What does everyone do for work?

[spit.fire]

I build big thingies, lead fabricator on nightshift

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/E7A0CFC7-9438-46FF-A874-4808A14ECF45-3338-0000046DA694B902.jpg

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[Nano]

Are we allowed to post our profession? lol I thought we weren't supposed to?

But what the heck. It's almost Friday!..

I'm a 1st year welder.

[Maverick00]

Steel Fab

[lastlight]

full-time sucka.

[spit.fire]

Are we allowed to post our profession? lol I thought we weren't supposed to?

But what the heck. It's almost Friday!..

I'm a 1st year welder.

I don't see why not

It is my Friday haha, 3 more hours till my weekend, gotta love 4 10hr shifts

[NIVLEM09]

I am a full-time student.does that qualify a as profession?:mrgreen:

[Snaz]

http://snaz.com/marine/fred_sanford.jpg

[lpsreefer]

aviation supply distribution supervisor/planner/high- lift driver
at yyc
7 plus years

[lockrookie]

Locksmith owner operator. Yes I break into ppls homes and cars for a living. But I can say I get some interesting jobs the stories I could tell... But it's a family site


Sent from my porcelain aquarium

[Abe]

15 years as an Aircraft engineer supervisor in the Royal Canadian Air Force.

[albert_dao]

Contract web developer.

Part time professional aquarium installations.

[CherylMcKay]

IT for the Yukon government

[daplatapus]

Well, let me see....
15 years as a J-Man sheetmetal worker
5 years as a full time EMT/Firefighter (until an accident, broke my shoulder, ribs, yadayada)
last 5 years as a self employed contractor

[fireguy98]

Professional firefighter for the last 6 years. Before that canadian army recon soldier also a very cool job.

Sent from my SGH-I747M using Tapatalk 2

[denny_CC]

astronaut,pirate and a racecar driver(part time)

panda bear on weekends:)

[fireguy98]

Damn your a busy boy;)

Sent from my SGH-I747M using Tapatalk 2

[scubadawg]

astronaut,pirate and a racecar driver(part time)

panda bear on weekends:)

So you're a candidate for NASA aka Space Cadet:)

Panda Bear = Eats, Shoots, and leaves:)

Should come out with a cruise with us, :)
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150198273115251.438220.862170250&type=3

LOL

[scubadawg]

Self Employed IT, works for Engineering and Architectural Firms
Part time - Professional Photographer - (Was full time for 15+ years)

[wmcinnes]

Power Engineer for Shell :biggrin:

[Mike-fish]

Power Engineer for Shell :biggrin:

out at scotford?

[Mike-fish]

power engineering student. dad is a 3rd class power engineer at shell

[ScubaSteve]

I'm a product designer and a Super Engineer (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Materials) :razz:. I design products for my own firm and do contract prototypes, design and development.

I'm also at the tail end of my PhD where I'm creating a new solar enegy technology. I'm...umm... busy...

[lastlight]

I'm a product designer and a Super Engineer (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Materials) :razz:. I design products for my own firm and do contract prototypes, design and development.

I'm also at the tail end of my PhD where I'm creating a new solar enegy technology. I'm...umm... busy...

You know you've got serious credz when you don't even need to brag about being a Tiger Hugger.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Academic tutor, mainly college/university students.

Before I used to be the Feed Manager and Assistant Site Manager at the largest salmon smolt production facility in BC at Lois Lake, Powell River in charge of feeding 3.5 million baby salmon each season.

Also worked on 3 farms over 4 years while completing my MSc (Aquaculture) degree, out of Tofino and off Port McNeil, Vancouver Island.

I've also worked in pet stores, as a landscaper, gas jockey, live-in nanny to 2 little kids in Richmond, BC, and lotto booth operator.

Anthony

[wmcinnes]

out at scotford?

you bet. your dad at the upgrader ?

[MMAX]

Just 1 month shy of my 12th anniversary as a Production Operator for a major oil/gas company.

