Stealth Posted March 16, 2005 Posted March 16, 2005 Started in summer of 98. Installed intruder, cctv & access. Left 03 went subby to a firm in london doing access. Then decided to try and keep local, so now on a firm on the coast doing mainly fire servicing, but doing the odd security job (which seems to be picking up!) But still doing 40k a year in miles! banghead Chubb Service Engineer
Guest Posted March 16, 2005 Posted March 16, 2005 1997 officially self-employed doing domestic and very small commercial at the time. Have worked for a local national but didnt get on with boss (once your self-employed you cant work for anyone else again - its just a thing or a trait). So now I do some subbying, but mainly I do my own stuff as I like to do things my way as my own boss. So its mainly alarms domestic and commercial, small and large, with the larger red care jobs taken over by the company I subby for who are NACOSS gold, I cant mention them as I dont want my views associated with that company, due to recent events on the forum.
secboy Posted March 16, 2005 Posted March 16, 2005 Blimey! This dates me left school in '75,4yr apprenticeship with GEC diesel generator manufacturer C&G in electrical installation(high speed train/mod work)Left '81 to do service with fruit m/c -juke boxes-videos ran workshop and outsites for a while got talking to moderns engineer and joined Ipswich branch as service engineer,transfered to install(unusuall way round but got sick of pager vibrating across bedside table at 3 am with new born babe!)Went thru Britania/Ambassador///.National Installer.///Secom now with multinational driving a PC more and more so have been in the business about 20yrs apart from aches still feel 30 untill i look in the mirror and see my dad looking back!!!!!!! wierd!!!.Paul
bellman Posted March 16, 2005 Posted March 16, 2005 Hi All, I got into this game a few months after leaving school in '90 started off life with a small local co as an apprentice and over the years worked for several other co's, moved on to large regional co and then some subby work, did a spot of working for myself and now for my sins i've ended up at //.National Installer.//. working as a service eng. So 15 years in the business on and off. Regards Bellman Service Engineer and all round nice bloke ) The views above are mine and NOT those of my employer.
bellman Posted March 16, 2005 Posted March 16, 2005 2004-present Official Texecom Premier advocator/defender on The Security Installer 44406[/snapback] Does that make us national engineers the defenders of the Galaxy I'll not wait for the company issue super hero cape... Service Engineer and all round nice bloke ) The views above are mine and NOT those of my employer.
Mister_Dave Posted March 16, 2005 Posted March 16, 2005 The galaxy doesnt need defending it speaks for itself. The only problem arrives when ademco decide to replace it. Dave Oxendale York based security systems engineer.
bellman Posted March 16, 2005 Posted March 16, 2005 Probably more like the Galaxy mafia, ie mess with our Galaxys and expect to wake up with a horse's head in your bed 44427[/snapback] You crack me up Monteey Regards Bellman Service Engineer and all round nice bloke ) The views above are mine and NOT those of my employer.
Brian c Posted March 16, 2005 Posted March 16, 2005 Does that make us national engineers the defenders of the Galaxy 44422[/snapback] :lol: If you don't know......ask.
1019641 Posted March 16, 2005 Posted March 16, 2005 Started '95 as apprentice electrician, went to college, day release for 3 years then night classes for 4 years, Been at same local Authority since leaving school. Good points - Vast scope of work Bad points - MONEY banghead Dean Wholey NCC Dean.Wholey@Ntlworld.com
black knight Posted March 16, 2005 Posted March 16, 2005 I'm tempted to put toooooooooooooooo long anyhow lets see, i,m 43 now and way back when i was a lad of 21 i joined Modern initially as install then after 3 years i progressed onto service. i left there after another 3.5 years just prior to lander///.National Installer.// takeovers. A short time(3 months) spent at a local company near where i now live that had big promises but unfortunately to many bouncy cheques led to me eventually working for a guarding/alarm company based in hull for about 1.5 years. This was where this smart Alec who thought he knew everything after being at modern soon realised that there was a lot he did,nt know, EOL etc !! My next was as a install engineer and then service at a newly formed company that was owned by my ex manager at modern and that lasted 8.5 years until Chubby bought him out. I lasted a year and half before i got fed up with the big company mentality and moved to my present job as a service engineer with a Leeds based company, where i,ve been for the last 4 years covering the east coast and doing about 36000 a year in the process!! i must admit i find it hard at times to realise i,ve been in this industry for 22 years but I'm still learning new thing now - especially CCTV which i had,nt really touched before i started here and i must admit i actually enjoy it paul THE BLACK KNIGHT "Any comments / opinions posted are my opinion only and do not represent those of my employer or Company."
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