Subj : Re: New to this
To   : Accession
From : StormTrooper
Date : Sun Apr 20 2025 07:41 pm

 Ac> I recently watched a video for FIFO? Offshore oil rig work making
 Ac> upwards of 200k/yr for only 6 months of work (1 month on, 1 month off
 Ac> kind of stuff). If I lived out that way, I'd probably be interested in
 Ac> something like that.

Most of our FIFO stuff is mining. I think you'd have to  have the right mindset to cope with it.. While it pays well, it's a pretty limited field.

 Ac> Then again, I've always wanted to work with my hands.. which is something
 Ac> learned at a younger age. Have you ever, or do you still have shop
 Ac> classes in grade school (woodworking, metals, auto, etc)?

That was all gone by the time I hit highschool. They were always worried about safety concerns. Got 1 semester, about 6 months of pretty low grade woodwork.  The usual wooden spoon, stool kinda stuff.  More recently they seem to have outsourced these things to TAFEs facilities, (Tertiary and Further Education) they run apprenticeship courses and are already geared towards this kind of thing.  But I don't know just what they offer at school level these days.

#1 Son was able to get into an Auto Mechanics course. He's since near completed an apprenticeship in the same.  Other #1 Son on the otherhand only discovered he hates woodworking.   But it seems to vary from location to location, they went to schools in wildly different areas.  You've also got to have a nearby TAFE that supports the trades you're looking at. They don't all cover the some trades.

ST

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