Job vacancy- engineering turning/boring

[Woz]

Anyone fancy a job? I could do with 1 maybe 2 people.

[Lou]

I can do boring..







(Oh, that's not actually what you mean, is it? :embarrassed

[Buoyant Babe]

Originally Posted by Lou

I can do boring..







(Oh, that's not actually what you mean, is it? :embarrassed

Dang, I was going to say that!

[Gram43]

I regularly take turns!!!

[jamesp]

I sacked one two weeks ago, you would be welcome to him.

Other than the fact he was F useless.
My last ad in the paper was for Two miller/ turners, one CNC setter operator and an operator. Pay between £8-£12 per hour depending upon position,39hours, no shifts days only.

I had one enthusiastic applicant who applied for a milling position who had done six weeks of general engineering in college before the plumbing course, and another who I ended up asking"do you know what a milling machine is?" the reply was "er yeah, its one of those machines you use to cut steel is`nt it?".
Several had less experience than that.

The setter operator we got had managed to get a 2.2 BEng in aeronautical engineering part time whilst working, but was very ropey on Fanuc (2axis lathe, milling was a no no and the 10axis citizen had him filling his pants). He promtly split with his missus, sold the house and left for his mates in Essex to drink his way through the equity. He lasted nearly six weeks with us.

The last apprentice we started made nearly ten weeks, when he handed his notice in he stated he was seeking a less demanding career. He was planning on joining the army????

One of my customers recently accused me of trying to poach his machine shop staff( they offered me the machine shop managers job often enough), He visably paled when I told him that of his five skilled men, three had sent me cv`s that week!(and 2 of the unskilled). I was trying to put them off!

I am turning away so much work at the moment it would make you cry, I could take three on tomorrow. Time to look at the Polish community I think.

Good luck.

[Sparky750]

I've found young lads don't want to work anymore let alone learn they want the £500 a day jobs straight away for doing feck all. I've come to the decision i will not take on apprentices any more it's far too much hassle and grief i've tried out 5 now the longest one lasted was 6 weeks before deciding it was far to much like hard work and he was too tired to hang around on the street corner with his mates after work. I've now got an old guy 59 i think he is a fitter by trade but was made redundant and really struggling to get work because of his age. He's fantastic never late does a good days work if he makes a mistake which we all do occasionally (obviously not me) he owns up to it instead of trying to hide it then denying he was even there and wants to learn how to avoid it next time. From now on this is the type of guy i'll be hiring he has paid for himself this year already with the quantity and quality of work he's put in he's got a big bonus coming at christmas (i've never felt i needed to pay someone extra before) . Fcuk the young scrotes keep your eyes out for older people who can't get work again because of age

[Air Guzzler]

The worst thing that ive found is that they complain about the things that we old guys took as the norm

Butty run ( if you were clever they payed for yours )

Chippy Run (same answer as above )

complain about brewing up ( nailed to floor boards ) but never did it again

Gave lip
Nailed to wall with boiler suite and pants down by ankles

given a clip round the ear for being late

given a good Boss Whiting if you used the same excus for being late

God i have a good apprentership as a plumber

[dry suit diver]

Originally Posted by Air Guzzler

The worst thing that ive found is that they complain about the things that we old guys took as the norm

Butty run ( if you were clever they payed for yours )

Chippy Run (same answer as above )

complain about brewing up ( nailed to floor boards ) but never did it again

Gave lip
Nailed to wall with boiler suite and pants down by ankles

given a clip round the ear for being late

given a good Boss Whiting if you used the same excus for being late

God i have a good apprentership as a plumber

define old

I am 35 and most of the above happened in the electrical apprenticeship I did-

chip and butty run was a good way of saving the pittance we got paid as apprentices.

brewing up meant a 20 minute skive.


no boss whiting but a Denso taping- the devils own jism to get rid of.

broomhandles through the overall sleeves was another good one we have used.

I beleive its called character building ( bullying by any other name really) but if you took it and got on without much complainiung youe were 'one of the lads'


we had an apprentice 7 years ago who we did this to and he took it like a man, the new lot whinge and complain of 'human rights'. feckin labour have a lot to answer for.



and yes I was bullied at school so I do understand.

[nigelH]

Ho Ho Ho.

I worked for the late Hitachi Seiki, can drive a Haas, most things with a Fanuc on the front, plus others although I hate Mazak CMS. I used to be able to drive a manual but that was a long time ago, think decades. You will find my signature in most of the (ex-Hitachi) Seiki Systems Ltd. software.

However these days I have a nice office and I hope to stay at the same desk with a nice view of the pier until I retire. I'm not going back on anybody's shop floor partly because I'm too expensive now.

I don't know anybody under 40 that seems to be able to cut metal. It seems to be a dieing art. I can't see why not because there's nothing really complex - just attention to detail.

[Air Guzzler]

Originally Posted by dry suit diver

define old

I am 35 and most of the above happened in the electrical apprenticeship I did-

chip and butty run was a good way of saving the pittance we got paid as apprentices.

brewing up meant a 20 minute skive.


no boss whiting but a Denso taping- the devils own jism to get rid of.

broomhandles through the overall sleeves was another good one we have used.

I beleive its called character building ( bullying by any other name really) but if you took it and got on without much complainiung youe were 'one of the lads'


we had an apprentice 7 years ago who we did this to and he took it like a man, the new lot whinge and complain of 'human rights'. feckin labour have a lot to answer for.



and yes I was bullied at school so I do understand.

As ive ran out of beer and cannot be arsed walking down the road Old is 42

i forgot the old Denso tape
the only cure was sand to remove that loveley gluey grease
best used on the sprogs on a hot sunny day when the rolls had been in the steel container for a while