1. Welcome to Tacoma World!

    You are currently viewing as a guest! To get full-access, you need to register for a FREE account.

    As a registered member, you’ll be able to:
    • Participate in all Tacoma discussion topics
    • Communicate privately with other Tacoma owners from around the world
    • Post your own photos in our Members Gallery
    • Access all special features of the site
    Quick Links: What would you do with $150? Stupid mods/acessories Wood and metal wedding bands? If anyone's going to Zion,there's a missing Mom. Recommendations for a portable air compressor Buying new computer, suggestions please?

What do you do for work?

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by 4x4Runner, Oct 20, 2006.

Page 115 of 214
  1. Feb 26, 2014 at 1:35 PM
    #2281
    TreadUp

    #2281
    TreadUp Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 7, 2014
    Member:
    #122532
    Messages:
    243
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Justin
    Belville, NC
    Vehicle:
    2007 DBCL TRD Sport
    Bilstein 5100's Toytec Springs / AAL SOS Sliders FN Five Star Wheels Falken Wild Peak AT3W 32"x 10.5"
    CRD/HCU Technician for GE.

    CRD=Control Rod Drive. HCU=Hydraulic Control Unit

    In laymen terms, I work on nuclear reactors. I get to travel around the country and sometimes out of the country.

    I can honestly say, I love my job. Spring, I am away from home a lot but I am home for quite a while in the summer. It allows me to do a lot of diving/fishing.

    If you are single, which I am not, mechanically inclined and like to travel, I would highly recommend getting into the nuclear industry as a tech during shut-downs.
     
    TreadUp, Feb 26, 2014
    #2281
  2. Feb 26, 2014 at 4:36 PM
    #2282
    Kurch

    #2282
    Kurch Member

    Joined:
    Jun 3, 2013
    Member:
    #105506
    Messages:
    20
    Gender:
    Male
    Calgary AB
    Vehicle:
    00' on 33s, 08' on 35s!
    Heavy duty mechanic, recently switched from field work to working out of the shop.

    I miss the field.
     
    Kurch, Feb 26, 2014
    #2282
  3. Feb 26, 2014 at 4:42 PM
    #2283
    jamesrenoallen

    #2283
    jamesrenoallen Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 17, 2013
    Member:
    #118779
    Messages:
    198
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    James
    Oregon
    Vehicle:
    15 DCSB MGM
    that would be pretty awesome I'm a traveling wind turbine technician but I have always wondered about nuclear power plants
     
    jamesrenoallen, Feb 26, 2014
    #2283
  4. Feb 26, 2014 at 5:41 PM
    #2284
    RedNeck D

    #2284
    RedNeck D Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 31, 2013
    Member:
    #111586
    Messages:
    1,267
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Dylan
    San Leon, Tx
    Vehicle:
    Multi
    Currently I am the shop foreman for a dealership collision center. I love my career. I started nine years ago as a porter pushing brooms and washing cars by hand. From there I learned collision repair and moved upto helper and then upto a tech. Awesome field to get into with many perks and open doors.
     
    RedNeck D, Feb 26, 2014
    #2284
    I married my tacoma likes this.
  5. Feb 27, 2014 at 4:18 AM
    #2285
    TreadUp

    #2285
    TreadUp Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 7, 2014
    Member:
    #122532
    Messages:
    243
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Justin
    Belville, NC
    Vehicle:
    2007 DBCL TRD Sport
    Bilstein 5100's Toytec Springs / AAL SOS Sliders FN Five Star Wheels Falken Wild Peak AT3W 32"x 10.5"
    James, from what I have heard from the guys I know that have done wind turbine work, nuclear pays much better.
    I would like to experience being x number of feet up in the air though! Nuclear plants are pretty ugly, no windows but, they are really cool looking inside. Reminds me of call of duties.
     
