Doing 2 week pre-apprenticeship course at TAFE

tankclare · 25-11-2008, 11:24 PM

Just thought id write up about what im doing at the moment (is a bit exciting). Well heres the story (sorry if its a bit long):

Looking online at jobs and came across a plant mechanic apprenticeship going at mines near muswellbrook (huntervalley). I put in a resume etc as you do. Well a few days later got a phone call saying can you be at Muswellbrook TAFE on the next day. Got there and had talks about what was going on and that we have to do a 2 week training course on Auto-Fabrication at TAFE. The course is valued at around $2000 a head and we are getting it for free so thats a bonus. Anyway the company/program this is for has a heap of mines etc working with it and after the course they pretty much just choose who they want out of the course. Started the course yesterday so now im two days down and have another 8 to go. 5 days in auto mechanical and 5 with boilermaking.

May seem small and nothing to some but I'm excited and hoping to hopefully get a half decent apprenticeship out of this. To get into the mines would be like a dream to me.

Well thanks for letting me spill my crap lol

FTe342 · 26-11-2008, 02:33 AM

Good on you mate and do your best with this great opportunity.

Anyway avenue that will get you a trade and especially into the mines is worth pursuing

Good luck

dandandandan · 26-11-2008, 08:22 AM

Thats awesome dude.
Congrats at getting the foot in the door and at the very leaast coming out with a free 2 week course.
I hope to get a job surveying at the mines in the next few years.
Anywho best of luck mate.

tankclare · 26-11-2008, 09:18 PM

thanks fellas..Feels good having a foot in door like said

tankclare · 30-11-2008, 02:29 PM

Well one week is down. Has been heaps easy so far and majority of the class have no idea what they are doing (kind of funny but sad at the same time). Me, a mate and probly 2 maybe 3 other people would be the only ones who have half a clue what we are doing. Chances are good so.. Back down the auto section tomorrow.

Daymoe · 30-11-2008, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by tankclare

Well one week is down. Has been heaps easy so far and majority of the class have no idea what they are doing (kind of funny but sad at the same time). Me, a mate and probly 2 maybe 3 other people would be the only ones who have half a clue what we are doing. Chances are good so.. Back down the auto section tomorrow.

Thats good in a way, because it makes you few stand out from the rest.

tankclare · 30-11-2008, 11:01 PM

yer it does. Teachers in the auto area already know me and my mate from previous courses and get along good with us. Head teacher told me he would put in a good word with the people running the course.. i was like "YEEEEAAAAHHHHHHH"

In the few days we had up at metal and fab so far we are building our own jobs. We had to do a drawing of what we were building to see how good we were. I was the only one in the entire class to do a proper tech drawing and teacher liked it that much when the head teacher came in he made him come over for a look (got to be a bonus). All the other people whinged about making stuff in the heat so much one fella even left the course. I'm striving ahead in it and there would probably only be 3 of us with a half decent job so far. All others are rushed and dodgy looing. They hide in the grinding bays and talk before they get caught. Me and my mate are taking it serious and doing our work and so far the teacher really seems to appreciate it.

So far i dont even know what the other people are doing in the course..they have no enthusiasm and always whinge. To me this is a big step into getting a career. To them its like who cares i can go back to school.

MotherNatureVer2 · 01-12-2008, 09:20 PM

Well done matey. I hope it all pans out the way you want it too.

Having a keen outlook with skill will get you a long way. Keep up the top attitude & you will go far.

tankclare · 01-12-2008, 09:29 PM

thanks MotherNature! Hope this gets me somewhere or at least it gets me a foot in the door and my name out there a bit. Was back down the auto section today working on holden motors of all things lol

dave351cid · 01-12-2008, 10:19 PM

good to see you are having a good go at it mate. this could be the most important 2 weeks of your career, in as much as being the ticket to having a career or not.
stick with it and give everything you have.

even if you just learn to work on holden motors , then you will never be out of a job , cause we all know how often they need woking on. lol.

tankclare · 01-12-2008, 10:35 PM

haha true. . Also forgot to mention we got our first test back today..Got 29 out of 30. Bit annoyed because the one i got wrong was the sort of question where two answers could be right. Stupid me picked the wrong one didnt i.