What do you do

[unstuck]

What are some of the things you guys do to earn a crust. Any really interesting jobs out there in KB land.With some of you it is fairly obvious what you do(or dont do) to earn your crust. Maybe a pic or 2 of you at work would be cool too. Im a nosey fucker. Me, I drive machinery most days when I can be bothered,mostly spend my time on a D6H or a digger, but love driving the transporter around,cos it gets me out being nosey.:yes:

[Taz]

I'm a man of steel.

[scott411]

at the moment i just finished a job selling car parts to garages in South London, soon off to do something different somewhere else in the world, this comes about because i am taking 18 month sabatical from selling motorcycles and motorcycles parts and accessories which i have done since i was 19

[nzspokes]

Im Customer services, Warranty manager and general dogs body for a major bicycle wholesaler.

[Jdogg]

I am the sales manager and marketing dude for a company that sells seating for stadiums, lecture theatres, high end cinema seats and retractable seating units - We export approx 80% to OZ

[DMNTD]

I was selling motorcycles for a crust.,...but now I've decided I need more then just crust and sell cars instead, far better rewards :scooter:

[jasonu]

I heard F5 Dave has a part time gig as a fluffer for gay porn.:yes:

[Maha]

I have been in the flooring trade for 30 years.
Carpet Layer by trade but now only do vinyl and my own floor prep.
Which includes concrete grinding/sanding/Hardboard overlay etc.
I used to do alot of vinyl woodlook planks but opted out of those some years ago due to the instabillity of the product in certain situations.

[Drew]

What do I do for a crust? I don't change my undies for a month.

[unstuck]

I have been in the flooring trade for 30 years.
Carpet Layer by trade but now only do vinyl and my own floor prep.
Which includes concrete grinding/sanding/Hardboard overlay etc.
I used to do alot of vinyl woodlook planks but opted out of those some years ago due to the instabillity of the product in certain situations.

When we bought this place 7 yrs ago it had those woodlook planks in our kitchen/dining area, they were newly laid and looked kinda cool,but now I have to rip them out because they are lifting and cracking and look absolutely shitty.Nice red pine underneath,so may just sand and varnish.:yes:

[Brett]

I own a facility services company, own half of an insulation, heat pumps, energy efficiency business and also have a property development company.

[flyingcrocodile46]

I'm an ex chippie who moved up through site/project & construction manager roles into my current roles of Building Surveyor/consultant, WHRS Weathertightness assessor, Professional expert witness in disputes, Engineer/Architect to construction contracts (not an actual engineer or architect, more like a clerk of works), Building consent processor, Building inspector, Project manager, Development manager. I do any and all of the above roles plus a few more but am very picky about who I work for and generally only in situations when there is a serious problem that needs to be sorted out (i.e litigation, seriously stalled projects etc). I have taken control of and completed seriously distressed projects up to $35 million in value, but mostly nowadays act as an expert on behalf on Insurance companies in professional negligence claims. I'm a minor shareholder in the consultancy which I contract to.

Anyone who has a serious construction related problem (including respondents to leaky building claims) are welcome to contact me for a little bit of free advice.

[Madness]

I travel the Norf Island selling tools to resellers for a U.S based manufacturer. Been doing this for 8 months now after selling tobacco for 5 years.

[huff3r]

Don't have a job yet, but as far as education goes I'm learning to fly planes :yes:

[Spearfish]

Fat Kat

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/img/health/fat_cat.jpg

[Laava]

Gusset inspector

[unstuck]

Anybody traded their job in for something completely different. I was a beekeeper for 17yrs before I left to become a bulldozer operator,something that I have always wanted to do since I was a wee kid.I also wanted to be a forest ranger, so jumped at the chance to work for DOC maintaining huts and tracks in the back country of southland, absolutely loved the job but after cave creek and all the restructuring that came as a result, it turned into a major paperwork nightmare so I went back to machinery.:yes:

[ellipsis]

...apart from a stint when I was 17 and had just finished my carpentry apprenticeship in 1975, of driving around in Nth Queensland with a mad aussie carting sloppy old wild bulls and buffalo back to a boning room in Brisbane and then a few years on rigs in the Nth Sea in the early 80's, and doing a bit of time in the cellars of British pubs,I have been self employed in my trade. Next march I have made it painfully aware to everyone that as I refuse to pay any sort of rort tax to some money hungry govt deptment to prove that I am a carpenter of some experience, I will be sliding out of the trade...its becoming too wearisome dealing with all the wankers and related bullshit in the building game anyway...not sure what happens after that...

