Where do you work

[79modelhunter]

Hi All

I thought it would be interesting to see where everyone works and what the do to earn some coin
So here goes

CCI Pope mine site representative
I work at an open cut coal mine, we carry out structural and Non-Destructive inspections on all their production equipment.

Here are some pics
A few Rear Dump Trucks
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u7/79modelhunter/P1010066.jpg

View from on top of a Dragline Boom
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u7/79modelhunter/P1010082.jpg

View looking back down a Dragline - note the cars
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u7/79modelhunter/P1010084.jpg

My work truck after a bit of rain
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u7/79modelhunter/P1010063.jpg

anyone else work in an interesting environment

Cheers
79'

[howie]

I mow lawns, chop trees and garden 3 days a week and hunt 2 days a week. Not a very exciting job - but no stress like my previous job, (14 years law enforcement) and I get to pursue my passion of bowhunting. Howie

[belegstrongbow]

Gday,
interesting thread, I work in the hospital here in Moree, in the pathology lab, I don't think it's as interesting as 79modelhunter's workplace but it pays the bills. I mainly run blood tests and other pathology related tests, and unfortunately it is busy most of the time and I have to work every other weekend, so it leaves little time for hunting, but every chance I get I am out in the bush walking around, enjoying the fresh air, scenery and the wildlife (occasionally getting to shoot something, mainly pigs and foxes out here). I wish I could work 3 days and hunt the other 2 like howie, maybe in a few years when the house is paid off, the kids are independent, etc. ;)

[ads]

I manage the reptile section of a pet shop in Melb. Aside from hunting, reptiles are my passion. Im fortunate that i come across lots of snakes and lizards while out hunting, so i get to combine the two things i love.
Ads

[Brent]

i work at the Dunedoo bakery
its mad because i start at 2:30 in the morning but im finished by 10 which allows me to do anything during the day

[bobzila]

I manage the reptile section of a pet shop in Melb. Aside from hunting, reptiles are my passion. Im fortunate that i come across lots of snakes and lizards while out hunting, so i get to combine the two things i love.
Ads

mate if you love reptiles you would love my old job. i used to work in the reptile section of fether dale wild life park for awile but now im a 2nd year spray painter at moussa smash repairs in villawood (if any sydney siders smash their cars feel free to bring it round) i will be a 3rd year in october

[hunt or be hunted]

i dont have a job yet so i just shoot rabbits with my bow and sell them as dog food, i get lots of orders and cant keep up.

dan.

[stink989]

Well i work at Maccas its not the best but its good to work with mates and it gets me the cash to keep the archery alive

[ads]

Hi Bobzilla, Featherdale would have been cool. Its almost a full time job looking after my reptiles at home. I have about 200.
Ads

[bowhunting4eva]

at school at the moment and work at macas part time

[Poppy]

I'm a Carpenter/Builder on the Sunshine Coast QLD, Near Noosa (Latt'e Land).
Was in the NSW fire brigade for 12years full time but left it to go bush.
Thinking of going into the mining industry WA Pilbara or QLD Bowen Basin?
Looking for the larger dollars.(Greed)
Ads, reptiles are my second passion I keep and breed a few myself.
Mate keeping 200 would be a full time job on its own good luck?
Cheers
Paul

[Jeffro]

Im a Sparkie .Im leading hand on a United group job at Revesby Train station upgrade at the moment.
I worked on M5 tunnel,Cross city tunnel,M7 freeway,Lane cove tunnel and some other large jobs.
Im starting to do a bit of my own work too .
Interesting thread

[79modelhunter]

Hey guys

Thanks for the posts keep em coming
I work anywhere between 50-70hrs per week so it does not leave alot of time for hunting
I try to get out the club at least once a week

Ads - there's heaps of snakes up here. I saw 4 in 4 days last week

Cheers
79'

[Evil Taco]

i dont have a job yet so i just shoot rabbits with my bow and sell them as dog food, i get lots of orders and cant keep up.

dan.

mate if you don't mind me asking, how much do you get for the meat...?

