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Hi all,my name is Vaughan and I`ve been an industrial control specialist for the last 16 years.I was a Ford trained Multiskilled Apprentice so as such have done a lot of mechanical work as well as electrical,mainly automation,all types of control fault finding,PLC (S7,S5 Allen Bradley etc.),3 Phase,heavy industrial stuff too,near enough anything Industrial/Control related.
I left Ford in 2009 via voluntary redundancy,it was called Linamar by then and then I started my own non-electrical business and I ran it for 18 months,big mistake,should have stuck to what I knew!!!
Anyway,since February of this year,after a hideous 5 months of unemployment I managed to get a job in a high quality papermills as a shift electrical craftsman. The jobs been amazing so far,really interesting and I`ve dusted off my domestic/commercial installation skills too,as I tend to do this on my overtime shifts,rest of the time`s pure faultfinding,which I love!!!
ANYWAY!!!!
I`ve just completed a high voltage switching awareness course down at Cumbernauld near Glasgow,which I really enjoyed,I`ll be going back asap to do the city and guilds exam.
As tends to happen on these things,you meet up with others involved in the industry and I got chatting to a few boys who work on/offshore with oil/gas.
Of course their wages are a big attraction,but also for me the time off and shift pattern as although I get 10 days off a month now,I still feel I`m away a lot more than I`m home and I hadn`t realised that I`d find it so hard.
Talking to the lads,my experience and knowledge are up there with theirs,I`d say control wise above what their expected to do,but in order to get involved in this game,it seems I really need this CompEx certificate.
From what I can gather a lot of its down to intrinsically safe instruments,glanding etc,it sounds very much like the 2391 inspection and testing exam I did back in 2007,use of the regs etc but I`m really struggling to find out much more about it?
They run a course up here in Aberdeen and I`m told it`s very well done,but not particularly cheap,so of course I`d like to gather as much info as possible first before I go in feet first!!!!
I`m generally very good at exams,I passed the 2391 off my own back first time and I have very limited domestic experience which I felt the course was very biased towards,but it was a good excercise as well.
So any info or just to say "hi" would be greatly appreciated and of course if theres anything you think I maybe able to assist with,just ask,I reckon I`ve seen a fair bit of electro/mechanical faults in my time and I`m always ready to help.
Thanks,Vaughan.
I left Ford in 2009 via voluntary redundancy,it was called Linamar by then and then I started my own non-electrical business and I ran it for 18 months,big mistake,should have stuck to what I knew!!!
Anyway,since February of this year,after a hideous 5 months of unemployment I managed to get a job in a high quality papermills as a shift electrical craftsman. The jobs been amazing so far,really interesting and I`ve dusted off my domestic/commercial installation skills too,as I tend to do this on my overtime shifts,rest of the time`s pure faultfinding,which I love!!!
ANYWAY!!!!
I`ve just completed a high voltage switching awareness course down at Cumbernauld near Glasgow,which I really enjoyed,I`ll be going back asap to do the city and guilds exam.
As tends to happen on these things,you meet up with others involved in the industry and I got chatting to a few boys who work on/offshore with oil/gas.
Of course their wages are a big attraction,but also for me the time off and shift pattern as although I get 10 days off a month now,I still feel I`m away a lot more than I`m home and I hadn`t realised that I`d find it so hard.
Talking to the lads,my experience and knowledge are up there with theirs,I`d say control wise above what their expected to do,but in order to get involved in this game,it seems I really need this CompEx certificate.
From what I can gather a lot of its down to intrinsically safe instruments,glanding etc,it sounds very much like the 2391 inspection and testing exam I did back in 2007,use of the regs etc but I`m really struggling to find out much more about it?
They run a course up here in Aberdeen and I`m told it`s very well done,but not particularly cheap,so of course I`d like to gather as much info as possible first before I go in feet first!!!!
I`m generally very good at exams,I passed the 2391 off my own back first time and I have very limited domestic experience which I felt the course was very biased towards,but it was a good excercise as well.
So any info or just to say "hi" would be greatly appreciated and of course if theres anything you think I maybe able to assist with,just ask,I reckon I`ve seen a fair bit of electro/mechanical faults in my time and I`m always ready to help.
Thanks,Vaughan.