[jasonu]

Anybody traded their job in for something completely different. I was a beekeeper for 17yrs before I left to become a bulldozer operator,something that I have always wanted to do since I was a wee kid.I also wanted to be a forest ranger, so jumped at the chance to work for DOC maintaining huts and tracks in the back country of southland, absolutely loved the job but after cave creek and all the restructuring that came as a result, it turned into a major paperwork nightmare so I went back to machinery.:yes:

I went from commercial beverage dispensing manufacturing and installation to yacht mast fabbing to casino dealer to ship board casino host to owner'operator commercial waterblasting company to metal fab in an experimental aircraft company.

[Edbear]

I travel the Norf Island selling tools to resellers for a U.S based manufacturer. Been doing this for 8 months now after selling tobacco for 5 years.


What brand? I was with Sulco for a few years.


I went from commercial beverage dispensing manufacturing and installation to yacht mast fabbing to casino dealer to ship board casino host to owner'operator commercial waterblasting company to metal fab in an experimental aircraft company.

How many test pilots do you go through..? :pinch:

Me? Been there, done that... Now I play at running my own business, but you'll never guess what it is... :shifty:

[Big Dave]

General Sifter.

[flyingcrocodile46]

...apart from a stint when I was 17 and had just finished my carpentry apprenticeship in 1975, of driving around in Nth Queensland with a mad aussie carting sloppy old wild bulls and buffalo back to a boning room in Brisbane and then a few years on rigs in the Nth Sea in the early 80's, and doing a bit of time in the cellars of British pubs,I have been self employed in my trade. Next march I have made it painfully aware to everyone that as I refuse to pay any sort of rort tax to some money hungry govt deptment to prove that I am a carpenter of some experience, I will be sliding out of the trade...its becoming too wearisome dealing with all the wankers and related bullshit in the building game anyway...not sure what happens after that...

I understand your reluctance but the actual level of knowledge and experience required to qualify as a LBP is very low. The application process/forms however, requires a ridiculous amount of paper hoop jumping and puts people off. :brick:

However you don't have to be a LBP to work as a carpenter. You can work with or under someone who has an license. A lot of chippies are opting to go that way.

[BMWST?]

i am a detailer,or prenail frame and truss draughtsman,surprisingly we dont need to be qualified or licensed in any way,but its a fairly exacting job

[caspernz]

Fuel tanker driver for the NZ owned outfit. Mind you, after 12 yrs of this, due for a change in the next year or so. Tried the indoor thing, done logistics for a multinational, but a couple of years of that was long enough.
The shiftwork is both good and bad, if it's fine when my days off are during the week it's cool to head out on the bike when few riders are out and about.
On days like today, truckin' back over the Rimutaka Hill towards Welly, dozens of bikers heading north don't even understand the concept of staying on their own side of the flippin' road. Must be weekend warriors? Hey, if I can keep 20 metres of bigrig between the lines....rant over.

[blackdog]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=u2KgBVzucKY

[ellipsis]

I understand your reluctance but the actual level of knowledge and experience required to qualify as a LBP is very low. The application process/forms however, requires a ridiculous amount of paper hoop jumping and puts people off. :brick:

However you don't have to be a LBP to work as a carpenter. You can work with or under someone who has an license. A lot of chippies are opting to go that way.

