I am a PLC Engineer and do some emergency electrical work if the plant needs me. If I already have a fluke 773 what other multimeter would you pick to cover what the 773 can't do.
Work has a 9143 for device calibration so that's not an issue either.
Just grab a 87V?
Industrial manufacturing plant. Hoppers, mixers, extrudders, etc. all Allen Bradley plc if that matters.
Thanks.
I am what I would call a non-industrial controls electrician. Lots of fire alarm, building automation, motor controls experience. Canada based, mostly in commercial, institutional, and new construction.
I have dabbled in Python and a couple other languages but very surface level stuff, nothing too crazy. I have also built plenty of physical BAS and PLC panels/cabinets, just never got into the programming end of it.
Fast forward to today and I received a message from a staffing agency and a small plant in a small town is looking for a controls electrician to take over all their controls work so they can stop depending on a contractor. Did a few interviews and for whatever reason they believe I’m the man for the job haha.
The plant has about 7 lines all direct machines and motors. No robotics or anything crazy complex. I have a good understanding of PLCs just never had the opportunity to get paid to do it.
All Allen Bradley PLCs. They also mention ignition SCADA, VFDs in CCW, FactoryTalk HMIs, configuring Ethernet switches, calibrating instrumentation sensors, etc.
There seemed to be an understanding that they don’t expect me to know everything but to get there eventually.
So I guess my question would be how much of a learning curve am I looking at here. I would say I’m quite computer literate just never had to use any of these programs.
Am I crazy to think I can do this?
Hi. I’m looking for some guidance on standard practice and what is fair for both parties. We are in the beginning stages of separation (common-law) with a young school aged child.
Parent 1:
Works M-F 7am-3pm
Approx 1hr commute
Parent 2:
Works shift straight days
10am-10pm
30-40min commute
Shifts and days off work in blocks of 4 or 5
So the issue is the shifts land “randomly” through out the week. Because it’s like a 9 day rotation on a 7 day week there’s isn’t really a pattern to where they land. The good thing is the shift is set and we know what days months and months in advance.
Parent 2 figures doing 50/50 custody is simple because Parent 1 can just have the days they work. Parent 1 disagrees and doesn’t think it’s fair to separate and still have to organize their life according to the shifts of the other parent.
There are probably options for work accommodations or different shift times but both are a unionized environment and not as simple as just changing them.
I figure this will be a collision course towards third party negotiations but curious what the likely outcome is.