[wmcinnes]

Just 1 month shy of my 12th anniversary as a Production Operator for a major oil/gas company.

which company?

[Aquattro]

Are we allowed to post our profession? lol I thought we weren't supposed to?

But what the heck. It's almost Friday!..

I'm a 1st year welder.

No, it's fine, just don't plug your biz :razz:

(Albert, this means you!)

[Aquattro]

I'm a Technical Specialist for IBM, I manage about 110,000 desktop computers. I hate computers...:neutral:

[Proteus]

Vac truck operator

[Mike-fish]

you bet. your dad at the upgrader ?

He's on the chemicals side

[toxic111]

Building designer for the last 16 years. Started with houses, now do larger commercial buildings. Drive through Lloyd & you will see a bunch of my work. Before that I did house building, so Ihave worked both ends of the building industry....

[Reef Pilot]

Retired early, and just trade stocks now.

[BC564]

EI&C engineer but now concentrate on the Instrumentation and Controls/Automation side of it. Complete SCADA and DCS design for Water and Waste Water Treatment Plants. Slowly getting the right parts together to automate my aquarium addiction.

[fishoholic]

I work at the Bissell childcare centre full time and part time at Aquarium Illusions.

[sphelps]

Stress Engineer, AKA I tell clients they have problems with pretty pictures

[Parker]

Production Planner for a chemical company.

[flipzed]

manager at a glass shop, 7 years now

[Reef_Geek]

used to work retail in a LFS for 10 years while going through school, worked 5 years at two of the major producers of CB marines as broodstock manager and general sales manager. Did a 3 year stint in research at a major state university. Came back home to Canada to do grad school in finance & marketing. Did some internships in marketing & supply chain for three Fortune 100 companies (pharmaceuticals, consumer packaged goods, oil & gas). Now I'm a business manager for one of them.

[reefgirl189]

Instrument Technician although now I'm a stay at home mom until the little ones get to be a bit older. I'm thinking about changing professions, just can't decide what.

[kien]

Stress Engineer

And you seem to be very good at engineering stress! This explains so much. It is all clear to me now..

[Treebeard]

I work in IT & GIS for a municipal government. I have only been with these guys for 18 months after an 18 year stint with another small organization.

[Coralgurl]

I'm aspiring to be a Walmart greeter :mrgreen:!! Apparently you have to be at least 65 to even be considered.....guess I'll have to wait a few years....

For now I am a commercial property manager for a small boutique firm.

[no_bs]

Gold miner, in the Youkon.

[ChizerBunoi]

Work from home IT Project Manager. I get to stare at my tank all day, and surf canreef on the side.


I'm a Technical Specialist for IBM, I manage about 110,000 desktop computers. I hate computers...:neutral:

I hear ya. Been there before. At least on your off time you get to manage us bunch of lots. :lol:

[lastlight]

e-learning designer/developer mostly for large transit properties.

[ScubaSteve]

You know you've got serious credz when you don't even need to brag about being a Tiger Hugger.

That's still just a hobby. I haven't gone pro yet.

[sphelps]

And you seem to be very good at engineering stress! This explains so much. It is all clear to me now..

Thanks bud, but I assure you the stress was already there, sometimes it just takes an expert to point it out :surprise:

[daplatapus]

Gold miner, in the Youkon.

Your name isn't Todd is it? Lol

[Delphinus]

Software developer.

[425nm]

Full time undergraduate student (Sp. Molecular Genetics) and part-time aquarium retail.

[Flash]

tool crib logistics coordinator for Acuren Group. we do destructive and non-destructive flaw testings on pipelines, boilers and all that fun kind of stuff!!!

[sphelps]

tool crib logistics coordinator for Acuren Group. we do destructive and non-destructive flaw testings on pipelines, boilers and all that fun kind of stuff!!!

Do you do you ever do burst tests?

[doch]

Another Instrument Tech... up in Fort Mac, looking to relocate... anybody hiring????

