New Job

justjeff · 07-10-2006, 07:11 PM

Started my new job today as a Electrician Apprentice. I have been doing Industrial Maintence for the last 15 or so years, Hydrolics, pneumatics , boilers, and everything in between so I felt I was competent enough for the job, which I am but should of seen the looks on some of there faces when of course they ask me "how long you been a electrician" and I look at my watch and say oh about 3 hours now.
After assembling a few light poles, they are building a new Lowe's Store in my town, I then got to go shovel dirt for almost 3 hours in the 100+ sun. Thinking dang my mom was right I would end up digging ditches for a living.
After lunch while I was thrilled to be off the shovel detail, I finished it, was told I was going to hang struts for the lights, thought cool. well for those of you who don't know I live in Arizona, southern Arizona where by 9 AM this time of the year it hits 100 degrees and slowly keeps climbing up. This a store with a metal roof, and having lived in Arizona most of my life have been in some hot working conditions, but OMG this tops them all by far, the first 2 feet below roof was ungodly, which is where I had to work. They were saying it was 140 up in there and I believe this is pretty close, Tuesday I am going to take a thermo ter and find out just how hot it is.
How it always ends up I get these types of jobs during the summer is beyond me, but at least I'm not doing roofing now,

. This job should last just about till the heat starts going away, then if my luck holds true it will be off to Alaska to work for the winter.

**Irondog** · 07-11-2006, 07:38 AM

When I use to live in Bullhead City Arizona I had a digital thermometer in my welding helmet to keep track of how hot it was under my hood. Wasn't uncommon to see it read 165 degrees for about 5 hours out of the day.

You have it all figured out Jeff........ work in Arizona during the summer and Alaska during the winter

justjeff · 07-11-2006, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Irondog

You have it all figured out Jeff........ work in Arizona during the summer and Alaska during the winter

...maybe all this sun has gotten to me...

**TATTOOED_1_ONE** · 07-11-2006, 08:11 PM

just always remember...you have a job you wanted....

justjeff · 07-13-2006, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TATTOOED_1_ONE

just always remember...you have a job you wanted....

Not quite right, it is more like I have to have a job cause I'm not a freeloader.

*update* well I got the thermometer and wend. it reached a mind numbing 138.7 and thur. was 125. This might fall into the catagory of things a person really dont need to know.

07-10-2006, 07:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
justjeff Established Monkey Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 474	New Job Started my new job today as a Electrician Apprentice. I have been doing Industrial Maintence for the last 15 or so years, Hydrolics, pneumatics , boilers, and everything in between so I felt I was competent enough for the job, which I am but should of seen the looks on some of there faces when of course they ask me "how long you been a electrician" and I look at my watch and say oh about 3 hours now. After assembling a few light poles, they are building a new Lowe's Store in my town, I then got to go shovel dirt for almost 3 hours in the 100+ sun. Thinking dang my mom was right I would end up digging ditches for a living. After lunch while I was thrilled to be off the shovel detail, I finished it, was told I was going to hang struts for the lights, thought cool. well for those of you who don't know I live in Arizona, southern Arizona where by 9 AM this time of the year it hits 100 degrees and slowly keeps climbing up. This a store with a metal roof, and having lived in Arizona most of my life have been in some hot working conditions, but OMG this tops them all by far, the first 2 feet below roof was ungodly, which is where I had to work. They were saying it was 140 up in there and I believe this is pretty close, Tuesday I am going to take a thermo ter and find out just how hot it is. How it always ends up I get these types of jobs during the summer is beyond me, but at least I'm not doing roofing now, . This job should last just about till the heat starts going away, then if my luck holds true it will be off to Alaska to work for the winter. __________________ AAAAAA SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN!!!

07-11-2006, 07:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
Irondog KING OF MEAN Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 3,171	Re: New Job When I use to live in Bullhead City Arizona I had a digital thermometer in my welding helmet to keep track of how hot it was under my hood. Wasn't uncommon to see it read 165 degrees for about 5 hours out of the day. You have it all figured out Jeff........ work in Arizona during the summer and Alaska during the winter __________________ "What we have is a failure to communicate"

07-11-2006, 08:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
TATTOOED_1_ONE Junior Monkey Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 901	Re: New Job just always remember...you have a job you wanted.... __________________ I used to have problems, then I got an attitude and now there are bodies where the problems used to be....

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