26y/o. I own/operate a company that provides fleet maintenance services for other companies. Basically we keep their vehicles maintained and inspected to keep break down's to a minimum.

I went to college and got a degree in the healthcare industry and then decided the healthcare industry wasn't for me, so after a few interesting twists I wound up here.

 

I'm a safety manager in a container cranes manufacturing company. We do cranes for the ports all over the world.. Tough job but worth it...

For those whom not sure what is a container cranes, here we go...

 

1. Primary jobirector of Information Resources (computer stuff) for a county government. Used to do just the law enforcement side, now I do it all. Small county, I have two assistants, one has a YamahaR1, so we miss work sometimes to go ride.

2. Scuba Instructor (part-time) and Public Safety Diver (when needed)

3. Scuba regulator repair/service technician

4. Helicopter pilot (don't get to fly too much anymore, only do photo flights, rides kind of thing, but still fun).

 

I wanna fly a helicopter.

 

Here's what I work on everyday....






Some of these.... (6.4L)





And TONS of these **** boxes.... (6.0L)




So yea.... if you can't tell by now (lol), I'm a Ford diesel tech. I almost have my senior master certification, just one more class to take and a finish up my ASE tests and I'll get that. So I can work on anything with all the certifications I have now (7 full pages when I printed it out, lol), but I stick to the diesels. With the 6.0L there's always plenty of work, and it's something nobody else wants to do so there's no 'competition', and all the work comes to me and the other diesel techs. I don't want to do it forever, but for now I enjoy it. It's hard work and you get plenty dirty, but I dunno for some reason I like it, for now anyways *shrug*. In a couple years I may go back to school.... I'm not sure exactly for what but I'm leaning towards the HVAC field.

I went through the Ford Asset program, which is a 2 year factory sponsored training program. A coop between ford dealers, a local technical school, and a local community college. Graduated that in 2005. Best bang for the buck training you can get for this industry. The entire 2 years only cost me $3000, my dealer payed the other $3000, I get $5000 worth of tools at the end, and I have a guarenteed job at graduation because you work at the dealer the entire time you're in school and get hands on training at the same time. Pretty sweet deal...

I gotta pull 2 6.0's this week.... one with a cracked block @ #5 cyl, and the other blown head gaskets. Biggest piece of S**T International has ever made [&:]

 

Internet/Fleet Manager for a socal Buick Pontiac GMC dealership

 

Distribution and manufacture for the some of the two biggest companies in the world. MCD's and Starbucks!
RB

 

sounds just like my brothers situation except he remodels apartment complexes

I'm a Team Leader at Bass Pro Shops
$10/hrisn't great but it's good until I go back to school

 

i am a sailing instuctor in the summer. i teach little kids how to sail independantly in 2 weeks 6-14 yr olds.
i work on motorcycles for fun but i go throught about 3 or 4 a week lol.
and lastly i work oddjobs around the marina where i used to live.

 

EE