...I'm not that unhappy about hanging up my tools...the fact that anyone and I mean anyone can be a LBP is one of the reasons I dont want to be involved...I take great pride in my work and in my trade and hate the way it is going. I have made sure the bloke who has worked for me for twenty plus years is registered and ready to go out on his own...the other side of the coin is ...I now have chippies knees, back, elbows and wrists and my next significant birthday is the 60th one...fuck work...

[DJSin]

Anybody traded their job in for something completely different. I was a beekeeper for 17yrs before I left to become a bulldozer operator,something that I have always wanted to do since I was a wee kid.I also wanted to be a forest ranger, so jumped at the chance to work for DOC maintaining huts and tracks in the back country of southland, absolutely loved the job but after cave creek and all the restructuring that came as a result, it turned into a major paperwork nightmare so I went back to machinery.:yes:

I've thought about becoming a beekeeper

[SMOKEU]

Crack whore.

[Swoop]

Piano player in a brothel.

[MIXONE]

Permanent Record Retention an Distribution Specialist .

[unstuck]

I've thought about becoming a beekeeper

Can be a very rewarding job, very physically demanding though.:yes:

[unstuck]

What the fuck was up with the hiab lifting the digger,must of shit itself yeah? Good skills though.:woohoo:

[Subike]

Each time you go to MacDonalds or subway, you get the bread from the ovens I assemble
Most Takeaway shops use the deep fryers I assemble
The Bay Marie's you get the hot food out of at dairy's, bakeries and pubs, those too have had my hands assemble them.
SO although it is a lowly underpaid factory assembly tech, it my job
Them pies are kept warm all over the country are because of my efforts

And we just sold 3000 ovens to Russia, where Macdonalds and Subway are establishing new franchise shops
1500 units to China for Subway
Even exporting to Japan to fit their Subways outlets.......

[Blackbird]

Retired at 60, now ride bikes and fish all day, plus some overseas travel (subject to permission from 'er indoors of course). :innocent:. Worked 60 hour weeks for over 30 years in management for a major manufacturing company and wanted to live long enough to actually enjoy retirement before the body packed up. Hence flagging it at 60.

Pretty content with my lot :Punk:

[sinfull]

What the fuck was up with the hiab lifting the digger,must of shit itself yeah? Good skills though.:woohoo:

Some sites are just inexcessable ! We have had to crain the pile driving rig and diggers in to a number of sites, but then the boss has a habbit of taking on the jobs everyone said were impossible to do !

[unstuck]

Some sites are just inexcessable ! We have had to crain the pile driving rig and diggers in to a number of sites, but then the boss has a habbit of taking on the jobs everyone said were impossible to do !

Have had to get a wee digger choppered in to a few tracks in fiordland.:yes:

[Laava]

...apart from a stint when I was 17 and had just finished my carpentry apprenticeship in 1975, of driving around in Nth Queensland with a mad aussie carting sloppy old wild bulls and buffalo back to a boning room in Brisbane and then a few years on rigs in the Nth Sea in the early 80's, and doing a bit of time in the cellars of British pubs,I have been self employed in my trade. Next march I have made it painfully aware to everyone that as I refuse to pay any sort of rort tax to some money hungry govt deptment to prove that I am a carpenter of some experience, I will be sliding out of the trade...its becoming too wearisome dealing with all the wankers and related bullshit in the building game anyway...not sure what happens after that...

Fair enough. I know a few people who are going that way as well. I am going to jump through the hoops and then put my rate up. I haven't put my rate up for 10 years so next year I will become one of those rich builders we are always hearing about!

[LBD]

Reliability Co-ordinator at a dirty great hole in the ground with a bit of gold at the bottom...RCM, RCA FMEA O4R FLAC NDT SOS, VA, Eddy current, ...there is a whole bunch of stuff that that we do to improve reliability and prevent failures...and we investigate the failures...often before failures happens.:eek5:

So if it breaks it is my fault and if it is not broken...its still my fault because it could break one day.

In a nutshell...
If it broke....why and how do we prevent it breaking again?
If it aint broke....how could it break, what is the likely hood and consequences and what measures we can take to prevent it failing.

