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 Boozer
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 posted on January 15th, 2006 at 09:23 PM |
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AHHHHHHH! Start new job tomorrow!!! AHHHHH!!!
well i've finally quit my part time shit servo job and am starting my apprenticeship as an Auto Electrician tomorrow! Wooohooo! nervous but very
excited... plus i'm testing out my new computer (it's shit but it was cheap upgrades on it to come). i'm taking bets on how long it takes me to
make a battery explode...
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| posted on January 15th, 2006 at 09:27 PM |
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Four year apprentiship may sound like a long time, but if you really knuckle down and work hard you can do it in 3 years. Beauty of a trade is it
stays with you for life 
Even though I don't work as a panel beater anymore, doesn't mean I was one. I will alway be a anel eater. Whoops missed a couple of letters. 
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| posted on January 15th, 2006 at 09:44 PM |
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the place i'm starting at actually advertised for a person who had done a pre-apprenticeship course (which i'd just finished) so that my
apprenticeship is only 3 1/2 years as the TAFE course takes off six months.
THe MC Bat Commander's motto: "Never do now, what you could do for 24 hours straight, all night, the night before."
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| posted on January 15th, 2006 at 09:50 PM |
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Congrats ... maybe you an Kombi Kid can get togeather up the beach and tell each other how shit your boss's are :o
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| posted on January 15th, 2006 at 09:58 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Boozer
the place i'm starting at actually advertised for a person who had done a pre-apprenticeship course (which i'd just finished) so that my
apprenticeship is only 3 1/2 years as the TAFE course takes off six months.
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congrats on the new job ,i as well did one of them 23yrs ago as a fitter,the best way to go if you cant get an apprenticeship first off,gets your foot
in doors where you wouldnt be able too:thumb
and yes i`m still a fitter:bounce
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| posted on January 15th, 2006 at 10:11 PM |
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2 words of advice, " pos (+) & neg(-). Know these and you'll be right.
Good luck champ.
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| posted on January 15th, 2006 at 11:48 PM |
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better advice, touch that cable....
did you feel anything?... No....
Good then dont touch that other F****R that one will kill you, more related to industrial style stuff tho, still funny imho
congrats on the job tho, i start my apprenticeship in 2 weeks also, best of luck!
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| posted on January 15th, 2006 at 11:52 PM |
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i wonder if you can test a car battery the same way as a 9 volt...
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| posted on January 16th, 2006 at 12:03 AM |
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i wonder if you can test a car battery the same way as a 9 volt...
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hot damn fishman the chicks must LOOOOOOOOOVE you!
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| posted on January 16th, 2006 at 12:27 AM |
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Well done. Don't fall for the corny tricks they will play on you as a new apprentice. Otherwise for 3 1/2 years it's your back to the plough, your
shoulder to the wheel and your nose to the grindstone.
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| posted on January 16th, 2006 at 07:39 AM |
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Congrats Lee,
Now the hard work starts.
Does this mean we get to see you at the club meeting now?
We all miss your smiling face at them.
Kathy & Marc
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| posted on January 16th, 2006 at 07:49 AM |
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Well done.
2 things I wish I could do:
1. understand auto electrics better
2. panel beat/weld
You'll be an expert in auto electrics then
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| posted on January 16th, 2006 at 08:28 AM |
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Enjoy your apprenticeship years, stick with it and learn as much as you can. With the way our Fed Gov is changing the system TAFE Colleges will be a
thing of the past.
Apprenticeships will soon be only 3 years duration and 2 years TAFE!
I'm one of "Pods" Fitter/Machinist/Toolmaker tradies but with an extra 20 years on it!! Certainly helps build/maintain our beloved VWs if you have
some trade background whether it's electrical or mechanical.
If some simple machine tools, eg lathe, milling machine, can be obtained over the years you can save a mint on your engines etc by doing most of the
work yourself.
Regards from a grumpy old Toolmaker!
PS. Yes I do know about the TAFE system in NSW............ have worked for them for 25 years!!!
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| posted on January 16th, 2006 at 09:27 AM |
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well done boozer, a trade in my opinion is the only way to go, I am doing my second apprenticeship first was in cooking and did that job for 12 years
and now i am a 4th year aviation engineering apprentice. And always heed the advice of old tradies they may keep talking about the old days but
these guys know their shit. Good luck with the apprenticeship. Cheers Damo.
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| posted on January 16th, 2006 at 09:35 AM |
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Congrats Boozer,,
Will have some work for you when you've done - bloody dual battery systems!!!
Oh yeah,, watch out for initiations,, will be a SHOCKING experience!! Dont know how things are CURRENTLY, but back in my day apprenteships were pretty
scarey.. Anyway I'm sure your AMPED up and ready to CHARGE...
Dave
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| posted on January 16th, 2006 at 12:27 PM |
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Well done boozer - you just have to remember to stay POSITIVE, try and RESIST the urge to give up due to average pay. You'll be able to POWER through
the next 3 1/2 years at which time you'll have a qualification behind your name, not to mention being SWITCHED on to all things autoelectrical. Just
keep your feet on the GROUND and you'll have the trade WIRED in no time.
 
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| posted on January 16th, 2006 at 07:01 PM |
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Quick everyone get an apprentice now while they still know everything!
Click the Beetle
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| posted on January 16th, 2006 at 08:13 PM |
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thanks guys! had a great day today pulling apart and cleaning up 50+ year old aircraft starters to be used as anchor winches on boats. Yeah i have my
life back now so i will be at meetings. Hooray! I don't think there'll be much "initiation" shit as this place seems pretty laid back and cool.
I'm not worried. piece of piss.:P
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| posted on January 20th, 2006 at 10:51 PM |
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did they measure your 'fuse' or test it at the interview??
life back = exboozer ??
all the best.
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