just seen this thread...im a senior motor technician for renault in adelaide (only 2 renault dealerships in south australia) and as from october will be trained to become master tech for renault

pommie

Update on the uni
 

ok results day, and as much as ive been lookin forward to this i was really nervous loggin in, went on facebook and had seen other ppl had there places so logged on to UCAS, and it seems that im goin to be a student for the next 3-4 years

I'm a carbide metallurgist. My everyday job is basically quality control, with the occasional customer investigation. I studied ONC science, HNC and then degree level materials engineering. So I have a BEng degree (admittedly a mere 2.2, but my excuse is that I was also working 40 hours plus as QA Metallurgist for the final year and a bit.

My field is very specialised, so much so that in 4 years at uni, we did only a couple of weeks of powder metallurgy, and I knew more than the bloke trying to teach us.... In the first lecture I had cause to question him, I explained I was already a powder metallurgist, and he didn't speak to me again.

I have a 'personal' interest in the field of corrosion studies which stems from years of Land Rover ownership.

I also did a NEBOSH general certificate in Health and Safety, as I began to develope an interest during studying nuclear processes at Uni, and then again during some supervisor management studies.

i'm a bus driver, great job if it wasn't for all the passengers and stops and other traffic on the road (bikes exempt)
we aren't all as bad as we,re painted to be ha.

Done a few different things since leaving school but ignoring the odd paper round or two it goes like this;

6 months - architectural technician
12 years - cartographer for military survey
12 years - university lecturer in mapping science and waste management
8 years - waste manager for local government and private industry

.....so there you have it, currently looking after the planet and all the crap you lot throw away :laughing8:

Along the way I've managed to bag a few qualifications including;

HND in Cartography and Surveying
BSc (Hons) in Built Environment (1st class)
MSc in Waste Management (Distinction)

The upshot is that I'm definately as old as you think I am but not nearly as clever as the qualifications might suggest !!!!:009:

Spent 20 years in the motor trade as mechanic, working mainly on cars & LGV's. Working as a Paramedic for the last 7 years - been to some nasty jobs involving bikers, still keep swinging my leg over the XTX though! http://www.xt660.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

I'm a technical support engineer.

I help IT administrator having problem with their SAN/NAS storage.

I'm an Intake Officer for a large poultry processing firm. I check incoming raw material against specification, log data, issue non-conformances etc. Boring and it's always cold but it keeps the roof over my head and my ass on the XT! I also make a bit of money on the side drumming with the rock band I'm in or various wedding bands.

T.

Hi All.

I've been in IT Security for nearly 20 years, stopping people from hacking into networks and then catching people that have. I also manage the team that monitors all user access and internet browsing, which means I get to help HR sack people for browsing or accessing things that they are not allowed to do. (You wouldn't believe what some people browse when they are meant to be at work)

Currently I work for a rather large Telecoms company that had the slogan "Making the most of now" and sponsors a very well known Grand Prix team.
Previously I worked for the government catching the Civil Serpents from doing things that they shouldn't have.

The short answer is I test drugs for a living.

But sometimes that just gets me funny looks and an assumption that I'ma drug fueled fiend.

So the long answer is, after doing a BTEC ND in Science I've pretty much had a career in Quality Control. I've worked in a few industries
Tannery
Oil blending plant
Uranium refinery
Pharmaceuticals

I've worked the past 11 years in the pharmaceutical industry. I've enjoyed it and get satisfaction that I'm helping make sure the medicine people rely on is up to standard. In the past couple of years especially my job has migrated to making sure that we are making the best use of computerized systems we have in the lab. I'm currently involved with the installation and validation of a database that should record most activities and results in the labs.

It's interesting now but I can see it getting boring after it's all implemented and becomes routine, I'll worry about that then though.