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Reply to Dan Graves and anyone interested.

 

CAD Draughting.

I have been a draughtsman since doing a four year apprenticeship in the early seventies. We used pencils in those days! Worked for twenty years as a freelance contract draughtsman all over Europe (But that's another XXX story, Auf Widesen Pet was tame in comparison). I manage a draughting agency now. :boohoo:

 

My advice is to take a portfolio of your CAD work around the agencies. If they like your work YOUR IN. :D

 

As an example:-There are millions of paper drawings requiring transfer to AutoCAD. :D

 

I struggle to find good CAD draughters. Very few candidates have got a clue about engineering. :blink: If someone who had built a Robin Hood and could use AutoCad came to me for a job I'd do my best to get them a start. Hourly rates in the North East are about £13+. 3D PDMS £22+. AutoCAD copying £7+

 

Rates vary around the country.

 

The average age of a Draughtsman today is 55. My Drawing office office looks like an old peoples nursing home, smells like one too. :D

 

I hope this helps someone in RHOCaR get into CAD. B)

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Guest lardy-fatboy

Im a fitter by trade (railways) choo choo!

5 years as an apprentice i can now make a perfect cuppa.

7 more years of drinking what the new apprentices have made,then got bored took the money and ran (redundo) now in timber engineering making houses-flats and so on. ;)

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I am a Audio Visual Installation Engineer, Put up LCD projectors and Plasma Screens in boardrooms, Universities and for the RAF briefing rooms and occasionally some rich buggers home cinema, It has its moments but you are rarely at home, Furthest i have been is two weeks in the Falkland Islands (hell)

Bugsy

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Guest Charles B

Had a happy few years with Turbo Technics building turbo systems, Then ran my auto-electricians business in Birmingham for about ten years- good fun, but never made any money- not ruthless enough. Sold up and now work as Group project engineer for Greggs Bakeries. Great safe job, every body has to eat! would highly recommend them. We make the best pasties as well....

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:) well im a automotive engineer spent time working at fords reserch centre basildon,then automobile assosiation,now work on car transporters,and im training to become an advanced driving instructor(hard work)
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Guest Captain Daz

I'm a Civil Airline Pilot.

 

OK so it sounds posh but I come from an average background (Dad was a Copper and Mum worked in a clothes shop).

 

I always wanted to be an astronaut but didn't think I'd make the grade. Had the same idea about flying (ie not good enough, parents not rich) until I started to research the possibility.

 

At the age of 17 I applied for sponsored training. Got one of 150 places out of 15,000 applicants.

 

Trained, qualified then was promptly dropped due to Gulf war one and the reccession of the 90's. 3 1/2 years later I was offered a job flying 737's. Now I'm a Captain on 757 and 767 flying long and shorthaul from Heathrow.

 

Moral of the story: If you want to do something, go ahead and bloody well try. My friends laughed at me, my teachers laughed at me. My parents told me to do my best and if it was meant to be it would happen.

 

No one can tell you that you can't do something. Shoot for the stars and you may surprise yourself.

 

All the best with the career search.

 

Cheers

 

Daren

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mark mate,

it may seem a bit dumb (in not, honest :D ) but what sort of things are in the contract?

what they can and cant do during the construction?

what A levels do they have? or do you need to do a college course? (the apprentices at 18)

 

red 7,

what is CATIA?

out of the 13+22+7, how much is taken by the worker?

would i have to draw much by hand?

do you have any examples of your designs?

im restoring a hood, does that count? :p

 

nishka,

what sort of maths do you do?

does it matter than im not doing AS level maths (got an A at GCSE)

 

paul mercer,

what do you do in the building of prototypes? do you build the cars as in practically put them together? or design them? do you enjoy it?

 

grahem dale,

what would you do in your average day?

what sort of clerical stuff?

 

tim,

QS = Quantity Surveyer?...............YES (TIM)

 

swan junior,

which library? :D is there something amazingly complicated about libraries that im missing? :unsure:

 

paul thompson,

are there many jobs like that or would i have to wait until you retire? :p

do you do sell them from a catologue type thing or custom make them?

 

i enjoyed german but moved to a school that didnt teach it after about 6 months of it and iv always hated french..... got a b at gcse though (sumet bigs gone wrong sumwer but im keepin quiet :D )

 

jsillars,

what type of stuff are you doing at uni? (course related btw :p )

what type of jobs are available for civil engineers? :ph34r:

 

jetskijase,

company car......good

8:30 - 11:30 ......very good

but whats metalogy equipment? :rolleyes:

 

daren F,

often wondered about builder/electrician/plumber but always wondered how to get started?

