Well left school at 15, got and trade as an apprentice electrician now wait to do my ticket to qualify as an electrician. Then start making my millions.

Gavin

Work at a private rescue company that operates ambulance and firedeparment services throughout Denmark. It's called Falck (falcon in danish).

My particular job involves dispatching of ambulances and fire trucks. I operate 32 different firedepartments as well as 20 ambulance/rescue stations in the middle region of Denmark. Sounds like a big mouthfull, but it realy isn't that hard once you get the hang of it.

Needless to say, the job can get very frantic on occasions where several accidents/fires happen at the same time in different areas, but a nightshift can also be extremely dull when nothing is happening (this is usually the time when I author some silly question for Kev to answer). I work 12 hour shifts, night or day time, which means that I am just as likely to be off duty on a Sunday as a Tuesday. Which suits my lifestile just fine. I just love comming home from a nightshift on a drizzling Monday morning and watching everyone else hustle off to work, and crawl under the covers to sleep my day away :).

god why
 

machine engineer by trade but many years working on bikes as a hoby decided to do it for a living mainly vespas and scooters mostly restoring and rebuilding 60s 70s vespas and lambretas biggest bunch of moaning midle aged men youd ever meet fecking mods :incon_aargh[1]:

I am a web developer. I work for a web design company in Patras, Greece Ionian Technologies . My personal website is thenetprogrammer.com.
It is a very interesting job and it is my hobby too since i was a student (electrical engineer).
I like it because i have to keep up with new programming techniques and computer languages so it never gets boring.

I was a decorator for 23 years but gave it up due to the stress levels. I'm now working for a company that makes diesel engine parts. Currently pressure-testing injector headers. Very boring but very stress free (I have to keep telling myself that)

BORING,BORING,BORING, ROOFING. After 20 odd years it would be.

A day in the life of a Port Captain...
 

This is when the ship approaches the lock in Tilbury docks, with two tugs one fore the other aft

Communication starts with the sea pilot exchanging radio messages with the lock pilot. I am then in radio contact with the ship's master who keeps me informed with his current draught (the depth below the water line) We then check the tide is suitable for the draft and radio the lock pilot to be on
stand-by.

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The tugs help turning the ship towards the lock entrance
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And then the ship is proceeding into the lock.
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At this point the first line is thrown ashore and the ship is made fast into the lock before the lock doors are shut and the water level is raised.
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At this time the sea pilot disembark while myself and the lock pilot board the ship via the pilot door.

We then proceed to the bridge
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and we take position in our respective places to monitor the ship instruments while the pilot actually steer the ship and directs the engine room.
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At this point we instruct the lock master and the tugs to take us out of the lock and spin the ship portside so that we can lay the main ramp on the quay.
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Well mate,if I come there I'll look for you.For last 7 years I work for Mediterranean shipping company(MSC),you have probably seen our vessels there.I know that on some lines Tilbury is load/disch port.Currently I am 2 nd Engineer Officer,if I pick a line that stops there I'll tell you.Best regards.:occasion14:

Yes, I am familiar with the MSC line, they do come to Tilbury now and then, they usually dock at berth 39 which is opposite our quay (berth 40 to 42 included).

Nice one Capt.... like the pictures... how on earth did you get started doing that job?