Colin_R6
11-09-2010, 04:52 PM
Hey guys! Wall of text! Look out! (Cliff notes at the bottom)
I've recently become dreadfully aware of where my career is going. If I want to progress to any point past about $70k/year, I will end up spending my days drinking energy drinks and trying to stay awake through meeting after meeting.
Unacceptable. That isn't me at all, not even one little bit. I'm already going bald, I don't need a job I hate to accelerate the process.
So! I'm looking for something blue-collar to get me out of Calgary and back to a small town where I don't have to drive 60min just to ride my mtn bike somewhere cool. Also tired of the traffic and all the $25M bridges and other idiocy that goes on here.
I am very mechanically inclined, always have been. I love fixing stuff up and I used to spend countless hours watching heavy equipment (loaders, dump trucks etc) work all day long. Not to mention my old man worked in the Coal Mines, so I had some knowledge of that process. I have also spent time working at Coal/Gold Mines.
I went to the apprenticeship board today, to hopefully register as an HET apprentice and find out what I need to do, to challenge the first 2 years of apprenticeship and begin as a 3rd year apprentice (I have bills to pay, and apprenticeship salary doesn't quite cut it-spoke with an HET friend of mine, and figured that 3rd year apprentices make about the same as I am making now). Anyway, they told me I can't register until I am already working as an apprentice.
Anyone know any loop-holes I can exploit?
Or should I explain my situation to a shop and see if they will let me *volunteer* in order to register, and then I can self-study the modules and challenge the exams?
Cliff Notes
1) Terrified of my career future - headed to an ugly/boring place.
2) Want to be a Heavy Equipment Technician.
3) Can't register as an apprentice, unless I am already working as an HET.
4) Wondering if I can find a loop-hole, so I can register as an apprentice and challenge the first 2 periods of the apprenticeship - so I can effectively begin at the 3rd year.
I've recently become dreadfully aware of where my career is going. If I want to progress to any point past about $70k/year, I will end up spending my days drinking energy drinks and trying to stay awake through meeting after meeting.
Unacceptable. That isn't me at all, not even one little bit. I'm already going bald, I don't need a job I hate to accelerate the process.
So! I'm looking for something blue-collar to get me out of Calgary and back to a small town where I don't have to drive 60min just to ride my mtn bike somewhere cool. Also tired of the traffic and all the $25M bridges and other idiocy that goes on here.
I am very mechanically inclined, always have been. I love fixing stuff up and I used to spend countless hours watching heavy equipment (loaders, dump trucks etc) work all day long. Not to mention my old man worked in the Coal Mines, so I had some knowledge of that process. I have also spent time working at Coal/Gold Mines.
I went to the apprenticeship board today, to hopefully register as an HET apprentice and find out what I need to do, to challenge the first 2 years of apprenticeship and begin as a 3rd year apprentice (I have bills to pay, and apprenticeship salary doesn't quite cut it-spoke with an HET friend of mine, and figured that 3rd year apprentices make about the same as I am making now). Anyway, they told me I can't register until I am already working as an apprentice.
Anyone know any loop-holes I can exploit?
Or should I explain my situation to a shop and see if they will let me *volunteer* in order to register, and then I can self-study the modules and challenge the exams?
Cliff Notes
1) Terrified of my career future - headed to an ugly/boring place.
2) Want to be a Heavy Equipment Technician.
3) Can't register as an apprentice, unless I am already working as an HET.
4) Wondering if I can find a loop-hole, so I can register as an apprentice and challenge the first 2 periods of the apprenticeship - so I can effectively begin at the 3rd year.