 

bugsy,

sounds quite interesting, especially the home cinema, do you get to take things home? :D

is there many jobs like that? what qualifications?

dint mean to sound rude but is the pay good?

 

rizla,

i thought about being a driving instructor of some sort but thought id better pass my test first :rolleyes:

 

captain daz,

i wanted to be an astronaught too!

lol thanks :)

 

bloke,

what do you do in your average day?

 

wow thats a long post........

thanks for all the help guys :)

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This will probably be the last time anyone speaks to me; I'm a police superintendent. 24 years in the public service and proud of it. Varied job, plenty of diversity and pay is OK too! B)

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doctor fox,

 

the whole librarian thing was a bit of mystery to me too! I had loads of arguments with a librarian friend about why they needed a masters degree to put books back on a shelf and swipe them over that thing on the counter!

 

i didnt get too far into the library side of things but it seems that theres a lot of importance placed on information retrieval (getting the right info when its needed) and cataloging (knowing where to put it in the first place) the big money is in places like corporate legal libraries where they need accurate info on a massive amount of stuff quickly. i also heard that the one at the house of commons (reseraching stuff for M.P's) is on well over a hundred grand!!!!!

 

the reason wages have gone up so much is that if you beleive all the hype about living in the information age, its increasingly important to have someone who can find you the correct ino as quickly as possible.

 

 

 

paul

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Hello fella, i'm only just outa school well by about 4 years, my dads a construction manager and works with qs all the time and either way ur in the right business. I studied law history and philosophy at as level thinking it would help, but when i completed the 2 years my life changed, i didn't want the money although it helps i just wanted to enjoy what i do. i'm only 21 now so i'm still young, i left college and worked for worldwide (aka lantern recovery) and i built recovery trucks for 2 years and loved every moment of it, i know alot about engine's hydraulics and electrical components. Now however i work as a plant engineer for a large construction firm and specialise on the largest capacity plant vehicles we see in our country today. It pays really well to especially at my age so it wasn't what i studied for but just remember one thing no matter what u choose to do, or end up doing as long as u work hard at it ur achieve what ever you want in life.

ps u may never find a job u really want to do, but maybe u will it goes 2 ways in this life i'm afraid and take that from a 21 year old going on 52.

college got me no where in my career but my career put me where i am today and our first kid is due in july so i couldn't be happier.....

 

pps, sorry i babbled on

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Guest chris brown

Like Steve I also joined the RAF at 15 and must say I enjoyed my 40 years in avionics (radar comms nav aides etc) When I retired I changed tack completely and did 6 years as a MOT tester I now do odd days in various local garages working as a mechanic when they get too busy which usually means I work 1-3 days a week

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mark mate,

it may seem a bit dumb (in not, honest :D ) but what sort of things are in the contract?

what they can and cant do during the construction?

what A levels do they have? or do you need to do a college course? (the apprentices at 18)

 

nishka,

what sort of maths do you do?

does it matter than im not doing AS level maths (got an A at GCSE)

doc fox

I am sending this from Nishka's computer as I have come here to drink all his beer.

 

Construction contracts can take many forms from a one page simple contract to a large hundred page document. As you said the contract basically is a set of legal do's and dont's that are agreed before the construction process starts on site. ie. A set of legal agreements (cost of project, how long it will take to do, the parties to the contract etc.)

 

You can go to college to study quantity surveying at a degree level (you will need A levels for that), but you can also take the route that I did which was to go to a building college and study for OND / HND then professional qualifications CIOB (charted institute of builders) or institute of chartered surveyors.

 

If you contact your local large builders they may even be looking for trainee surveyors. Our trainee started with us straight from school and is studying on a part time basis at a local college.

 

You will need decent results in maths and english and have a technical mind (which you have as you are on here)

 

As previously said, you do not have to go directly to college to study you can study part time. Experience is just as important as qualifications.

 

If I can help in any way just get in touch.

 

Mark...

 

 

Nishka here

 

1st off Mark Mate is here to drink coffee not my beer before all the NW Hoody's come round for the rest of it!!!!!

 

What Maths do we do; we do degree level maths which sounds terrible but is actually quite easy if taught right, which it is at my uni UCLAN. I also do not have A-Level maths and have not found it too difficult - at least so far!!!

 

What you need for engineering is enthusiasm and a willingness to learn (for all disciplines) you will also require an ability to solve problems and think of solutions. (lateral thinking and Robin Hood building helps here)

 

Nishka

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my folks were in the raf like a few of you, nishka wahts HMS connexions then...

dr fox, you could go to collage an leave yr options open! see what life brings...

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