    Last edited: Feb 27, 2014
    TreadUp, Feb 27, 2014
    #2285
  6. Feb 27, 2014 at 9:42 PM
    #2286
    jamesrenoallen

    #2286
    jamesrenoallen Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 17, 2013
    Member:
    #118779
    Messages:
    198
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    James
    Oregon
    Vehicle:
    15 DCSB MGM
    id like to get in to nuclear if I ever got the chance but for now I'm sticking with wind. I really would do any kind of power production; wind, nuclear, hydro, solar, even natural gas and coal wouldn't be that bad because there are plants everywhere do I'd have decent job security even if I had to move away. Where I'm from we have a natural gas plant, 2 damns and thousands of wind turbines all within a fifty mile radius and its a town of only 3000 people
     
    jamesrenoallen, Feb 27, 2014
    #2286
  7. Feb 28, 2014 at 6:59 AM
    #2287
    TreadUp

    #2287
    TreadUp Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 7, 2014
    Member:
    #122532
    Messages:
    243
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Justin
    Belville, NC
    Vehicle:
    2007 DBCL TRD Sport
    Bilstein 5100's Toytec Springs / AAL SOS Sliders FN Five Star Wheels Falken Wild Peak AT3W 32"x 10.5"
    Bought my Tacoma on Wednesday and now I leave for Mexico tomorrow morning for over a month for work.
     
    TreadUp, Feb 28, 2014
    #2287
  8. Mar 2, 2014 at 1:50 AM
    #2288
    VAYoder4167

    #2288
    VAYoder4167 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 20, 2013
    Member:
    #116998
    Messages:
    1,123
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Frank
    Lynchburg, VA
    Vehicle:
    Lifted 04 toyota tacoma sr-5
    Magnaflow dual catback exhaust, 5100 bilsteins all around with 1" body lift and stock coils, 33" BF Goodrich sitting on a set of 15" Alloy Ion wheels
    Yea I don't blame you it was great getting to run all kinds of heavy equipment. I see heavy equipment go by on trucks and I wanna get back into it but I'm stuck being a maintenance mechanic/electrician/generator mechanic.
     
    VAYoder4167, Mar 2, 2014
    #2288
  9. Mar 2, 2014 at 1:15 PM
    #2289
    Ryan DCFS

    #2289
    Ryan DCFS Elevator guy

    Joined:
    Feb 25, 2012
    Member:
    #73605
    Messages:
    663
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Ryan
    East Bay Area
    Vehicle:
    09 DC long bed TRD silver streak
    Elevator Constructor Apprentice - IUEC local 8.

    I'm Paramedic as well, but not working in that field right now.

    Building elevators and escalators in new construction is a blast.
     
    Ryan DCFS, Mar 2, 2014
    #2289
    I married my tacoma likes this.
  10. Mar 2, 2014 at 6:34 PM
    #2290
    spencer44306

    #2290
    spencer44306 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 20, 2013
    Member:
    #118945
    Messages:
    419
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Spencer
    Upstate Ny
    Vehicle:
    13 TRD Sport 4x4
    fishing boat captain
     
    spencer44306, Mar 2, 2014
    #2290
  11. Mar 5, 2014 at 3:28 AM
    #2291
    Biscuits

    #2291
    Biscuits Thorny Crown of Entropy

    Joined:
    Aug 8, 2010
    Member:
    #41397
    Messages:
    15,576
    Gender:
    Male
    Swiggity swangin' biggity bangin'
    Hey, someone else who works for GE!
     
    Biscuits, Mar 5, 2014
    #2291
  12. Mar 6, 2014 at 10:58 AM
    #2292
    Joe D

    #2292
    Joe D .

    Joined:
    Nov 13, 2011
    Member:
    #66942
    Messages:
    7,202
    Keeping you busy bringing good things to life? :D

    Chickie that used to live with me had some grandparents that retired from GE. Some how they'd ended up with some stock either as compensation, retirement or buying for more years than I've been alive. It was a really, really good move for them. GE has recently built a new small jet engine manufacturing plant not far from my house. If course I'm used to the slightly larger GE90-110b.
     