[Blackbird]

Reliability Co-ordinator at a dirty great hole in the ground with a bit of gold at the bottom...RCM, RCA FMEA O4R FLAC NDT SOS, VA, Eddy current, ...there is a whole bunch of stuff that that we do to improve reliability and prevent failures...and we investigate the failures...often before failures happens.:eek5:

Part of my job too prior to retirement!

[Headbanger]

meh

Earth moving, civil construction, demolition, with a focus on H&S

http://josh-jurgens.comeze.com/ (the dribble on the front page of my online resume will offend any sane person)

http://josh-jurgens.comeze.com/large images/hopper3.jpg


Though currently I'm doing fuck all, driving a digger.

[LBD]

Part of my job too prior to retirement!

Newmont/Martha hill?

[Blackbird]

Newmont/Martha hill?

Nope, Carter Holt Harvey Pulp and Paper. I was their maintenance manager in another life :yes: We relied heavily on condition monitoring with 24/7 operation, high pressure steam and chemicals.

[Hopeful Bastard]

Well, Being young and inexperienced in life... I have a job at McDonalds. Worst bloody place to work for, But hey. It pays the bills. Just.. :pinch:

4 1/2 years with the franchise and i want out. But unfortunately, There aint no jobs out there accepting young, inexperienced people... :mellow:

[Bad Biker]

Well, Being young and inexperienced in life... I have a job at McDonalds. Worst bloody place to work for, But hey. It pays the bills. Just.. :pinch:

4 1/2 years with the franchise and i want out. But unfortunately, There aint no jobs out there accepting young, inexperienced people... :mellow:

Don’t knock it I started working for them many years ago in my 15th birthday.
There are a number of employer that do value the training received at MacaD’s

Easier to find a job working and better to be working than being on the dole

Couldn’t get my first choice job as a All Black!!! :cry::cry::cry: :facepalm:


Im Customer services, Warranty manager and general dogs body for a major bicycle wholesaler.


I am a Case Manager (NOT ACC) I facilitate the treatment and rehabilitation for people that have sustained a work injury and need assistance in recovery for larger company’s with my biggest fort polio being the meat industry

[Grubber]

Im the Manager for a medium sized Transport Company.
Been an owner operator since i was about 21 years old and did that for 25 years untill offered the job i have now.
I work approxiamately 70 plus hours on the job and god knows how much time answering email and phones at home.

Been at it for many years and had a couple of changes along the way.
The only other job i really enjoyed was being a stay at home Dad for 4 years. Other wise, i still love the industry.

Check us out....http://kphtransport.co.nz

[darkwolf]

Insolvency Technician. Fantastic job, get to be in a different job everyday.

[sinfull]

meh

Though currently I'm doing fuck all, driving a digger. Slowly ? Going by the cue of dumpstas

[Headbanger]

Slowly ? Going by the cue of dumpstas

lmfao.

Nah, I was H&S manager on that site, No idea what caused the traffic jam but it made for abetter photo.

I'm just doing some casual work through a family contact at the moment.

[unstuck]

Im the Manager for a medium sized Transport Company.
Been an owner operator since i was about 21 years old and did that for 25 years untill offered the job i have now.
I work approxiamately 70 plus hours on the job and god knows how much time answering email and phones at home.

Been at it for many years and had a couple of changes along the way.
The only other job i really enjoyed was being a stay at home Dad for 4 years. Other wise, i still love the industry.

Check us out....http://kphtransport.co.nz

Some bloody smart looking rigs there mate.:yes:

[Headbanger]

Well, Being young and inexperienced in life... I have a job at McDonalds. Worst bloody place to work for, But hey. It pays the bills. Just.. :pinch:

4 1/2 years with the franchise and i want out. But unfortunately, There aint no jobs out there accepting young, inexperienced people... :mellow:

I spent my teenage years on a jackhammer crew, It was was low paid,incredibly hard work, wickedly dangerous, ruined your body, your hearing, your lungs, everyone else was a cunt, and the hours were long.

