Contracting versus Maintenance Electricians and on into the future

[GMES]

He sits back in his recliner opens the popcorn and cracks his knuckles in anticipation!!!!!!!

 

[Tiny Spark]

 

[Knobhead]

I’m retired, I couldn’t give a flying ****

 

[7029 dave]

Tiny, hows it going? Not seen you about.

 

[Tiny Spark]

Tiny, hows it going? Not seen you about.

Good thanks mate, been busy with a new job

 

[Knobhead]

So if were all a bunch of "cable monkeys" that are clearly way below your stature, why do you spend so much of your time on this forum?

Hoping to find a question worth the effort of thinking about.

 

[High Tower]

A hospital is just a good quality distribution system with a few bits added.
You don’t know how the equipment works. Because of that you can’t fault find on it other than the basics.

What’s your knowledge like on instrumentation, hydraulics and pneumatics?

Could you work on a chemical plant were all the equipment is bespoke. You can’t call anyone in to help out as the only people who know how the process works are the company men.

Could you deal with thermal run away in a process, a major power outage that puts life in danger due to the process becoming unstable, I doubt it.

Can you work on MV switchgear and cables other than just put them in place?



Come on admit it, you’re just a cable monkey. The bain of my life for years!

My name is Aiden, and I'm a cable monkey

 

[Engineer54]

Sorry Tony and Eng, I don't agree. Trained money!!!, NO that is not the way, so you think installation Electricians don.t fault find and commission their work. I have worked at many hospital's in me time, and the so called maintenance sparky's were all sitting in their little workshop/ stores drinking tea and changing a few lamps and fittings. (or cleaning). Me at the front end doing the real work.As for factory's production etc, can't say, only that one firm I worked for had the contract for metal box (tin caned factory), maintained the production line, the boys on that said it was a douse. lol

Read my last post above with regards to Hospital maintenance!!

I don't think you have much of a clue when it comes to what a real industrial maintenance electrician is all about. Most need an HNC these days to even get a start. It's always a douse as you call it when everything is working correctly, the problem comes when it stops working and the installation electrician that is sent by the outside contractor to fix it, hasn't got a Scooby doo as to even know where to look, let alone know what's wrong with the plant....

 

[Engineer54]

Just noticed, the post i wrote on the magnitude of the various hospital services and maintenance has just disappeared!!!!