What Do You Do?

[Guest Ian Marr]

Work in Children & Young Peoples Service now, but have been a quarry manager, road surfacing contractor, dabbled in explosives, ready mixed mortar, worked in a brewery, sold (sorry - tried to sell) weighbridges and bullet-proof screens, delivered milk and taught shot-firing and blast design to Jamaicans and the Irish.

 

Also a retained crew manager for North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service.

 

Variety is the spice of life!

[Guest sparks]

Went to college, got A levels, left college unemployed for six months.

 

First job in buying office for office seating manufacturer,

Second job purchase ledger clerk for same office seating manufacturer

Third job trainee Chartered certified accountant

Fourth job still training to be Chartered certified accountant

Qualified in 1998 and now shareholder in firm

 

And building a hoodie I must be certified as well

 

Mark

[Guest erichetherington]

Was, many moons ago, a Leyland qualified technition.

Then went to work for Social Services for 13 years dealing with aids (ie equipment before it became a desease) and adaptations for the disabled.

Moved to private sector selling equipment for the disabled over 20 years ago and still doing it, although I now specialise in Moving and Handling people. Support all dangerous sports etc. as they create my customers, wife hates me saying that but it is tongue firmly in cheek!

[Jez Morton]

Wire harness design engineer (mostly CAD) at a well known sports car manufacturer working on something special, and previously at a well know luxury car maker.

 

Jez

[fry61]

Self-employed kindling wood manufacturer & sales-boy, paper round with W.H.Smith, evening parcel delivery for W.H.S. , 5 year apprentiseship electrician,then self-employed spark for 8 years,taught at local tech. college, owned & ran tool shop for 26 years (took time out to gain PPL Balloons) sold business & now retired & enjoying non-stop playing (how did we ever find the time to work)

[chris n]

Spent the last 25 years working as an HGV panel beating, fabricator, welder, estimator and paint sprayer (but only do the spraying when I have to )

[Guest boggybogstar]

Been with BT 27 years, currently a Product Manager for "Local Loop Unbundling" in Openreach - simply put supplying broadband to the providers you lot moan about all the time !!

[steve in stockport]

Trumpton..... as Big Jim would put it!

 

Watch Commander with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, just started my 22nd year and in one day, one hour and fifteen minutes I'll only have 107 paydays left to go not that I'm counting cos I don't like it, I love my job, but when I got to 20 years I thought oohh only 120 paydays left and have been ticking them off since.

Been a Breathing Apparatus Instructor for the past ten years, that's making sure the Firefighters come safely out of the smoke and flame filled buildings, and also a Road Traffic Collision Instructor, thats how to rescue people from them, not how to cause them.

 

Before that 7 years as a fabrication engineer, and before that 2 years as a warehouse manager for a supermarket.

 

Steve

[Guest Ian & Carole]

120 paydays

 

only 10 years

[Tazzzzman1]

Time served as fitter toolmaker on tobacco equipment. Spent the past 25 years in electronics manufacturing and am now just started as a Supplier development manager for electronics automotive company (we make all the fancy switch's and stuff in cars...). At the moment lots of time spent in airports (last week in 2 days 8 airports!). Need to find some suppliers in warm places to visit...brrrrrrrr!

[Guest Getting There]

Hi

 

Work as an engine tester, try to blow them up and if that fails try again and for a hobby at weekends drive HGV's for a compamy if they are busy.

 

Chris

[Guest Noddy006]

7 year in a sales office for ICI then 7 years in Insurance, Last 30 years a ratman(and other pests) - upto 1992 for various companies (but not the one you all think of) then started my own business. Trying to pass the work onto others now so that I can find time to play more. No way an engineer but have been trying to build a working steam loco, 5" guage for about 5 years but I am now distracted by the Sub K. Recently aquired a Moss Roadster (Left in a lock up for about 12 years by the previous owner so needs a complete strip down to the chassis and rebuild - just something extra to play with.)

Ian H

[Guest chris n's missus]

i'm mum to the whirling dervish known as Tasha, SWMBO to Chris N, wet nurse to 2 old and cantankarous moggies, environmental technician (housewife to you and me ) and in my spare time i work for a hardware and software solutions company as a materials executive.

[Guest RH CAT 7]

i am a electrician , started in engineering at a early age. into all electrical- mechanical- junk!

[Guest Neil.Pritchard]

Time served as coachbuilder for 12 years,building refridgerated lorrys. Time served in welding for 9 years, steel frame buildings and aluminium work.Now a workshop manger for a caravan dealer for the last 12 years .Have been into forestery rallying on the servicing side,have taken part in the RAC rally 1999,2000,2002.Now finishing of 2b plus,need to book IVA test. Asap.