[Flash]

john, go get your mt 1 ticket and get on with Acuren Ft Mac!!!

[doch]

john, go get your mt 1 ticket and get on with Acuren Ft Mac!!!

You Acuren folks sure do offer lots of jobs!!! hahaha!

I need to move back to Edmonton actually (that's why I shut my tank down... didn't want to move it).

[Cal_stir]

I fix thingies, every thingies.

[Reefer Rob]

Pet grooming supply business... 20 years.

[MMAX]

which company?

Husky

[intarsiabox]

Millwright and a bit of an amateur machinist (not CNC, old school milling machines and lathes).

[bigmac]

Renovation window and door salesman.

[Flash]

we are so busy, we can't stop hiring people! we fly people in from NFL, Halifax, Ontario... even texas to get jobs done...

[brotherd]

Lexus mechanic.

[blacknife]

I bring power to the people.

[misty s]

Professional vampire!! I'm a phlebotomist, I take blood and lots of other yucky samples. Also worked as an alarm room operator for the local fire dept taking 911 calls and such

[The Grizz]

Should say right here^^^^ MASTER FABRICATOR

Well I'm sure some if not most of you know what I do for a living but for those who don't.......Self-employed......20+yr journeyman welder, custom fabricator, master of metal & generally your metal relationship expert.

And that's all brad will let me say :razz: .......right Brad :wink: I cought the "Alberta" reference. :biggrin:

[Aquattro]

And that's all brad will let me say :razz: .......right Brad :wink: I cought the "Alberta" reference. :biggrin:

Albert, not Alberta. But yes, it meant you too :)

[toytech]

If you couldent tell by the name , Toyota tech for 5 years (red seal approved and everything).Part time Suzuki tech , mostly just the one I drive , it spends more time in the shop then any other vehicle we service.

[tim the toolman]

Contractor. Mainly windows and doors for large scale condo complexes. But pretty much all exterior renos.

[Dive_dry]

A heat & frost mechanic for 11yrs

[The Grizz]

No, it's fine, just don't plug your biz :razz:

(Albert, this means you!)

Oh ya I see it much clearer now, not to self don't read threads with a massive migraine :lol:

[kien]

If you couldent tell by the name , Toyota tech for 5 years (red seal approved and everything).Part time Suzuki tech , mostly just the one I drive , it spends more time in the shop then any other vehicle we service.

I thought you made toys :lol:

[mr_alberta]

Comp. Sci. graduate right when all the dot coms imploded. Did that briefly then went to structural design for a small company that did a lot of commercial buildings (i.e. Sobeys, Boston Pizza, etc). Now your LFS guy lol.

[Nano]

Comp. Sci. graduate right when all the dot coms imploded. Did that briefly then went to structural design for a small company that did a lot of commercial buildings (i.e. Sobeys, Boston Pizza, etc). Now your LFS guy lol.

I like you better as our lfs guy. ;-)

[Horselaker]

Retired police chief dispatcher...before that LFS store owner, also manufactured small animal feed products....happy now to be a couch surfer watching my tank:lol:

[NanoCat]

Visual artist: Painting and Sculpture

[CherylMcKay]

Gold miner, in the Youkon.

Where in The Yukon? Dawson? Seasonal?

[Skimmerking]

15 years as an Aircraft engineer supervisor in the Royal Canadian Air Force. job well done mister BLue

Professional firefighter for the last 6 years. Before that canadian army recon soldier also a very cool job.

Sent from my SGH-I747M using Tapatalk 2 Recce is always the best first in and first out .. night time fun.

Me on the other hand 24 years in the Army Im a indirect Landscaper.

does any one wanna guess what I am.

[gregzz4]

Jack-of-all-trades and Master of 1
Unemployed ( hint hint ) Automotive, Industrial and Marine Cooling Systems Tech
Service writer, shop foreman, forklift driver, shipper/receiver, partsman, stockman, plumbing mechanical and electrical repairs, computer savvy, small and large appliance repairs, some welding and metal work, printing, tree climbing, pet shop, you name it I've probably done it

You'd think I could find a job :smile:

[The Grizz]

job well done mister BLue

Recce is always the best first in and first out .. night time fun.

