What was your first job?

Firefox said:
There's lots of engineers and technicians across different fields out there which explains why the advice on the forum is usually first rate.
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yehhh... but non of em could fix my tap :D...
but 1 did change a fuse for me :cool:


regards
aj
 
April 1959, apprentice electrician. £1. 18 shillings for a 44 hour week.

Dezi
 
Apprentice Fitter Armourer in the REME on £2-9s a week, after 12yrs worked for ICI in the explosives industry for a couple of years, then went somewhere clean and tidy in the Food canning industry until early retirement.

Happy Camping:)
 
Pioneer said:
Apprentice Fitter Armourer in the REME on £2-9s a week, after 12yrs worked for ICI in the explosives industry for a couple of years, then went somewhere clean and tidy in the Food canning industry until early retirement.

Happy Camping:)
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Hi
Was you based at Bromton (Gillingham) in Kent...I landscaped most of the Barrack's there:)
Bye for now
Freddie:D
 
1977..Apprentice Blacksmith / Farrier....£8.50 a week with £2 cash in hand for working Sat mornings....:cool:
 
Student Apprentice with WH Allen Sons & Co Ltd. A proper 5 year apprenticeship learning from craftsmen who took teaching skills seriously because that was the way they had learnt theirs. The factory in Pershore is still there and still producing high-powered gearing.
 
watchthis said:
Hi
Was you based at Bromton (Gillingham) in Kent...I landscaped most of the Barrack's there:)
Bye for now
Freddie:D
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No Freddie, apprentice at Carlisle (Hadrians Camp) then moved around the globe. The old barracks at Carlisle was partly taken over by Gypo's (Wildcamping):D
 
My very first job was driving a horse and cart on Brean beach in Somerset in the late 60,s,,,giving holiday makers rides up and down the beach in the Brean Flyer !! :)
 
Hi , I started my apprenticeship at Vauxhall & Bedfords in Alnwick Northumberland at the age of 15 with a weekly wage of £2.10s
 
first job

Textile engineering apprentice 1949--wage 15 bob a week for 46 1/2 hour week Guess who I worked for?
ME DAD!!!
(15 bob= 75p)
 
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Randonneur said:
Thanks Channa, I'll see if santa brings me something for the new year. Loads of CV's sent out just have to hope something comes back.

Good luck in your endeavours too.

Regards,
Dave.
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know how you feel chick, me same, although not quite out of the door just yet, i've jut had to apply for my job, job description totally different and a 10k pay drop, they got me by the short n curlies, specially in this current climate, 'YOU WILL WORK FOR LESS MONEY' or else, get on the dole, its tough out there right now, its soul destroying, someone will notice you, keep your chin up, maybe with all these experience peeps on here we could start a new forum, tips on CV writing :eek:
 
Apprentice engineer in distillery and bottling hall manufacture and maintenance mid 60's. Then joined the RAF 1974-1999. Hate whiskey by the way!!!
 
1963 - apprentice electrician at the railway (carriage side) £3.10s a week
 
jobs

I left school in 1976 and my first job was in the navy as a deck hand on a submarine.Then i went on to be a Testpilot for Airfix .In 1989 i tried a new career as a lumberjack at a mushroom farm .Now in my later years i am an indoor handgliding instructor :eek:
 
jellybean said:
I left school in 1976 and my first job was in the navy as a deck hand on a submarine.Then i went on to be a Testpilot for Airfix .In 1989 i tried a new career as a lumberjack at a mushroom farm .Now in my later years i am an indoor handgliding instructor :eek:
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Hi :)
You silly sausage:confused::confused:- but blxxdy funny:D:D
Bye for now
Freddie:D
 
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