You have it sweet.

My back has been fucked since I was 19.......hell, its hurting right now.

[unstuck]

meh

Earth moving, civil construction, demolition, with a focus on H&S

http://josh-jurgens.comeze.com/ (the dribble on the front page of my online resume will offend any sane person)




Though currently I'm doing fuck all, driving a digger.

Awesome resume.:niceone:

[mashman]

I'm a solution provider/software developer/BA/DBA/whatever role I must fill to get a job done (usually get dropped in the shit with no team, no training and no experience... something I find fun). Started off in a supermarket, did a bit of labouring, worked on various boats (fishin (creels)/inshore/charter) for 3 years, worked in a boatyard gruntin, went to Uni (after gaining the qualy's I needed after leavin school with next to fuck all, due to too much fuckin around and having fun), did a bit of bouncin whilst at Uni, and then started my meteoric rise to nowhere in particular before realising, all too late, that I should have been studying so that I could run the world properly... all from the position where when asked what I wanted to be when I grew, up I just wanted to be a bum and anything else was a bonus.

[blackdog]

What the fuck was up with the hiab lifting the digger,must of shit itself yeah? Good skills though.:woohoo:

It was down another level below the driveway that we had dug out to make a back lawn. There was enough dirt to walk it down but once the spoil was removed all that was left was a 6' retaining wall...

[superman]

16-22 Hours per week at a video store, full time university student, just started a tiny business a few weeks ago for shits and giggles, and some part time piano teaching on the side.

[Smifffy]

Awesome resume.:niceone:

Where's Wairapara?

[sinfull]

Where's Wairapara? Used to say it was the best riding in the lower north but they are fucking with the rimataka hill linking wellington to the rapa !
Still a good days ride for me on the west coast (Otaki), to do a loop from here over the Paekokariki hill, Rimataka hill, ride some great country roads around the lake and parts further east, then back through Masterton, on to Pahiatua, if ya scroll north through Masterton and follow SH2 to Ekatahuna, or look for alfredton to the east of Ekatahuna, which is fantastic riding, (apart from the odd sheep) then out at pahiatua and west through the pahiatua track to Palmerston North 6-8 hours of heaven ! (except for the swarms of fuckin great splatter flies during certain times of the year)

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[unstuck]

16-22 Hours per week at a video store, full time university student, just started a tiny business a few weeks ago for shits and giggles, and some part time piano teaching on the side.

Lol, had to read that twice, thought you just started a tinny business a few weeks ago.:brick:

[superman]

Lol, had to read that twice, thought you just started a tinny business a few weeks ago.:brick:

:shifty: ....

[bluninja]

So much interesting stuff people do. Me, just an IT bod; it pays the bills.

I trained and qualified as a marine engineer, but I've also been a baker, taxi driver, mortgage consultant, postman and executive coach. Now I'm thankful that microsoft make such flaky products that you need to pay someone to set them up and keep them running sweet.

[ducatilover]

I'm the idiot who does the jobs you don't want to pay a builder, plumber, mechanic, panel beater for.
And then you don't pay me either, just for fun.


I'm a broke sucker, who has a job that needs doing? :innocent:

[Mom]

General Sifter.

Bean counter. Though these days it is more distributor of beans once counted :yes:

[blackdog]

I'm the idiot who does the jobs you don't want to pay a builder, plumber, mechanic, panel beater for.
And then you don't pay me either, just for fun.


I'm a broke sucker, who has a job that needs doing? :innocent:

Put on a wig and some lipstick, I'm sure you'll find plenty 'round here that need a 'job.

[ducatilover]

Put on a wig and some lipstick, I'm sure you'll find plenty 'round here that need a 'job. I do that often....

[unstuck]

I do that often....

