Number of Roadtechs in the business?

[indoprime]

Hey folks,

I was wondering, just how many of us are in the Roadtech world?  I've heard numbers ranging from 485 all the way to 1000.  Hit me back, let me know what's up?

Indo.

[Brett LaVigne]

I have heard recently that there are somewhere in the nieghborhood of 800 - 1000. That is about 1/3 what there was in the early 90's. I am sure someone has more accurate numbers but this is probably not far off. We are a rare breed for sure.

[illegalsmile]

One less. After 27 yrs in the commercial/DOE nuclear world, I start my non-nuclear government job at Aberdeen Proving Ground on 9/17. Happy trails, y'all!!!!

[MrHazmat]

OK, who is the .7 person...slacker. 

[RDTroja]

OK, who is the .7 person...slacker. 

Based on my experience that represents 7 x .1 people and I think I have worked with most of them.

But back to the first question, lets take a scientific approach. Everybody sound off...

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[Brett LaVigne]

Based on my experience that represents 7 x .1 people and I think I have worked with most of them.

But back to the first question, lets take a scientific approach. Everybody sound off...

1 

Uh...2 

[vikingfan]

are we counting all trades or just hp type folks ??

[alphadude]

there are about 3000 at any one time down from 4900 of the late 80s  on the road at any time- around 1000

if u are talking about people that are temps- no benefits, no job in 5 weeks, use unemployment as a means to survive-- 400-600

[Mike McFarlin]

Not enough!

[Already Gone]

One fewer here.  You might see me at an outage or two, but I'm not techin' no mo'.

[Rennhack]

For every 4 that drop out, one comes back in...

[SloGlo]

eye dunno.  i bin offa da rode fer a wile.  still teching contracts, gist knot dune da rode.  well, maybe da short rhode.  duz dat kount?  mebbe eye yam wonna da 0.1?