Subj : Re: New to this
To   : StormTrooper
From : Accession
Date : Mon Apr 21 2025 06:01 pm

Hey Stormtrooper!

On Sun, Apr 20 2025 14:41:07 -0500, you wrote:

> 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.

Definitely not interested in mining, and the videos I saw were specifically oil rig work, but what caught my eye was the welders. I'd love to give underwater welding a try. ;)

> 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.

Does "TAFE" occur well before the child becomes an adult (if so, then that is a good thing)? Or is this something they have to go do after they finish normal school? If that's the case, that was a terrible idea..

They probably outsourced everything so they could put a price tag on it, rather than teaching the kids while they're still young as a part of their normal education.
  
> #1 Son was able to get into an Auto Mechanics course. He's since
> near completed an apprenticeship in the same.

That's great news. I'm glad to hear they actually offer an apprenticeship there for that trade. Here, not so much. However, my step-father owns a body shop the next town over, so my son has been helping out there for the past few summers and seemed to enjoy it. Now that he's 17, he wants to try other things.

Regards,
Nick

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