So your a man whore for men then.:innocent:

[Oakie]

HR Coordinator (also encompassing Payroll and HSE)

[blue rider]

Bean counter. Though these days it is more distributor of beans once counted :yes:



ditto, although i collect the beans that are outstanding.... :innocent:

[Mom]

ditto, although i collect the beans that are outstanding.... :innocent:

Out standing beans :shit:

[blue rider]

Out standing beans :shit:

oh this is wrong, so wrong......i am not reading this right :shutup:

[Mom]

oh this is wrong, so wrong......i am not reading this right :shutup:

Yeah, you are reading it right, you just dont want to :devil2:

[blue rider]

Yeah, you are reading it right, you just dont want to :devil2:


tsk tsk tks :shifty:

[ducatilover]

So your a man whore for men then.:innocent:
Anything that pays mate :sick:

[Tigadee]

Went from copywriter in advertising to PR consultant to editor for ecommerce co to journalist to freelance photographer to salesman for Camera House...

And now Information/Marketing Manager taking care of database, web sites, publications, Annual Report, statistics, etc.

[unstuck]

So what would you rather be doing? Me,someday I am hoping to open my own 4x4 fun park and Trail ride/camping guided rides buisness.:love:

[Edbear]

So what would you rather be doing? Me,someday I am hoping to open my own 4x4 fun park and Trail ride/camping guided rides buisness.:love:

More, betterer... :yes:

[Scuba_Steve]

Me, I'm Dein Gott.
Also show up to a place that pays me da cash moneys, think it only fair, they pay me monies so I make an appearance :D it has something to do with telecommunications.
& I'm v.e.r.y. s.l.o.w.l.y. starting a business, I hope :sweatdrop.

[Oscar]

Some time flunky and part time minion.

[nodrog]

I am currently a CNC machine programmer for a plastic fabricator. Do all sorts of shit, letters for signwriters, moulds for vacum forming, bulk bins for supermarkets, display boards, light boxes, various switch boxes and components, etc.

If you have ever been to a Z service station, paper plus, whitcoulls, farmers, or showered under a dome, you would have seen some of our shit.

The pay isnt great, but having access to a couple of CNC machines and various alloys and plastics means I get to make some pretty cool shit for my bikes, and my mates Hotrods.

[SPman]

After working as a machine technician for Burroughs in NZ and Fiji, started a Geology degree at Auckland, got bored and broke after a year or so and became a carpenter. (Seems to be a family trait, chippying.). Spent 30 yrs as a chippie, picking up Advanced Trade Cert along the way, ending up specialising in Heritage type houses and anything with unusual construction techniques, with a spell as a trenching contractor in a family business, laying underground telephone cable for the Post Office, for a couple of years, as well. Did my NZ Cert/Diploma in Quantity Surveying and the last 15 yrs have mainly been Q.S'ing, with a spell as a Building Inspector thrown in. Thought about finishing the Advanced Diploma of Building Surveying, but, really, I can't be bothered, even though it's a doddle. Now spend my time involved mainly with Catholic schools in W.A. and berating Architects who change all the drawings between tender and half way through construction, don't bother telling anyone, then act all indignant when you don't know what they're talking about and why didn't you allow for this and that. Because it WASN'T IN THE FUCKING DRAWINGS YOU PILLOCK! WE AREN'T MINDREADERS WITH PRESCIENCE BEYOND MERE MORTALS!!

Oh well, back to work......

[sil3nt]

Started off at Waikato Stadium cooking chips for all the rugby fans. Terrible job. All night eating fatty/greasy/salty chips and you come home smelling like the fat you cook them in.

Then got a job working in a supermarket and have done ever since :facepalm: 6+ years mixture of fulltime and parttime.

Almost finished my IT degree (progammer/developer) and am currently doing part time IT work for a local business (getting paid the same as my supermarket job :facepalm:).

Hopefully i can sort a job at the snow next year and head off to Canada at the end of the year :Punk:

[mashman]

If you have ever been to a Z service station, paper plus, whitcoulls, farmers, or showered under a dome, you would have seen some of our shit.

couldn't you use paper once in a while and send yer products out without the free poo...