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[Webby the Bear]

Hi guys,

Has anyone ever worked in a plant or know someone that has? Watched Gran Torino last night and Clint worked in the Ford plant for 50 years. Just made me wonder whether it'd be something to consider (if possible due to job availability) when I finish my schooling.

ps that film is proper awesome!!!

[amba]

When I was 20 years old in the late 70,s, I  worked for C.A.V in Rochester manufacturing and testing diesel pumps .

Plant closed ,although as I had only been there a few months was offered redundancy which in effect gave me more than double the money I had earnt in the time I had worked there.Real result as that gave me the cash to buy a Mini Cooper S which I owned for about 2 years.

Actual job was " brain damage" as 8 hour nights Sunday-Thursday getting soaked in synthetic diesel and have had dermititus ever since,but was as close to a production line as I ever want to work again

[Webby the Bear]

When I was 20 years old in the late 70,s, I  worked for C.A.V in Rochester manufacturing and testing diesel pumps .

Plant closed ,although as I had only been there a few months was offered redundancy which in effect gave me more than double the money I had earnt in the time I had worked there.Real result as that gave me the cash to buy a Mini Cooper S which I owned for about 2 years.

Actual job was " brain damage" as 8 hour nights Sunday-Thursday getting soaked in synthetic diesel and have had dermititus ever since,but was as close to a production line as I ever want to work again

so i take it not the ideal job if you want to get in to diagnostics... this is effectively just like packing airline meals?

[Sir Tigger KC]

I worked in a carpet factory once.... 

[Webby the Bear]

I worked in a carpet factory once.... 

well they both start with car p

 

[Sir Tigger KC]

I worked in a carpet factory once.... 

well they both start with car p

 

It was mind numbingly boring!    and I doubt assembling cars would be much different to be honest. 

I think your talents would be wasted!   

[Webby the Bear]

I worked in a carpet factory once.... 

well they both start with car p

 

It was mind numbingly boring!    and I doubt assembling cars would be much different to be honest. 

I think your talents would be wasted!   

  cheers ST 

[henryd]

When I was 20 years old in the late 70,s, I  worked for C.A.V in Rochester manufacturing and testing diesel pumps .

Plant closed ,although as I had only been there a few months was offered redundancy which in effect gave me more than double the money I had earnt in the time I had worked there.Real result as that gave me the cash to buy a Mini Cooper S which I owned for about 2 years.

Actual job was " brain damage" as 8 hour nights Sunday-Thursday getting soaked in synthetic diesel and have had dermititus ever since,but was as close to a production line as I ever want to work again

so i take it not the ideal job if you want to get in to diagnostics... this is effectively just like packing airline meals?

No diagnostics required on the assembly line hopefully,its when they hit the road the buggers need diagnosing

[Webby the Bear]

When I was 20 years old in the late 70,s, I  worked for C.A.V in Rochester manufacturing and testing diesel pumps .

Plant closed ,although as I had only been there a few months was offered redundancy which in effect gave me more than double the money I had earnt in the time I had worked there.Real result as that gave me the cash to buy a Mini Cooper S which I owned for about 2 years.

Actual job was " brain damage" as 8 hour nights Sunday-Thursday getting soaked in synthetic diesel and have had dermititus ever since,but was as close to a production line as I ever want to work again

so i take it not the ideal job if you want to get in to diagnostics... this is effectively just like packing airline meals?

No diagnostics required on the assembly line hopefully,its when they hit the road the buggers need diagnosing

depends which one you work in i suppose 

i suppose QC would be the closest 

[TheBoy]

so i take it not the ideal job if you want to get in to diagnostics

Factory isn't the place to learn (you'll be bolting bits together), most garages/dealers wont teach diagnostics either, as they prefer the random component swap, on a poke-and-hope methodology

[Webby the Bear]

so i take it not the ideal job if you want to get in to diagnostics

Factory isn't the place to learn (you'll be bolting bits together), most garages/dealers wont teach diagnostics either, as they prefer the random component swap, on a poke-and-hope methodology

fair enough. was just a thought . could be something to start off with though but im stioll looking at all my options

i thought dealers were the best bet?

[MR MISTER]

You don't do diagnostics, the machine does it for you. You interpret the results, and that's where the flair (along with a dollop of experience) comes into it.

[Webby the Bear]

You don't do diagnostics, the machine does it for you. You interpret the results, and that's where the flair (along with a dollop of experience) comes into it.

I disagree. There's tons of things that are diagnosed without a computer/scanner.

[MR MISTER]

You don't do diagnostics, the machine does it for you. You interpret the results, and that's where the flair (along with a dollop of experience) comes into it.

I disagree. There's tons of things that are diagnosed without a computer/scanner.

Yeah,OK. I'm talking electronics, I suppose.

[Andy B]

You don't do diagnostics, the machine does it for you. You interpret the results, and that's where the flair (along with a dollop of experience) comes into it.

I disagree. There's tons of things that are diagnosed without a computer/scanner.

Diagnostic/code readers are there to be used as a guide. The reader gives a code, the clever bit is interpreting that fault code to the actual fault.