Me on the other hand 24 years in the Army Im a indirect Landscaper.

does any one wanna guess what I am.

Besides a big JARHEAD :razz:

I guess you play with big guns that shoot big bullets that make big holes.

[Kgrizzle]

Electrician, mostly commercial but some residential... Very fulfilling job for me happy to go to work and happy when I come home so putting in 10 a day isn't such a drag for me :)

[ensquire]

Run a bar and spin tht tunes that get the girlies shakin it on stage.

[SpikeJones]

Student

[htfn]

I drive transit bus for 8 wonderful years. 26 years to retire.

[Snufflupagus]

Landscape Architect working on my 10th year.

[whatcaneyedo]

4th year Carpenter apprentice. I've finished the schooling and passed the IP but I don't have enough hours yet for a Red Seal.

[FragIt Dan]

Marine Biologist. I am also a commercial diver. I provide scientific advice to fisheries managers responsible for managing the commercial dive fisheries. I go diving up and down the coast of BC for a lot of the summer and then write up reports through winter. I also mariculture corals on the side :)

[STANKYfish]

.

[no_bs]

Your name isn't Todd is it? Lol

Yeah right. We make money.



Where in The Yukon? Dawson? Seasonal?


Up on Dominion, 65km from Dawson. Seasonal for now, April-November. Till i start my own opperation.

[Dearth]

Pulpmill worker ....18 yrs of a 30 yr sentence worked so far

[mike31154]

Used to be an IE Tech in the CAF. They put me in a green uniform. Sent me to Germany during the cold war. I drank a lot of beer & chatted up the fräuleins. Back to Canada for a few years & another stint in Germany. Drank more beer & some wine. Back to Canada. Then they messed things up with the trade structure & turned me into an AVN Tech. But what the hey, they gave me a nice new blue uniform, but it was still the CAF. Now it's the RCAF again, go figure. I finally decided the best thing to do besides skiing in winter, motorcycle/canoe in summer, was more of this....

https://iqmkiw.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pq-fCoeexzkmubAmWE-4WR5Lp_Ss_qIwS7mQTYdsGSYrSvw_ae3nv03UAyjcbXK6Lbhac lzGN5UA/HappyNewYear.jpg?psid=1

.. oh yeah, I like taking care of my fish tank too.

[reef-keeper]

I'm in maintenance for a major oil field welding shop in Edmonton. In a sense in fix almost everythingys as well.

[ColinD]

30 years as a Chef, now I drive a truck for Fed Ex (less stress)

Colin

[Vancouver Reefer]

Air Ambulance Helicopter Pilot working for Ornge.

Serving the people of Northwestern Ontario, based out of Kenora.

[coreyskylar]

Spray foam applicator/foreman.

[sgreen]

Corporate Safety in the oil and gas industry

[btymens]

Funeral Director and Embalmer.

[sgreen]

Corporate Safety in the oil and gas industry


Corporate Safety in the oil and gas industry and the mrs's QHSE for Calmont Trucking.
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150g

[tim the toolman]

Spray foam applicator/foreman.

Are you with Penta by chance?

[Trocar70]

Hey so am I. Lol

[Trocar70]

I'm a funeral Director/Embalmer also.

[globaldesigns]

Graphic web design/development/SEO & marketing

[michika]

I work in Oil & Gas and I'd call myself a Cat Herder, I'm also a course coordinator/teacher at Mount Royal University, as well as being a student myself.

[banditpowdercoat]

Industrial Elect/Instrumentation Leadhand at a Mine in the NWT, close to the Yukon border.

[fishmanty]

Unit Contact Engineer (IE Process/Operations)!

