@bigpoppa what can you do with only a G3? I’ve seen some schools offer online courses for that designation but it’s been a while
You mean I need a ticket to adjust my gas burning appliances that were installed by someone with a ticket that never went near them with a gauge (neither supply nor manifold side)?This is the gist of it(looked it up just now)
-Your work has to be checked and signed off on by a G2
Under general supervision of a G2 you are somewhat restricted(general means they may not be on site but maybe a phone call away):
-You can install/test/activate/purge gas piping/tubing downstream of a meter that is less than 2 1/2" diameter
-You can reactivate an already installed appliance
-Clean/replace/remove flue gas venting
-Clean/lubricate appliances
-you are NOT allowed to perform initial activation.
Under direct supervision(meaning they are on site with you):
-You can basically do everything they are allowed to do with their license
I believe the largest appliances a G2 is allowed to work with max is 400000 Btu
If your a helper, your working most likely with a technician most of the time anyway so it works out
You mean I need a ticket to adjust my gas burning appliances that were installed by someone with a ticket that never went near them with a gauge (neither supply nor manifold side)?
Been looking for work and understandably not many people are hiring right now, im thinking about applying to places further away from the GTA...
I will be looking at pay and the individual employers as well, if the pay is decent and they have benefits its worthwhile
for those who have had to commute/travel longer distances daily for work, whats your experience been like? How far did you have to travel daily? How long was the 2 way commute? Does it wear you down after a while? What if the commute is west and away from toronto and the traffic?
Did you like it/hate it/were indifferent?
You answer your phone on vacation?I like the kind of job where you wake up and you are already at work, then when you are on ski vacation in Whistler you get a phone call confirming you just sold 80 grand worth of microscope equipment at 10% commission and a 14 thousand dollar service contract
I'm retired now but my commute was always between 1 hour - 2.5 hours each way on a normal day since I can remember. You put up with what you have to in order to provide the best you can for yourself and your family. For the last 10 years of my work life, I lived in Brampton and worked in East Oshawa (east of the GM plant). That was 1.5 - 2.5 each way depending on time of day and weather. Fortunately, my company paid my 407 bill, which was about a grand a month. Snow storms were the worst. In my later years, I'd just take a vacation day if decent snow was predicted. Towards the end of my time there, I was working from home quite often, even though that was frowned upon. At that point, I didn't really care. The severance would have been sweet if they tossed me Bottom line, you do what ya have to. It ain't pretty but it's doable. Gives you lots of "alone time"!
Yeah no thanks. Vacation is for unplugging, I treat it like punching a clock back in the hourly days. Soon as I board that plane I'm not spending a shred of my time thinking about work.whoring for commission on big ticket items for a living
yeah, you need to always be taking calls
I did it for a decade and it was refreshing to go back to maintenance
eff the phone, someone else can figure it out when I'm off work
It depends how much vacation you take. I know some people that travel almost as much as they are at home. Work mornings or evenings, then vacation for the rest of the day. It's not for everyone, but it is hard to travel six months a year where you are fully checked out (unless you have already saved a crapton).Yeah no thanks. Vacation is for unplugging, I treat it like punching a clock back in the hourly days. Soon as I board that plane I'm not spending a shred of my time thinking about work.
I wouldnt consider that vacation. Again I'm talking about specifically unplugging from work. Half days don't cut it imo.It depends how much vacation you take. I know some people that travel almost as much as they are at home. Work mornings or evenings, then vacation for the rest of the day. It's not for everyone, but it is hard to travel six months a year where you are fully checked out (unless you have already saved a crapton).
I remember that as bad as the traffic was eastbound in the AM and westbound in the evening, it was even worse going the other way on the 401. The only alternative is the 407 and that gets hugely expensive.Going to start going to work from Oshawa to bottom of Black creek drive... I think I'm going to be FCu%$#!