[forrie]

sparky apprentice and soon to have my dual trade with refrigeration :) then off bush for me :)

[HOOD]

Well I'm stuck in an office 95% of my work week:(
I'm a draftsman designing new residential/extensions and commercial buildings.
Not the most exciting job, I enjoy the challenge but not the difficult ever mind changing clients:mad:
It pays the bills and leaves my weekends free to spend time with the family or get out and about when I can.
Use to do landscape gardening before I stuffed my back in a car accident 10yrs ago.

[jas-legolas]

i work as a butcher 4days fish and hunt 2days PASSIONATE lover 1day.
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa56/jas-legolas/behindsofa.gif http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa56/jas-legolas/wife.gif jas..................grafton.

[Puk]

I am the school and youth pastor in a parish of 500 people, i do services Sundays in 2 churches, work 3 days a week at a High School, and 1 day a week at a primary school. As the schools grow, my position will increasingly move more into the schools which means that i will get weekends and school holidays off to go hunting.

Puk

[cat hunter]

hi guys i work from home i build and repaire caravans i have my factorie (well its a large shed ) on my property so i can work from home and it keeps the overheads down its not exciting but it keeps the familie feed

[jay]

I've been working in retail since befor I left school over 7 years ago. Its not a high paying job but 60% of the year is slow going the other 40% is madness. I'm Currently working as a Casual at Target as the storeman for a few weeks until the Mrs has the baby. Retail has given me many Lifeskills and an eye for detail and Customer relations skills, Somthing I'll need if I run a small business one day :D

[HOOD]

I've been working in retail since befor I left school over 7 years ago. Its not a high paying job but 60% of the year is slow going the other 40% is madness. I'm Currently working as a Casual at Target as the storeman for a few weeks until the Mrs has the baby. Retail has given me many Lifeskills and an eye for detail and Customer relations skills, Somthing I'll need if I run a small business one day :D

Archery Store maybe;):P

[cutthroat]

Hi everybody,some interesting jobs there I work in the forest in the south east
of south australia.Our busiest time is in the summer fighting the odd fire.Last year we got sent to the hills near Adelaide twice.Hey I might be a reptilian
as well we have snakes everywhere,tigers, copperheads and the odd red belly
black.

[howie]

Average week is 20 hours, busy week is 30 hours and by that time I am shot duck and need to go hunting. Howie

[hunt or be hunted]

mate if you don't mind me asking, how much do you get for the meat...?


not enough lol, i sell 2 rabbits for $3.00 but becuase theres lot's of baby rabbits around now i have to sell 4 baby rabbits for $3.00, but its still fun whether i get money or not.

dan

[randal]

Im senior aquarist, senior reptile keeper and 2IC on carnivors at the National Zoo and Aquarium in the ACT, When im not looking after animals, Im hunting bunnies to feed the snakes and gators. I shot two hares last week to feed the reticulated pythons, awsom stuff (the hunting and the feeding). If anyone who hunts deer in the ACT area and can garuntee fresh quality meat, hit me back to discuss hand feeding some lions and tigers.

[high_country]

.............keeps me busy.

[mickus]

Ambo with the Ambulance Service of NSW, have been for six years. Butcher by trade and owned a Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning company inbetween!!

We do two days two nights and four off, (the nights are 14 hours) Sometimes it takes two days to get over the night shifts!!!

A challenging career, but thankfully the "big" jobs don`t come along all the time.
Mick

[Sagitarius]

I'm a manager for a medical/biotech company, and can be working at nearly any hospital in NSW. I also study/work at a few unis developing the science side as time permits.

I also keep and breed reptiles, but am owned by ferrets. I have 10 at the moment, 4 of them kits just a week and a day old.

