Apparently you can have an apprentice on base with a lightbulb ready, but due to maintenance contracts or some such you have to wait for Greg to come down from Tittybong in 2-3 weeks. Please tell me this is some sort of fever dream. There is no way someone can get in trouble for swapping out a broken bulb.
I've been out of full time work since march of last year. Ive been trying my hardest to get back into heavy equipment, but all I've been able to pull is temp gigs. Im lucky that the gig I have now is pretty crusy. But lately I just cant muster the energy to care, and Ive just been feeling low.
I'm talking about the one that no one saw, and did not dig that trench over there with two shovels.
How many CV/resumes do you actually go over? I've had a feeling that there has been allot that AI dont let you see, or that you dont read for whatever reason. Would love to have a peek behind the curtain, so to speak.
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Ive only been able to find temp gigs since march of last year. I want to operate heavy equipment, buy I cant find any interviews or track down any gigs. The last company i jad a digger gig with handed my contract to the directors mate. The last thing I said to my spotter was "Come first light, Im just going to drive home. Because I dont stay where Im not getting paid." Since then Ive just been surviving. Money got so tight that I dumped the last of my savings into car cleaning supplies. With the two people I cleaned cars for I was able to make rent. But even so It was only just. I mean, I like cleaning cars. But im not sure its something I want to invest in just yet. My heart belongs to Iron because I enjoy the challange, but a big parr of me wants to do it full time so I can give the middle finger to thay civil company that sidelined me for years. But im tired, and not sure what to do.
Ive only been able to find temo gigs since march of last year. I want to operate heavy equipment, buy I cant fet ant interviews or track down any gigs. The last company i jad a digger gig with handed my contract to the directors mate. The last thing I said to my spotter was "Come first light, Im just going to drive home. Because I dont stay where Im not getting paid." Since then Ive just been surviving. Money got so tight that I dumped the last of my savings into car cleaning supplies. With the two people I cleaned cars for I was able to make rent. But even so It was only just. I mean, I like cleaning cars. But im not sure its something I want to invest in just yet. My heart belongs to Iron because I enjoy the challange, but a big pary of me wants to donit full time sonI can give the middle finger to thay civil company that sidelined me for years. But im tired, and not sure what to do.
Heya, NZ local here!
Looking for full time roles in the Bop area!
I have experience with forklifts, and over 1000 hours on heavy equipment (rollers, tracked dumpers, front dumpers, telehandilers, loaders, excavators).
Ideal pay rate : $26.50-$30 per hour.
Can supply a CV on request.
Send me a DM with any offers!
Heya, looking for some work this week in Tauranga.
Preferred times : anything between 7am to 5pm
Can do :
-Wash cars
-Use forklifts
-General laboring (unskilled work)
Preferred contact : DMs
Preferred wage : $24-25 an hour.
I (33 M) live in New Zealand, and I'm a laborer / operator of some years. But ever since march of last year, I have only been enable to find temp gigs. I would love to find a full time job running heavy equipment, but it seems next to impossible. I feel like I'm doing all thats asked of me, but nothing seems to work, and I am just exhausted.
I was contracted to this company, and they got a guy in from one of their other teams (probably didn't like the fact that I charge out $35 an hour for running heavy equipment :/ ).
And this guy did everything that woudl have gotten me kicked off the machine for months at my first gig. He failed to check his machine, did not let it warm up in cold weather, waited till have way through the day to geese it, and failed to ID that it was a manual hitch not an easy hitch (another sign he did not check the machine over).
At this point I have to ask : What the actual hell are employers looking for? On the one hand, Im told no because i dont have 5+ years experience and a truck license, on the other hand, I see stuff like this all the time and m shocked that this is the pass mark.
So we had an operator out here a bit today, and he and is offsider left the neighbors yard in this state. I was allways taught by the forman that showed me how o use diggers that you should a) never leave the public's yard/property in this state, and B) should always keep your excavations in one pile to make it more efficient to pull back into the hole.
My step dad said that the guy who did this is also a forman, which just made me mental. Because companies have been denying me access to excavators/heavy equipment for ages due to lack of experience. But then I see stuff like this and I'm like "But that go's against everything I was taught." He tried to say "Well depending on who you work for will depend on what they care about." But It didn't sit well with me.
Am I wrong to feel some sort of way about this?