[Reef Pilot]

Hmmm, wonder how much SW equipment would be up for sale if/when the energy boom ends in Alberta...

[Flash]

Do you do you ever do burst tests?

yup all the time!!!

[Salt2Death]

Run the worlds biggest haul trucks and dozers in the greatest hole on earth!


Sent Via The Pirate Ship...

[Flash]

I'm a funeral Director/Embalmer also.

i've always wanted to be an embalmer.... but i think I make more now then I would in that job....i know that sounds we're... but it's always been something that interests me!

[reefgirl189]

i've always wanted to be an embalmer.... but i think I make more now then I would in that job....i know that sounds we're... but it's always been something that interests me!

I've always wondered if an embalmer would translate easily to taxidermy as well?

[Flash]

in some ways yes....... but I wouldn't want my family mounted on my wall!!

[Nizzmo]

Winemaker

[ScubaSteve]

Winemaker

And I'm a wine consumer! We should be best friends.

[burgerchow]

Business Manager for largest BMW dealer in Canada

[intarsiabox]

Hmmm, wonder how much SW equipment would be up for sale if/when the energy boom ends in Alberta...

About the same amount as in B.C. I guess.

[Reef_Geek]

Hmmm, wonder how much SW equipment would be up for sale if/when the energy boom ends in Alberta...

There would be a lot for sure, but equally, there would be very few people looking to buy. My aquariums would be the least of my worries if the sector tanked... as the economic impact of that would be so far reaching to businesses & lives beyond oil & gas, it'd be like the automotive industry bust in Ontario. People in the local area curb all their discretionary spending and can't find jobs. The cascading economic benefits of consumer spending is what economists call the multiplier effect--which would be all but wiped out.

As it is, I consider all my spending into aquariums as 'sunk costs' (ie it's not a value-retaining asset category and only worthy of salvage value)... just like cars.

[Reef Pilot]

About the same amount as in B.C. I guess.
Well, we have been through that in BC, with the lumber industry downturn and mining (years ago, but coming back a bit now). Having said that, I think the oil and gas boom in Alta (and Sask) is a little bigger than anything we have ever seen in BC, though.

You guys had better hope some pipelines get built... Western Canada Select is already below $55 today. And companies are cutting their cap spending for 2013.

[reefgirl189]

in some ways yes....... but I wouldn't want my family mounted on my wall!!

Haha, I didn't mean it that way!! LOL

[Aysha]

Graphic Designer. Technically I work for Xerox but mostly I'm contracted out freelance.

[Reef Pilot]

(ie it's not a value-retaining asset category and only worthy of salvage value)... just like cars.

Yup, that's another reason why I like airplanes (I have two floatplanes). Both are worth more than I have into them, as are my hangars. And they just keep going up in value. But we need more of you rich Albertans to keep that demand going...

[intarsiabox]

Yup, that's another reason why I like airplanes (I have two floatplanes). Both are worth more than I have into them, as are my hangars. And they just keep going up in value. But we need more of you rich Albertans to keep that demand going...

There are a ton of workers from BC here in Alberta right now so you got lots of "rich" BC'ens helping out in that department too!

[Reef Pilot]

There are a ton of workers from BC here in Alberta right now so you got lots of "rich" BC'ens helping out in that department too!
Yes, that's true... And then they go retire in the Okanagan, with all the other Albertans. That area could be hit hard, too, esp house prices.

[intarsiabox]

Yes, that's true... And then they go retire in the Okanagan, with all the other Albertans. That area could be hit hard, too, esp house prices.

That's not so bad, maybe then I can afford to move there when I retire!

[Reef_Geek]

Yup, that's another reason why I like airplanes (I have two floatplanes). Both are worth more than I have into them, as are my hangars. And they just keep going up in value. But we need more of you rich Albertans to keep that demand going...

Will do our best!

Truth be told, everything goes in cycles... business, economy, stocks, real estate, fish poop...

