becoming a mechanic
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Posted 14 August 2008 - 05:28 PM
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Posted 14 August 2008 - 07:05 PM
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Posted 14 August 2008 - 07:13 PM
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Posted 14 August 2008 - 07:17 PM
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Posted 14 August 2008 - 07:29 PM
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Posted 14 August 2008 - 08:59 PM
OEM+
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Posted 14 August 2008 - 09:46 PM
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Posted 15 August 2008 - 05:34 PM
http://www.australia...ceships.gov.au/
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Posted 17 August 2008 - 10:17 AM
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Posted 17 August 2008 - 10:56 PM
you can be a mature aged apprentice if you start your 1st year when you over 20 years old. i think its a good thing.
ill be fully qualified just before im 20
20 in 2 months...
arg... damn getting older...
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Posted 18 August 2008 - 10:11 AM
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Posted 18 August 2008 - 10:50 AM
A friend was a motoring journalist working on 2 different car magazines that specialised in high-end Euro and modified Japanese cars. Money was shit (qualified journo got $40k, stepped up to Dep Ed got $50k which is about the ceiling), hours were long and f**king frustrating (dawn photoshoots mid-winter in Blue Mountains, or driving to Brisbane and back in 1 day for a story), and the only real trade-off was that on rare occasions he got to pilot the odd bit of awesome machinery. There were way too many headaches and that led him to get out of that industry.
What is the point of this rambling tale? All jobs have their high and low points, some have more than others. Look real, REAL hard at those before you jump.
PS: no, it wasn't Hot4s, Fast4s or any of those rags.
That's true.
I think a lot has changed in the job world, too. Previously (parents generation, or moreso parents parents) it was encourage to make your hobby a career, and that you would work in one place and advance your career.
It's hard for me to say for certain (as I wasn't around back then), but it seems to me now that there are a lot of people that will just work a job for money, and to pay off debts. I am kindof guilty of this, I am lucky that I have an interest in what I do for my job. I considered starting an apprenticeship for mechanics as I really enjoy it - but you can ruin it. My Dad's hobby is radio, he has done it most of his life (apart from back in his days of being in a band) and he has enjoyed it. Unfortunately for him now he finds that the enjoyment is slowing dwindling and due to multinationals and the way our society is driven nowdays that peoples love of work is no longer there, and that he is being pushed harder to make the share price increase.
I think mechanic workshops are different to this in that they are not owned and operated by a multinational... but financial pressure on everyone now makes decisions harder - especially if that is to give up a higher paying job to chase your hobby. If you do that, you may be forced to work more than you normally would which could result in you losing interest in your hobby, and job.
I think that while you are young you have more of an opportunity to try different things, and make these sort of decisions. Once you get in to big debt, and get older (and if you have dependents) you will no longer be able to make these sort of decisions.
So I say Tristan, if you're really keen - go for it dude. You could always go and do some TAFE course on it first, to see how you like it and if you think it's something you might want to do day in and day out. There are also other areas of mechanics - the more specialised areas such as tuning and high end modifications which may be more enjoyable and higher paying, but I would imagine they would be a lot harder to get in to.
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Posted 18 August 2008 - 11:02 AM
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Posted 18 August 2008 - 11:05 AM
and yeah, you're right... i am still young and don't really have any need for the money i make... just a want/desire...
i might look into this mature age thing, because $15p/h is only $3p/h less than i'm on now...
if i hate it, i've still got a foot in the door with this IT thing... and i am reasonably good at it, even if i don't really enjoy it...
IT used to be a hobby, and i still have a hobby for pulling appart computer and stuff like that... it's just that, in the job i'm in, i don't get to do much of that...
i'm sure i could find an IT job that i'd love...
but i think that a job in mechanics would be more pertainant to my hope and dreams in life
now if i could work in a performance mechanics workshop i'd love that...
but i'd have to become a mechanic first... don't see performance places taking on 1st years... do you??
#18
Posted 18 August 2008 - 11:08 AM
lalala i love c**ks lalala bla bla
but i'd have to become a mechanic first... don't see performance places taking on 1st years... do you??
Hehe. Depends man, if you approached them about it and offered to sweep their floors every day and slowly learn - perhaps. I think it's unfair to totally rule it out at this stage that they would not accept you - all you can do is ask around I guess.
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Posted 18 August 2008 - 11:12 AM
lalala i love c**ks lalala bla bla
think you're funny c**t????
you're right... i'll have to go and ask around...
it's not like i need the job at the moment... seen as i already have one...
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Posted 18 August 2008 - 12:51 PM
now if i could work in a performance mechanics workshop i'd love that...
but i'd have to become a mechanic first... don't see performance places taking on 1st years... do you??
You'd love it just like thousands - literally thousands - of other talented young mechanics out there. In reality you'd start your own "performance" workshop before someone would put you on as a complete greenhorn at a decent workshop.
I know plenty of those workshops from having dealt with them and the reality is that:
A) those workshops make *** all money
B.) they workshops normally can't afford to have apprentices
C) they need knowledgeable people who are experienced in whatever field they specialise in
D) A lot of work at performance workshops is very mundane (fitting turbo timers, springs etc)
E) Performance workshops have to deal with A LOT of wankers, unreliable people (get used to chasing bills through courts), dangerous people
F) Long hours + low pay (even when you're qualified) compared to dealership work
Not trying to shoot you down, but it is a lot harder to get into good workshops than people think. I've got a mate who is a mechanic at a place in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney and gets to work on amazing machinery (has an F40 in there ATM) and he hates it. He says, no lie, it is no different to when he did his time servicing Starlets in Castle Hill, except the penalties for dropping a spanner on the guard of a Lambo is your month's pay and a right bollocking from some c**t from Potts Point who doesn't really care about the car anyway.
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