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re: What schooling for plant operator job?
Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:38 am to WHS
Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:38 am to WHS
You can go to BRCC, they have a program for plant operators. You might actually get hired before you even finish the 2 year program. It's common for people in the program, to get recommended for a job, before they even complete it.
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Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:38 am to Swagga
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Plant operators get the OT really going.
Little dick syndrome.
Unmistakable.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:39 am to WHS
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I have a BA degree
Too smart. Move along.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:40 am to OweO
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You can go to BRCC, they have a program for plant operators. You might actually get hired before you even finish the 2 year program. It's common for people in the program, to get recommended for a job, before they even complete it.
Yea I saw that BRCC had an associate degree for that. I wonder if Southeastern has anything? I will have to check that out since that is my alum.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:42 am to PaperPaintball92
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Too smart. Move along.
What else could I do with it then in the plants to make around 100K a year? I would have to make about 100K for my wife to stop working. We together make about 80K and then I make another 10-15K part time.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:44 am to WHS
You have to pass the interview at Sonic first.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:44 am to WHS
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WHS
where do you live baw?
Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:47 am to 777Tiger
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where do you live baw?
North shore
Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:47 am to WHS
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What else could I do with it then in the plants to make around 100K a year?
frick being an operator. Become an engineer of some sort. That's where the money is.
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Yea I saw that BRCC had an associate degree for that. I wonder if Southeastern has anything? I will have to check that out since that is my a
lum.
If you're planning on going back to school anyway and you already have a degree, just go for engineer.
This post was edited on 4/24/18 at 10:50 am
Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:47 am to WHS
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suited for the Instrumentation / Controls and Automation side of it
More bang for you buck on this one...work in a plant and have a trade/skill set you can take anywhere. Plants for constantly looking for folks trained in E&I or controls.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:48 am to ellishughtiger
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Do you think this bc they married to young or can’t handle the home/work transition.
Plant operators work a shite ton of overtime and most of it isn't by choice. Sure we make 130K+ but you are never home. Hard to have a family like that. I have a nice checking account, a fat 401k, but I have a ex wife, child support, and hardly ever see my kids.
I wish I would've chosen a different career.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:49 am to PaperPaintball92
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frick being an operator. Become an engineer of some sort. That's where the money is.
I would imagine I would have to go back to school for a while to be an engineer.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:51 am to ForLSU56
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More bang for you buck on this one...work in a plant and have a trade/skill set you can take anywhere. Plants for constantly looking for folks trained in E&I or controls.
Yea, this is the side I would be most interested in for sure.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:52 am to WHS
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spend my teacher salary on trucks, campers and I just bought a 2018 dirtbike
You have a lot of debt don't you?
Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:54 am to Areddishfish
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You have a lot of debt don't you?
Not really, we own our on home and dont have many bills other than our vehicles and toys. What hurts us most is student loans which will be paid off in about 5 years.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:56 am to WHS
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I would imagine I would have to go back to school for a while to be an engineer.
You're going to have a 24 year old boss one day who just graduated from LSU with an engineering degree. His dad (a life long exxon employee) will hook him up with a job and he'll start off on day one making more money than you. You'll refer to this thread and wish you had listened to old PP92.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 11:00 am to WHS
I’m at Houston Refing-LyondellBasell not everyone needs a degree, but I have a PTECH degree.
Trainee pay is $35/hr and once you get qualified on one job it moves to $41.60/hr. We have quite a few guys that had engineering degrees that have moved to operations because it makes just as much or more with none of the hassle. During turnaround operators sign permits and engineers work their arse off, with no overtime.
Trainee pay is $35/hr and once you get qualified on one job it moves to $41.60/hr. We have quite a few guys that had engineering degrees that have moved to operations because it makes just as much or more with none of the hassle. During turnaround operators sign permits and engineers work their arse off, with no overtime.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 11:01 am to PaperPaintball92
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frick being an operator. Become an engineer of some sort. That's where the money is.
Engineers make about the same as an operator and work about the same amount of hours.
Only difference is that their base is a lot higher.
End of career, an engineer usually will win out for hours:compensation.
Their career path is what dictates their income and one frickup can cost them their career. Granted, you're talking slim chances. A shitty supervisor cant stagnate their career and have them job hunting at inopportune times.
However, an engineer is more likely to be able to jump from a sinking ship, although that can be debatable if you factor in everything.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 11:08 am to WHS
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Well my family and I race dirtbikes
LACC?
Posted on 4/24/18 at 11:12 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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trucks, and boats, nd ATVs, not children and a wife
AND truck nuts
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