what do you do for a living?

[hainzy]

Paramedic. I get to drive a van really fast for a living!

ha

Before that i mostly worked backstage and up in the flys in the big musical theatre shows in melb, worked on films and was a band booker/promoter/manager etc in the music industry.

[ozbox]

great thread...im going to expand on the dodgey wrecker job to explain how i got there..15 years old 1973 i dragged my first 9 inch diff out of the bush behind my dirt bike from what was probably a stolen ford..sold it for $450..this was the start of parts hustling..had left school at 14 was a bad boy with all sorts of fun illegal things..worked as storeman in marrickville with lotsa new ozzies that trained me well in the art of young white ozzie dealin with wogs..went on to panel shops doin detailing,around 5 car yards doing pre delivery/detailing..worked as a night dirt carter..tough job but good pay..worked for a providores driving a truck doin food supplies for ships..then spent 6 years driving government buses in sydney..while i was driving buses i was buying and selling cars and also did a panel course at night tech,from there had a panel shop then came wife n kids and the fun became serious..at the lowest point in my life my son who is now 23 was very sick and i would go to wrecking yards to pull interiors out for free for them if i could keep the coin i found to pay for his medicines..from this i started working in a wrecking yard in sydney which was just an extension of the parts hustling..started the wrecking yard im still in with a partner 20 years ago but his plan to get rid of me backfired and i ended up buying him out..see www.classicozwreck.com.au for the rest of the story...

[Rolla]

[MENTION=134]hainzy[/MENTION]. What areas of film making did you work in? :lifesaver:

[adam perth]

Talk about varied and interesting work histories. I got the idea after going to a Rotary Club meeting all of the members were wearing name badges and underneath it had what they are doing are had done as a job. It made it really easy to strike up a conversation. I enjoy my job most days (students can be a bit challenging at times but for the most of it they are pretty good). The best thing about my job is I am still in the workshop sometimes classroom with the kids. I have also learnt so much by becoming a techa eg wood, metal lathe work, all types of welding plumbing tig etc, carpentry, some days I even teach ceramic tiling (I hope I am getting it right Gene). I also get to teach tek drawing, freehand sketching and CAD/CAM packages. I have often thought about trying to cash in on the current mining boom. But I left my family a few years ago to start my teaching career in Southern Cross (4hrs drive from home) I missed my family too much and and they missed me too much so I ended up driving home each weekend.The ongoing joke in town was that I had left wheel ruts in the road back to Perth. My family ended shifting up there and we were a lot happier. The silly thing was I became a teacher to spend more time with my family. That was ten years ago I am pretty lucky now as I only work 20 mins from home.

Cheers Dave

southern Cross?, r u still there? have you seen all the old holdens at Bullfinch 40 km north?, that place is littered with them everywhere, FJ's upwards.

looks like only 20- 30 people live there and they all have 5 holdens each.

[JackHopkins]

joined the army this year

[Paddy_77HZ_Ute]

very much a jack of all trades master of none!!

sports administration
deck hand
landscaper
traveller - labourer (building, demolition and events) bar work, hostel staff, music shop etc etc
fish factory labourer
pathology lab assistant
gardener
studied cert 2 resources and infrastructure operations hoping to get into the mining sector but no luck as yet so now i am a concretor!
if anyone can help me crack the mining game would be much appreciated willing to move anywhere in australia tomorrow haha

cheers

If you want to move to Central Qld (Emerald) contact Mastermyne (google, they have website) they need to put a lot of people on to back fill roles at Kestrel Coal as we are moving to our new mine next door, and they are going to operate a lot of our current mine. They are putting on "cleanskins" because the experianced people just aren't available. You could expect around $100k starting salary.

[rallyvan]

Work as a Drafsman/Engineer for a motorbody builder presently. Prior to this spent 10 years working as a technical officer for a filtration screen manufacture where I did a little of everything. CAD Drawing, machine maintance, process planning, fabrication, purchasing etc. I have also worked for a Signatory engineer helping with inspection of vehicles for engineers certifcates, bit of Jap import stuff as well as drawing and report writing for a couple of goverment contracts he had. I spent 2 years after I left school doing mechanical engineering at uni bfore completeing a mechanics apprentiship at a dealer. Whist I completed my apprentiship I went to tech at night and did a Mech Eng Diploma. I have also done a few tickets in welding, fabrication and machining. I have also run a fabrication business that specialised in componets for rally cars.

[VAN75X]

Truck driver, been driving fuel tankers for 7 years. Before i started driving tankers i worked at a vineyard,installed irrigation systems,vine work and drove truck and tractors. Best move i ever made getting out of the vineyard. $$'s were crap and still are from what some mates that still work there tell me.

[Nearly]

A Harvesting Forester, at the moment I have 10 crews to keep going,ensuring it runs smoothly and areas are regenerated at the end. Its not quite as dramatic as axemen(tv) but given the rain we had this year it still has its challenges. In a previous life Id done a degree and did the same as vombil does but have done other things to keep the boredom away including short stints (whilst a young bloke) on farms,stock and station, in construction and on oil rigs.

[NickyG]

Worked at Kmart
Surf Shop Salesman
Currently studying to become Qualified Civil Engineer (Bachelor Degree)