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Offline Cooper

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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #255 on: April 06, 2011, 05:19:01 pm »
Quote from: MattPoss on April 05, 2011, 09:19:32 pm
How do you two find this?!

After 4 years as a Joiner i'm looking at getting into something more office based and quite fancy the QS side of things

Matt

The work or the part time uni?

The work is good and interesting especially as I work in a more industrial environment to alot of the other quantity surveyors I go to university with and sometimes the stuff that they tell me they do from day to day seems a little boring.

The degree isn't too bad although alot of it is very basic stuff for the part time students as we work in industry and the course is ran with the full-time university students and some of them barely know what a building is never mind the costs associated with constructing one. I am pretty fortunate too that my employer pays for all of my uni fees and travel to and from, whereas some of the other guys I am on the course with pay for themselves.
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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #256 on: April 06, 2011, 05:49:26 pm »
Quote from: Cooper on April 06, 2011, 05:19:01 pm
Quote from: MattPoss on April 05, 2011, 09:19:32 pm
How do you two find this?!

After 4 years as a Joiner i'm looking at getting into something more office based and quite fancy the QS side of things

Matt

The work or the part time uni?

The work is good and interesting especially as I work in a more industrial environment to alot of the other quantity surveyors I go to university with and sometimes the stuff that they tell me they do from day to day seems a little boring.

The degree isn't too bad although alot of it is very basic stuff for the part time students as we work in industry and the course is ran with the full-time university students and some of them barely know what a building is never mind the costs associated with constructing one. I am pretty fortunate too that my employer pays for all of my uni fees and travel to and from, whereas some of the other guys I am on the course with pay for themselves.


i did around 3 months of QS for my degree.  If im honest at times i was clawing my eyes out when they were going on about contracts, but tbh thats very likely due to the fact we have dedicated contract specialists working with us,so i will never get to involved with them, hence had no interest in listening to it all lol.  Once you get into doing take off's and more interesting stuff its actually quite good.

Ive had my degree fully funded for full time education as well.  That and the fact that ive been on full wages the entire time are probably the only reasons ive stuck it out.  If i had to go to uni with no solid wage or my own place i dont htink i could have been arsed  :laugh:
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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #257 on: April 06, 2011, 05:57:09 pm »
Thanks a lot folks :happy2:

I work with my dad and were a reasonable sized building company in the area doing all kinds of work from private extensions to new builds for the NHS. As far as office based jobs go, this is the one that appeal's to me most I think. Working for my dad also means it would all be fully funded and would be part time at uni (couldn't live without a wage now!)

We already employ 3 QS's but hopefully work will pick up enough so were in a position for me to be able to go for it sooner rather than later as I can't stand doing Joinery anymore.

Thanks again,
Matt
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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #258 on: April 06, 2011, 08:47:15 pm »
Quote from: Spikey on April 06, 2011, 12:24:53 pm
On-site repair technician and training to become an Applications engineer for a mechanical seal company.  I am based on a customers site at the Oil Refinery at Fawley!

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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #259 on: April 06, 2011, 09:35:10 pm »
Quote from: vRStu on April 06, 2011, 08:47:15 pm
Quote from: Spikey on April 06, 2011, 12:24:53 pm
On-site repair technician and training to become an Applications engineer for a mechanical seal company.  I am based on a customers site at the Oil Refinery at Fawley!

Deep Sea Seals?? John Crane??

Ah, someone in the know.   However I work for Flowserve!  :innocent:
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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #260 on: April 08, 2011, 02:26:06 am »
Work for BAE Systems in cheshire, working on the TPM project.
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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #261 on: April 08, 2011, 08:03:06 am »
UK Components Technical Engineering Manager for a World Wide Engineering Company.

Basically we sell, design, build and commission any sort of plant that sends a liquid though a pipe (Beer, Spirit, Pharmaceuticals, Food Stuffs, Milk etc.).

Sounds grander than it is, but it certainly pays the bills.
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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #262 on: April 08, 2011, 08:29:16 am »
Software and Systems Test Consultant.....work for myself now as a contractor..

My job is to make Developers lives hell......and I'm scarily god at it  :signLOL:
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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #263 on: April 08, 2011, 08:41:19 am »
Technical support engineer for a massive dental company.

 I install, service and repair dental chairs, xrays, pumps and compressors basically :happy2:

Served my time as an electrician though......... :party:
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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #264 on: April 08, 2011, 12:04:12 pm »
print production manager  :innocent:

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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #265 on: April 08, 2011, 05:25:39 pm »
Inspector at Airbus  :happy2:
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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #266 on: April 08, 2011, 06:23:00 pm »
Quote from: ukdub on April 08, 2011, 05:25:39 pm
Inspector at Airbus  :happy2:

Sweet  :happy2: You lads had any of the XWB come your way yet?

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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #267 on: April 08, 2011, 07:36:47 pm »
I work at the local airport.Boring as hell,but it pays the bills. :indifferent:
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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #268 on: April 08, 2011, 07:39:11 pm »
Quote from: gaz b on April 08, 2011, 08:41:19 am
Technical support engineer for a massive dental company.

 I install, service and repair dental chairs, xrays, pumps and compressors basically :happy2:

Served my time as an electrician though......... :party:

You wouldn't happen to have been to Denmark these days at Scandefa?? My wife works at a dental clinic  :smiley:
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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #269 on: April 08, 2011, 11:42:54 pm »
I work in project management/R&D for a large global technology company.
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