    Joe D, Mar 6, 2014
    #2292
    I married my tacoma likes this.
  13. Mar 8, 2014 at 1:31 PM
    #2293
    Biscuits

    #2293
    Biscuits Thorny Crown of Entropy

    Joined:
    Aug 8, 2010
    Member:
    #41397
    Messages:
    15,576
    Gender:
    Male
    Swiggity swangin' biggity bangin'
    :laugh: something like that.

    I'm actually in chemical sales, which in GE's corporate structure, makes us the red-headed bastard child of all the businesses. It could be said that GE is a huge financial company with a massive manufacturing arm, and even then we don't fit into either one of those categories.
     
    Biscuits, Mar 8, 2014
    #2293
  14. Mar 8, 2014 at 5:43 PM
    #2294
    SWFL Taco

    #2294
    SWFL Taco Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 28, 2013
    Member:
    #98690
    Messages:
    132
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Brian
    Cape Coral Fl
    Vehicle:
    11 Tacoma DC 4x4 trd sport
    Equipment operator for my cities utilities dept,I work on water,sewer,and irrigation services. The largest being a 36"transmission main, those are easy and less destructive,it's the 6-20" mains that wipe out roads. But over all I can't complain due to the fact my last overtime I had 49 hours on top of my 40 regular lol.
     
    SWFL Taco, Mar 8, 2014
    #2294
  15. Mar 8, 2014 at 8:14 PM
    #2295
    SOS CONCEPTS

    #2295
    SOS CONCEPTS Bumper builder

    Joined:
    Sep 9, 2013
    Member:
    #112175
    Messages:
    15,658
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    SOS
    Laurens SC
    Vehicle:
    17 sos buggy, 09 taco(in pieces), 14ram 3500
    Rock bouncer
    I fit and weld power transformers for EFACEC
     
    SOS CONCEPTS, Mar 8, 2014
    #2295
  16. Mar 10, 2014 at 8:20 PM
    #2296
    TreadUp

    #2296
    TreadUp Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 7, 2014
    Member:
    #122532
    Messages:
    243
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Justin
    Belville, NC
    Vehicle:
    2007 DBCL TRD Sport
    Bilstein 5100's Toytec Springs / AAL SOS Sliders FN Five Star Wheels Falken Wild Peak AT3W 32"x 10.5"
    What do you do for them?
    I have the pleasure of spending most of my summer here in Veracruz, Mexico. It is awesome down here. Toyota Hilux's everywhere here.

    edit: just saw your explanation of what you do.
     
    Last edited: Mar 10, 2014
    TreadUp, Mar 10, 2014
    #2296
  17. Apr 4, 2014 at 6:20 PM
    #2297
    JohnNP

