Day Jobs

[Chris Spencer]

Well has an aside from Jowett I thought we might attempt a couple of 'off topic' discussions - so as this cropped up the other day when talking at a conference I thought we might give it a go, some may want to be creative with their job description but what would be nice to know is that if any of that skill base utilised in your career is helpful in your Jowettering ? (other than providing the funds to do so)

I am a senior site manager for a environmental contracting & construction company - I specialise in the restoration of river corridor for habitat, environmental & ecology - I face many challenges on a daily basis and is quite often a logistical nightmare when you have to somehow keep a 35 ton piling rig upright on a peat bog - let alone get it there in the first place. The projects can be anything from off line habitat ponds, fish & eel pass structures, sluice & weir construction, riverside nature reserve construction, restoration of historic water meadows and I have just completed the restoration of a Victorian river bathing area. You have to work with a 'all things are possible and smile on the face commitment' otherwise you would never get through the day - I cover the Thames & Hampshire valley areas so 30 thousand plus miles a year driving is not unusual - it is my career of choice and fantastically rewarding in work satisfaction, great in summer, pleasant in autumn and bloody cold in winter - and in river flood conditions - well lets not go there shall we !! - I think the all things are possible bit always helps where Jowetts are involved !

[Jack]

I have an utterly meaningless job title, but I negotiate pricing for a global IT organisation. It's like purchasing, but a bit more complicated than that, with close links to the sales side of the business. I train others in negotiation, as well as managing long term relationships with a number of other global organisations that supply us. It is a job that is extremely stressful and high pressure for a very small amount of time every day, which is nice, because I like life that way.

I've also got a few other skills, that until I thought about (in the blazing heat of the weekend) I had probably underestimated. I've broken a World Record, done some seriously deep diving, been communications and press officers for a few dive clubs, worked as a labourer, dive master, sales manager, logistics manager, and delivery boy. And I'm not even 30. I can't imagine what my CV is going to look like in a few years time.

Anyone needs any advice on how to negotiate with big companies, or scuba diving, I'm your man

Jack.

[p.p.]

i'm a dental technician, specialised in titan work.
can help and advice you in precision shouting.
can help and advice you as sailing teacher. (ocean and sea)seamanship
also advice into surviving skills, in bush and dessert.

peter

[rob needs]

i'm a dental technician, specialised in titan work.
can help and advice you in precision shouting.
can help and advice you as sailing teacher. (ocean and sea)seamanship
also advice into surviving skills, in bush and dessert.

peter

Are you Swizterlands answer to Bear Grylls Peter ?

[TedAllen]

Like so many Jowetteers, I am now proud to be an old age pensioner.

My former life as a vehicle breakdown engineer has , of course, meant I do all jobs, except paintwork, at home.

I was ' head-hunted ' ...haha...a couple of years ago by a former colleague, now a fleet manager for a national car hire company, to sort out any problems with their vehicles in my area.
I do it as and when I get called...it's not rocket science, it earns enough to pay for the month's petrol/derv and there's no real responsibility to it. It's fun and gives me a sense of still being needed.

I now have a Metrolink tram station virtually at the back of the house so I can get into the city on call-outs for free, on my bus pass, if I don't need to take the Grand Vitara in with all the tools.

Life is pretty damn good, actually ! I commend retirement to you.

[Tony Fearn]

Like so many Jowetteers, I am now proud to be an old age pensioner. Life is pretty damn good, actually ! I commend retirement to you.

I agree with Ted. After a lifetime in Pathology (42 years), being involved in the various specialities of Blood Transfusion, Haematology, Biochemistry, Microbiology and then specialising in Histopathology and Cytopathology, which involved looking at tissues and various products from every part of the human body, whether alive or dead, I can honestly say that retirement is fantastic. No longer do I have to get up three, four or five times a night when 'on call' (in addition to a normal working day) to attend to the biomedical side of neo-natal exchange transfusions, suspect malaria cases, drug overdoses, meningitis cases and so on.

Throughout all this I have looked after 'Mary Ellen' (as well as my wife Hilary, and Lisa and Richard!) and now have only the cars to sort out as Hilary sorts me out and the 'kids' look after themselves.

We might now have grey hair and look old, but it's a good life as Ted says.

Look forward to it all you 'youngsters', but don't forget to sort your pensions out!!

Tony.

[dougie]

Full time electrical contractor untill a recent fall has put me on the sideline.I have taught yoga for a very long time and play in a celtic folk band.Due to my experience I have been able to keep up the teaching, and now include a lot more of back care in my classes.

[Tony Fearn]

Can we keep this thread going?

It's wonderful to read what other Jowetteers are doing, or have done as a full time job.

Tony.

[AlanBartlett]

I work full time in the restoration game of restoring pre 1950s mgs, TA/B/C/D/F and MGA's, covering everything from mechanical to painting to fabrication, even coachwork. Have been doing this job for about 3 years now, after studying 3 years at college in subject of media, while at that time undertaking the restoration of my dad's jowett, now my jowett, getting it back on the road again. Thought i should learn more information about the types of work needed to do this, so chose to take a job in that field, to learn on the job, not an apprentiship as such, but still get taught and learn things doing. You never really stop learning. Have also had the opportunity to work at a couple of paint repair shops to learn how the paint side of things is done, all skills which have come in useful for my own restoration. In a way though I'm glad its not full time Jowetts, its nice to have some variation in work.

[Chris Spencer]

Thought that the members that are interested in this thread might like to see what the present day job project is - links attached below:

http://www.cotswoldcanals.com/pages/pos ... ck-353.php

http://www.cotswoldcanals.com/pages/pos ... -2-355.php

http://www.cotswoldcanals.com/pages/pos ... -3-360.php

http://www.cotswoldcanals.com/pages/pos ... -4-362.php

http://www.cotswoldcanals.com/pages/pos ... -5-366.php

http://www.cotswoldcanals.com/pages/pos ... -6-368.php

http://www.cotswoldcanals.com/pages/pos ... on-369.php

http://www.cotswoldcanals.com/pages/pos ... -7-372.php

[Robin Fairservice]

As a retired Civil Engineer, those reports are very interesting. When you have finished that project you should take a Panama Canal cruise and see the structures there which are nearly 100 years old (and are stilll looking good), before the new locks are completed.

[Forumadmin]

Perhaps we could do a Jowett adventure down the Pan Am Highway