[Reef Pilot]

Truth be told, everything goes in cycles... business, economy, stocks, real estate, fish poop...
That used to be the thinking. Tell that to the people in Greece or Spain right now. Doesn't look like their current cycle is going to end anytime soon. And the US might be falling into that too.

Eventually that can gets too big to keep kicking down the road. Our best hope now is China, and other Asian countries.

[Reef_Geek]

That used to be the thinking. Tell that to the people in Greece or Spain right now. Doesn't look like their current cycle is going to end anytime soon. And the US might be falling into that too.

Eventually that can gets too big to keep kicking down the road. Our best hope now is China, and other Asian countries.


actually, world powers are in cycles too. I guess not so much as a repeating cycle, but more like a 'product life cycle' (think of all the different generations of video game systems, Civics, TVs etc...) where one is replaced by another. Shifts in world powers (and economic dominance) has shifted since there were societies. Former world powers like Greece/Spartans, Incas, British Empire, Spanish, French... and at present USA (since post WWII). It sure looks like China, Latin America, India are on the rise.

There's a book on this, called Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson

Conveniently, here it is 4 hours on YouTube

http://youtu.be/4Xx_5PuLIzc

[Reef Pilot]

Conveniently, here it is 4 hours on YouTube

http://youtu.be/4Xx_5PuLIzc

4 hours!!! I am sure I could read the book faster... Have you listened to the whole thing, or read the book? Is it worth the time? Is it really enlightening, or just political, ideological, or academic? I don't like to waste 4 hours of my time (could be watching my fish instead:biggrin:). My airplane and fish mags are piling up, don't even have time to read all of them. Have to keep my priorities in order..., just saying...

[Reef_Geek]

4 hours!!! I am sure I could read the book faster... Have you listened to the whole thing, or read the book? Is it worth the time? Is it really enlightening, or just political, ideological, or academic? I don't like to waste 4 hours of my time (could be watching my fish instead:biggrin:). My airplane and fish mags are piling up, don't even have time to read all of them. Have to keep my priorities in order..., just saying...

lol!

No, then I don't recommend you spending 4 hrs on it. It's very much like Economics 101. Nothing ground breaking here.

[Reef Pilot]

lol!

No, then I don't recommend you spending 4 hrs on it. It's very much like Economics 101. Nothing ground breaking here.

Good, then I will just continue to waste my time on canreef...

[Doug]

:focus:

[11purewater]

yes please:biggrin:

[Murminator]

I sit at a desk with lots of papers on and tell lots of people what to do and they listen......cause if i get my hands dirty someone in a whole lotta trouble :wink:

[spit.fire]

So I've spent the last 6hrs welding... I wish I didn't know how to weld so they wouldn't put me on welding when I get too far ahead :(

But it does give me a whole new respect for welders, I don't think ill be able to stand up straight for a wile

[H2o2]

I am an engineer on a 120 ft. boat on the coast

[The Grizz]

But it does give me a whole new respect for welders, I don't think ill be able to stand up straight for a wile

I'l take that, I've been doing it for 25+ yrs & yes there are days I can't stand up straight :biggrin:

[spit.fire]

Vertical overhead flux core sucks

[Spyd]

My wife and I run an electrical and automation company geared mainly towards the feed & grain industry. Most of our work is done here in Ontario, however, we do venture out to the Winnipeg area and are working on a new Mill in Saskatoon. Man, that is a booming city!!!!!

[Aquaria]

Iv been off work for a while but I have just finished my heavy equipment program with class one driver's training. Now I just have to find work

[soapy]

I am an unemployed freelance astronaut.

[Madreefer]

Ran heavy equipment for 21 years and now i've been running trains for the last 2 years.

[NorthernCoral]

Millwright apprentice.

[gtreef]

Registered Animal Health Technologist x 8 years

[11purewater]

Water tech.

[steve fedyk]

Steel fabricator and welder, mainly pressure and marine.
Building a barge for sunco right now, at a pressure shop.

[RGS88]

Work in IT here in Edmonton