    #2297
    JohnNP ForeRunners Future Wife :)~

    Joined:
    Nov 3, 2013
    Member:
    #115828
    Messages:
    14,275
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    John
    Hobe Sound, FL
    Vehicle:
    2014 DCSB 4x4 TRD Sport JBL
    As of 11/4/15 1) Tailgate Anti-Theft Mod 2) ND4SPDBP's Fog Light Mod 3) Devil Horn Emblem 4) Weathertech Digital Floor Liners 5) ADD W-1 Vers 2 Baffled Oil Catch Can- constantly surprised at how much oil this thing captures 6) Weatherproof Under the rail LED bedlights Warm White (by Mattgecko) with hidden small cubby switch 7) Sliding Window Security Bar 8) Hood Lighting Kit Warm White /Pro Kit (by BeeRad) 9) Morimoto mini D2S retrofit HID lights w/ 55W ballasts and XB 5000k bulbs from TRS- one of the best modifications I have ever made, blows the stock lights out of the water 10) ImMrYo bracket 11) Scangauge II 12) Autodimming mirror w/ Compass/Temperature/Homelink 13) Bedrug Mat and Tailgate rug. 14) Pop n Lock Power tailgate lock w/ bolt coded to factory key. 15) Map Light w/ Door Mod 16) BakFlip HD Tonneau Cover 17) 35% Front windows ceramic tint - a very good match to factory 19) Gerber machete, because every truck needs a machete 20) Various flashlights, really love my Black Diamond Miner Mole Headlamp 21) AFE Pro Dry drop in filter 22) removed secondary charcoal air filter 23) Back up light Mod- I used the light bulb as found on page 14, 35W from Lowes. https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/886-backup-light-mod.209578/page-14 24) Hi-Lift Off Road Recovery Kit- thank you TW Secret Santa 25) Tailgate Seal 26 interior footwell/rear seat dome light controlled LEDS https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/footwell-and-rear-seat-led-light-dome-switched-mod-lots-of-pics.409428/#post-11529460 27) pelfrybilt aluminum front skid 28) morimoto XB fog lights 29) mob town front recovery bar with 2 Smitty bilt D-Rings 30) 48" Extreme Hi-Lift Jacks w/ ATO rail mounts 31) Prinsu rack 32) Rigid D2 Ditch lights 33) 40" Heretic LED bar on Prinsu Rack 34) Kawell x 6 side lights 2 spot and 1 wide per side 35) Rigid SRQ2 x 2 rear facing asshole/backup lights 36) NSA switch panel to 150amp bussman fuse on custom made mount 37) 267/70/17 BFG KO2's in C rating Pending installation 1) Rock Lights Upcoming/Possible Mods 1) Katzkin Leather Seats in black/ice grey (supposedly better factory match for the 2014) w/ Degreeze heater/cooling and TRD stitched into the seat faces thru jhuey - once I get to Arizona will buy them and have him install them 3) Total chaos UCA's 4) Kinda want to get some of the 2016 TRD Sport Rims or the grey TRD wheels the FJ cruiser/4Runners have. 5) BAMF LCA Skids 6) ICON or KING coilover 8) BAMF hidden grill light mounts 9) 20" or 30" LED light by Rigid Industries for behind the Grill. . 10) full leave pack maybe the Deaver 10 leaf set 11) ? Warn m8000 winch- really depends on if I end up doing more off roading 12) Possibly a console vault, not entirely convinced those are as secure as they would have you believe.
    I'm a Nurse Practitioner in Pulmonology/Critical care. I spend the majority of my days in one of our various ICU's admitting, transferring out, rounding on my patients and shoving various sized tubes into their necks or chests as needed. :D.
     
    JohnNP, Apr 4, 2014
    #2297
    I married my tacoma likes this.
  18. Apr 4, 2014 at 7:11 PM
    #2298
    14TACO4X4

    #2298
    14TACO4X4 Mmmmm... Beer

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2014
    Member:
    #121346
    Messages:
    1,262
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Shawn
    Temecula
    Vehicle:
    18 RAM EcoDiesel
    Laramie
    Retired Navy Senior Chief. 2 months after retirement I went to work as a corrections officer. Been doing that for 6+ years now.
     
    14TACO4X4, Apr 4, 2014
    #2298
    I married my tacoma likes this.
  19. Apr 4, 2014 at 7:14 PM
    #2299
    jbmccul

    #2299
    jbmccul Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 17, 2011
    Member:
    #49437
    Messages:
    22,908
    Gender:
    Male
    Vehicle:
    2021 GMC Sierra AT4, 2019 Audi A5, 2017 Audi Q5
    Full time college student
     
    jbmccul, Apr 4, 2014
    #2299
    I married my tacoma likes this.
  20. Apr 4, 2014 at 8:19 PM
    #2300
    snowbound

    #2300
    snowbound Active Member

    Joined:
    Feb 9, 2014
    Member:
    #122687
    Messages:
    43
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Sean
    Texas
    Vehicle:
    2014 TRD Off Road
    Telecommunications/Unified Communications technician for the last 15 years.

    Primarily install and provision new systems. Commercial phone systems, voicemail, call centers, voice recording equipment, lots of VoIP and SIP. About to go to training to install regional 911 systems.

    Before that I was a mechanic. Worked for GM and Goodyear.
     
    snowbound, Apr 4, 2014
    #2300
Page 115 of 214
To Top