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    Quote Originally Posted by Penfold aka The Dealer View Post
    Only met one who says he is over paid... Reckoned last year earned £330k... Althought alot if tax paid
    Grrrr - tax
    I was taxed 1000 pound this month

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
    Grrrr - tax
    I was taxed 1000 pound this month
    nothing worse than getting hammered on tax I pay 40% hate it!!! :

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    I think Doctors are worth every penny of what they earn. Can't put a price on saving a life.

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    I'm a fabricator welder. Just set up my own business working in a small unit and lots of site work. Just started doing abit of custom work stainless and aluminium on cars. exhausts, cages , intercooler piping.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sparkie View Post
    i'd say £1400- £1500 is quite good pay.
    But then again, working in the notoriously badly paid car parts distribution trade for 12 years and still not getting anywhere near £1400, maybe i'm just bitter.
    At least your employers don't ask you to risk your life, or take the lives of strangers then cut you off or make you redubdant to deal with what you've seen & done! I'd take a smaller pay check over service any day!

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    Panel beater since i started working that was 14 years ago.

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    Facilities Operative @ Hunterston B Power Station for Balfour Beatty. Actually enjoy it haha everydays different so get a chance to do all types of work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alistair Gresty View Post
    risk your life, or take the lives of strangers then cut you off or make you redubdant to deal with what you've seen & done!
    that's where the big bucks lie.
    Potential Death situation ( of yourself or others ) does seem to grow proportionally with wage.
    although, like most jobs we end up doing, it was a choice when we first started and were naive - hindsight is a wonderful thing.

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    I work in the security industry as a contracts support manager,I look after the rich and famous in and around the Surrey and hampshire boarders..best thing is with the job I get to see inside all the huge 15 bedroom mansions with 10 car garages full of italians

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    during the week i'm working for a toro dealership on commercial mowers for golf clubs and landscapers and a race mechanic at weekends for the boss

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    IM TiGER WOODS..........................
    oh hang on a minute, try again.
    Firefighter, and of course a property maintenance man
    hideous plug ldmaintenance@btinternet.com hahahahahahahahahahaha

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    New poster! (less than 10 posts)

    Stone Masonry, heritage specific and dry stone walling. Coppicing apprenticeship next year if my wife will allow me..

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    Im a service engineer for Fettes & Rankine in aberdeen, we deal with mechanical work, servicing on marine and plant machines and do overhauls on Anchor winches on OIl platforms. Decent job and you get around abit. Keepa the 5 on the road anyway lol

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    im a street lighting engineer and electritian / electrical installer. spend days in holes or up in the air. as well as rainy day work looking at a computer screen wondering why things are not working
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    As of 3rd June I am the main MOT tester for Audi in Leeds, if you see an R8 in Leeds centre give me a wave

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    New poster! (less than 10 posts)

    i run a tattoo shop

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    I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bull****. For those ten seconds or less, I'm free.


    Also an IT Consultant / Manager for 3 Large Shopping Television channels In London - yes i suck Satan's cock!

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