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re: Instrument Tech and Plant Baws
Posted on 11/4/17 at 4:06 am to sta4ever
Posted on 11/4/17 at 4:06 am to sta4ever
I'd do I/E. I do shift work right now as a contractor and hate it. With having kids id much rather be home on the weekends. I recently got hired on as a maintenance mechanic at another plant that is Monday through Friday day shift only. Just waiting for the background check process to get done so they can give me a start date. Can't wait.
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Posted on 11/4/17 at 5:39 am to A_bear
Operations gets called out as well. If the plant shuts down, hurricanes, ice storm, etc. That’s the sucky part of the job is that part being in play whether you’re scheduled or not.
Posted on 11/4/17 at 6:12 am to sta4ever
Have you worked in the plants before? Might want to work a turnaround or something before you make a change like this.
Seen a bunch of folk fresh out of school crack because of the stress plant work brings (long hours, typically away from home, stressful environment)
Seen a bunch of folk fresh out of school crack because of the stress plant work brings (long hours, typically away from home, stressful environment)
Posted on 11/4/17 at 7:52 am to Four Leaf Tayback
Dang! didnt realize we had so many plant Baws on the OT. Thought we had more I.T. nerds like myself 
Posted on 11/4/17 at 9:24 am to sta4ever
How mechanically inclined are you? What do you feel is your ability to use both empirical data as well as learned data to make decisions? Are you curious about how things work? Are you worried about being electrocuted or caught in a flash fire? Get called in the early morning from sleep to drive 30 minutes to work not knowing what is broken yet needs to be resolved ASAP because plant/ unit operations are about to shutdown and suffer environmental flaring? What about working in a chem plant/ refinery where there's deadly gasses? Acids? Caustics?
These are just some of the questions you need to ask yourself. While not all likely to be faced daily, the life of a good I/E tech isn't always punch a clock and go home.
These are just some of the questions you need to ask yourself. While not all likely to be faced daily, the life of a good I/E tech isn't always punch a clock and go home.
Posted on 11/4/17 at 10:21 am to UncleRuckus
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Do process technology.
I have a more important question than any that's been asked in this thread, so far. Why do the plant workers insist on pronouncing the word process with a long O when used in this context? Drives me crazy.
Posted on 11/4/17 at 11:07 am to Cuz413
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How mechanically inclined are you? What do you feel is your ability to use both empirical data as well as learned data to make decisions? Are you curious about how things work? Are you worried about being electrocuted or caught in a flash fire? Get called in the early morning from sleep to drive 30 minutes to work not knowing what is broken yet needs to be resolved ASAP because plant/ unit operations are about to shutdown and suffer environmental flaring? What about working in a chem plant/ refinery where there's deadly gasses? Acids? Caustics?
These are just some of the questions you need to ask yourself. While not all likely to be faced daily, the life of a good I/E tech isn't always punch a clock and go home.
This guy gets it....
Posted on 11/4/17 at 11:07 am to SeabrookTiger
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Have you worked in the plants before?
The only kind of work I’ve ever done in a plant was a summer job working for Turner as a laborer. Grew up my entire life around plants though because my dad is an engineer
Posted on 11/4/17 at 11:21 am to sta4ever
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Grew up my entire life around plants though because my dad is an engineer
What is he advising you to do?
Posted on 11/4/17 at 12:22 pm to High C
He’s said pretty good things about both. He introduced me to an operator yesterday so I got to talk to him and learn more about Work and everything
Posted on 11/4/17 at 12:32 pm to sta4ever
One little piece of advice, don't just expect to receive an IE or operator job bc you got your associates degree. You are not entitled to that position. Make yourself marketable while you are in school by getting a contractor job in a plant. Even if it's just firewatch. There are thousands of experienced boilermakers, valve techs, and other service guys who will be applying for the same position as you. Plenty of people I went to school with are still waiting on that magical operator offer to appear, with a load of student debt to boot. One year after graduating, only about 10% of us actually have the job we were looking for.
Posted on 11/4/17 at 1:06 pm to sta4ever
Piping Design baw.
From what I know now and what college costs now I would seriously look at this trade if you can run a Cad system and visualize in 3D.
Field visits once a week at best (more like once every 2 weeks) and air-conditioned Cad work the rest of the week.
Great money degreed or not.
From what I know now and what college costs now I would seriously look at this trade if you can run a Cad system and visualize in 3D.
Field visits once a week at best (more like once every 2 weeks) and air-conditioned Cad work the rest of the week.
Great money degreed or not.
Posted on 11/4/17 at 1:17 pm to sta4ever
Lab Tech is another option
Posted on 11/4/17 at 2:45 pm to AndyCBR
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Field visits once a week at best (more like once every 2 weeks) and air-conditioned Cad work the rest of the week.
Work 70 hours a week 30 weeks a year. Mainly because you will be looking for work the rest of the time. Highly unstable line of work always worrying if your job will be there or when you will be replaced.
Posted on 11/4/17 at 3:30 pm to fightin tigers
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Work 70 hours a week 30 weeks a year. Mainly because you will be looking for work the rest of the time. Highly unstable line of work always worrying if your job will be there or when you will be replaced.
Not from what I have seen in my time in the industry.
I think it depends on which company you work for. Everybody has to follow the work to a certain extent but some EPC companies do have more stability than others.
Posted on 11/4/17 at 5:19 pm to gazelles
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gazelles
Do you work with fighting tigers? Sounds like you'd get along well
Posted on 11/4/17 at 9:08 pm to Icansee4miles
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Do you work with fighting tigers? Sounds like you'd get along well
My mood is usually driven by the deadheads above me that are more worried about jambalaya competition placement than keeping the place running.
In their defense it is hard to get hurt when the place isn't running.
Posted on 11/5/17 at 4:11 pm to indytiger
Yep I am being realistic about this and I know I’ll have to work hard to get better jobs
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