[hunt or be hunted]

i also have a ferret, there so cool! wouldnt sell her for all the money in the world. im even abit hesitant to take her out as im worried she wont comeback out of the hole like her sister : (

[emu]

A few different trades there me I work for a family owned vineyard about 400 acres plus a bit of hills ground with around 400 sheep for something different.I work on average 45 hours a week but come grape harvest this often doubles and lasts for about 10 weeks depending on year.We make some good reds and some tasty whites as well.A few deer inhabit our vineyards from time to time but usually to busy to hunt them.
Emu

[grooveyguru1]

Hi all. I am an Electrical Fitter in the Army. We cover about four trades all in one foul swoop. I have varying qualifications in Autoelectrics (cert 2, only 3 subjects off cert3 ), Refrigeration (cert 3), power generation and maintence and almost an A grade electrical license. I am off in a few weeks to sit my licensing exam so am (or should be) studying heaps at the moment. I have been in the Army for 13 years and will be leaving for greener pastures when my time is up in about 18 months.( hence me sorting out my license). I first joined and did an aprenticeship in telecommunications but changed over a few years back.

[GREG D]

I am a Train Driver for Pacific National Queensland. Run from Mackay to Cairns. Great job, get to see a heap of wildlife. Everything from pigs to deer, snakes and rabbits.

I spent 23 years in the Army in Infantry. So I have spent most of my life living in the bush and sleeping on the ground.

[Sagitarius]

i also have a ferret, there so cool! wouldnt sell her for all the money in the world. im even abit hesitant to take her out as im worried she wont comeback out of the hole like her sister : (

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Yep they are very cool.

Shame you lost one, do you put bells on them or block of the rabbit holes and come back later?

I only take them out hunting if they will follow a squeaky toy or such.

[chris]

Hi All

I live and work in Newman WA.
It is the largest single pit open cut iron ore mine in the world owned by BHP.
Love the job.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/chrisdaz/Pit2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/chrisdaz/CentrePit.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/chrisdaz/P1010073.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/chrisdaz/P1010074.jpg

some fun facts

the largest non war time and non nuclear explosion took place here!
235,000,000L of diesel used per year!
The pit is over 3km long, 1km deep (From ground level but it was a hill at one point 300m above sea level) and 1.75km wide!
It holds the record for the longest and heaviest train pull in the world (not shore of the numbers)!


Chris

[79modelhunter]

Some cool pics there Chris

The mine I work at is between 15 - 20 klms long
Not sure on the depth

Cheers
79'

[hugearm]

brother both work in the mines at blackwater (diesel fitter and sparky) me im still at school but work part time at a corner store

[kal_mike]

I work as a geologist in an underground gold mine near Kal

[silent killer]

Im a apprentice motor mechanic not the best job lmao..
....Cheers alex...

[macka]

I'm a South Australian based Kangaroo shooter. I work at night and head shoot kangaroo's under a spotlight then process them into a carcass. Which is basicly just cutting off hoppers, heads, tails, bung holes and guttng them. I shoot 40 roo's on a good night and my best was 85 in one night. Its good money and i work around 3 or 4 nights a week depending on the weather. I am my own boss and can take time off when i want and a lot of properties i work on have goats, deer and rabbits so i can usually head off earlier and have an afternoon hunt with the bow. I'm out there in the bush every night right where i want to be so the job is pretty much perfect for me. And its great for gaining access to bowhunting properties as well.

Some of those mines look huge. A mate and i just gained access to a goat property backing onto a big open cut iron mine and they are spectacular holes in the ground thats for sure.

Macka

[cougerking]

crap macka youve got the life..lol i would love that!how did you start that up?

[troy]

Currently at Onesteel but maybe not for much longer with their xmas closure, oh well. Try and get into mining I think as I cant get paid enough to hunt professionally or breed snakes. 'Shoulder to the wheel.'
Nice pics from the mines there guys.

[Warlocke]

I own/manage my own Gym/Squash/Fitness centre but my credentials are in Strength and Conditioning, Human performance, Elite coach.

My work covers everything from elderly rehab to Olympic athletes.

Working as a consultant to a National Basketball team when I get the chance.

My workplace.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/Warlocke/Pic_0828_016.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/Warlocke/Pic_0828_017.jpg

[HOOD]

Worlocke you need to change your user name to "Gymjunkie" then;):P

[hawkeye]

High school history teacher am i - love my history (especially military history).

