a job interview......NOOOooooo

[ajturbo]

just thought i would let all the folks out there who think i don't want a job.... well they are right ... but
things have changed, i still don't want to work.(who does :spudwhat: )
but yes people
tonight i have a

JOB INTERVIEW!!!!!!!!! :brick:

no i am really looking forward to it... may even have to empoly a couple of workers!!!!! (again....)

but will know more after the interview......not the sort of job i was really wanting to do, but it will "buy" me time to re-filll bank......

i was thinking of studying "Quantity Surveying".....as it will keep the brain working....

there is another thing... anyone out there that is a "QS" ?
what/how/where did you train?

:done:

andy

[Riff Raff]

Good luck Andy! :2thumbsup

[Lucyloo]

Good luck mate!

[Joni]

Good luck!
Hope it goes the way you want it to.
:2thumbsup

[ManDownUnder]

Ethyl the Aadvark goes quantity Surveying...

(sorry couldn't resist). I know nothing about it, but I'd suggest you do a little homework on Google or similar before rocking up to it.

Good luck dude!
MDU

[ajturbo]

hey thanks guys!!!
will let you know how things go...... now where is my map... where the hell is Victroy st??...... ( i will find it !!)


tell me somthing though.... why was it that the frist 3 replys were from women???????
why aren't they in the .......NOooo i had better NOT go there... :2thumbsup

MDU..i looked into it "QS" while i was in welly......
and that got my interst, but there is nothing here in TGA..... so i have been told... but gooooogle... will try that.. thanks

[bungbung]

Get a copy of "Quantity surveying for Dummies" from Whitcoulls.

[Riff Raff]

tell me somthing though.... why was it that the frist 3 replys were from women???????
why aren't they in the .......NOooo i had better NOT go there...
:finger:




Yes I know my message is too friggin short, but that emoticon say all that needs to be said fuggit!

[Lucyloo]

why was it that the frist 3 replys were from women???????
why aren't they in the .......NOooo i had better NOT go there... :2thumbsup




Any chance you had of getting a trifle out of me have just gone out the window!
Silly boy!!! :stupid:

[Dr Bob]

Being a QS, eh that brings back memories. I was a cadet QS in the eighties (not a good time for the building industry from 87 to 90.

I studied the NZ cert in QS, I don't know whether they still do this at polytechs but it was the standard for the industry.

Topics you do; Building 1 (domestic), Building 2 (Light commercial), construction mathematics, building technology, QS 1, QS 2 ..... blah blah blah

The first lot of papers were in common with a certificate in building.



one thing.. the QS 2 exam was 6 hours long.

[ajturbo]

ladies, ladies.... i was ONLY joking........ :shake:

you 2 know that i'm happy in the .......KITCHEN!!!!!!! :apint:

i made a trifle the other day ... used rum...mmmmmmmmmmmmmm! :done:



"one thing.. the QS 2 exam was 6 hours long. "


ummm the TC for painting was 4hrs...PLUS the pratical.......around 8hrs... the time is not important IF you are prepared!!!!



went to the job interview last night, met a nice couple, how are running a texturing business, buy the sound of it i was charging MORE per hr over 10 years ago...... fuckin pay in the bay is shit... was told that they wanted a forman, i told them i was paying my forman $20/hr (10 years ago)..... you could see the mood change when i said that!! lol...

but i told them that i would NOT work for anything less than $18... (STARTING rate) :angry2: grrrrr what was i saying.. :brick: .????? but money is money, i will be (if i get the job) incharge of a couple of boys.... (used to employ over 8..)

but if i like the job, i MAY aproch the guy to sub contract out.......(think i'm getting ahead of myself...)

but i will still follow up the QS... do it (the study) after hrs...
would like to push a pen around in my older age..lol


but on the whole the interview went well, and i think i managed to hood wink them into liking me........lol

andy

[Ms Piggy]

Sounds good mate! :niceone:

[ajturbo]

well i just thought i would up date my job hunting ..

the job interview on friday, even though it went well .... i didn't have enough experance to do the job...... :banana:

but i have landed one re-varnishing a launch (interior) all charge up....:banana:

i have been offerd an other job also!!!!!!!!

AND today while having smoko (on the boat) the guy next door (next boat) asked for a price to repaint parts of his boat!!!!!

toooo many jobs now....:brick: :spudwhat: :brick:
keep em coming. though!!!

thanks for all the words of support !! it works!!!

[What?]

Andy - have you ever tried a drambuie trifle?
You could link cookery and quantity surveying together for a job and get deliciously pissed doing it....

[SPman]

OK I admit it...I did the Ethel the Aardvark thing! The first time I quit building I retrained as a QS - started off doing the NZCB but veered into Q S'ing. I yr at Taranki Polytech, 1 yr doing stuff through the open Polytech - correspondence and finished with a year at Unitech, with a NZDip.QS. Its OK if you are in a good firm -takes a couple of years to really get the hang of it - I ended up as a Civil & Drainage QS, which was fun, but couldnt stand the office thing and went back building!
Now Ive quit building again.............

one thing.. the QS 2 exam was 6 hours long. not now it aint..
You can do the NZ Diploma of Q S ( replaces the NZCQS), the open Polytech do lots of the papers, or a Bachelor of Construction ( Q S) - 3 yrs full time at Unitech or Wellington.

[ajturbo]

OK I admit it...I did the Ethel the Aardvark thing! The first time I quit building I retrained as a QS - started off doing the NZCB but veered into Q S'ing. I yr at Taranki Polytech, 1 yr doing stuff through the open Polytech - correspondence and finished with a year at Unitech, with a NZDip.QS. Its OK if you are in a good firm -takes a couple of years to really get the hang of it - I ended up as a Civil & Drainage QS, which was fun, but couldnt stand the office thing and went back building!
Now Ive quit building again.............
not now it aint..
You can do the NZ Diploma of Q S ( replaces the NZCQS), the open Polytech do lots of the papers, or a Bachelor of Construction ( Q S) - 3 yrs full time at Unitech or Wellington.

hey thanks!!

looks like this year i will just be working and getting settled, will look at my options towards the end of this year.....:2thumbsup

[ajturbo]

Andy - have you ever tried a drambuie trifle?
You could link cookery and quantity surveying together for a job and get deliciously pissed doing it....

now this is the type of advice i can really get into!:banana: :banana: :banana:
next one!!!

[gav]

Hey, I just got offered a new job today after over 7 years in my current job. I've said yes. I'll be managing an automotive workshop for a car dealer/importer.

[ajturbo]

good news......but what have you been doing for the last 7 years?????:drinknsin :2thumbsup

[gav]

managing a landscapes supplies company, sell bark, compost, potting mix etc largest bark processor in the South Island, blah blah blah zzzzzz
www.pottingmix.co.nz (http://www.pottingmix.co.nz)