[jason]

work on high voltage equipment LIVE.. up to 330,000 volts bar hand
have posted these pics before but for the newbies he is them again
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/smee99/stuff/dd1eae58.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/smee99/stuff/7bc96fd7.jpg
Me bonded onto 330,000 volts
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/smee99/stuff/d7558cc0.jpg

most our work is done off a scaffold that is insulated but it only reaches 14m and this job 30m up so we hung off a crane with insulated sticks between us and the earthed crne

[HOOD]

Jason your job must be such a Buzz :rolleyes::P;)

[PATBOWTECH]

Self Employed Carpenter
Joiner.
Love Renno Jobs
Currently On Comercial Fitouts In Adeilade City
Coins Good But Work 6 Days On Average

[Keen as Mustard]

Well guy's, Great thread BTW, I am in the RAAF and im am ALSFITT and EGENG, They stand for Aircraft Life Support Fitter and Egress Engineer....
that means i get to play with the ejection seats that are in the FA-18 Hornet... some pretty cool stuff to work on.... and pretty dangerous at the same time...i Have some pics for you to have a look at... this is what i do to earn a crust.....

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa187/keen_as_mustard/ourphotos979.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa187/keen_as_mustard/ourphotos978.jpg

This is me with my daughter ........ Im teaching her early.... lol.... all she wanted to do was play with the big "RED" buttons.....

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa187/keen_as_mustard/ourphotos975.jpg

well i hope you liked the pics


Cheers KAM

[cannon ball]

12 years as a mechanic with the Ambulance service of NSW (last 12 months as acting leading hand) great job,never a dole moment.We do mobile servicing,breakdowns and fix just about anything an ambo can wear out.Our workload has changed alot since our fleet has become leased.We used to do everything inhouse,motors,gearboxes,motors,diffs and even motors.Previous to that I spent 8 years at the local Holden dealers

[Questions]

Full time uni student studying Chemical Engineering. Hopefully be finished in 2 years!

[HOOD]

Full time uni student studying Chemical Engineering. Hopefully be finished in 2 years!

Thats if you dont' blow the lab up first mate:P;)

[bigwal_123]

i work at a local butchery about 2 or 3 arvos a week. just some casual money but its good. saving up my money to buy a new bow.

Wal

[Questions]

Thats if you dont' blow the lab up first mate:P;)

Not a chance! :P uunfortunately we dont get to muck around with stuff that can go bang. Rarely even use a bunsen burner!! haha Its a bit disappointing really becuase i love stuffing around with things that can go bang! lol One of the benefits of living in the country!

[Grunter]

I am currently working in India for the next 2 years for the largest Oil & Gas Offshore Drilling contractor in the world, Transocean. I have worked in a few different countries & companies including, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Norway, United Arab Emirates, West Africa, Scotland (North Sea) New Zealand, Indonesia, Brasil & all around Australia in the same feild of Oil & Gas. I have been doing this since i left school & just racked up 17 years in the industry. I work 28 days on 28 days off. The coin is not too bad, but the 6 months at home is real good. I am one of the senior supervisors at work. I will post some pics when i get a chance.

[robf300]

Some very good jobs in here !
I just recently started work at the ABC as an apprentice technician, so i'll be responsible for ensuring your TV and Radio reach you. Its a great job and going well, the technology in the place is amazing, enough to blow your head off in the first week!

[Bowmancam]

I work on Magnetic Islands only Golf Course , servin beers and hire clubs... play golf 4 or 5 times a week before or after work ... and i still suck ... but it sure beats Sydney traffic ;)

Cheers, Cam

[XTfreak]

I work on Magnetic Islands only Golf Course , servin beers and hire clubs... play golf 4 or 5 times a week before or after work ... and i still suck ... but it sure beats Sydney traffic ;)

Cheers, Cam
The question was "Where do you work". NOT where do you hang out staring at backpackers all day:P
Bill