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Trying To Get Into Outage Work - No Experience

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btkeele:
How it impacts other jobs, ie Decon, is that if you have recent interns/new Jr's that can't find work as an HP, they will (or should) take decon jobs...if you were hiring jr deconners, who would you take?  Someone off the street or someone who has been through an RP program and has
been badged?

Ksheed:

--- Quote from: jstorm1140 on May 12, 2012, 11:49 ---Hi all,

My friend has been talking to me about outage work for awhile, and its always sounded like a good opportunity. Im 24 and have only done factory work since I was 18. Neither of us has real experience in this field, but we are trying to get our foot in the door and do the traveling roadtech thing. Is this possible with no real experience? And how do we go about getting the jobs? Ive found the websites for some of the companies but they can be a little difficult to navigate.

Any help is appreciated

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Note the original post. Poster wants to work outages. Doesn't have nuclear experience, but has a vague reference to 6 consecutive years as a factory worker. We don't know for sure what he did in that factory. If it is similar to the factory work I did when I was younger, he has mechanical/electrical experience. There are many schools churning out kids with associate degrees for "Power Plant Technologies". To often these are kids straight out of high school with little or no real world experience. The way I read his original post is that he is ready for a career change and willing to start at the bottom. He is also willing to work outages. He is not asking for a high level position or even a full time position. He is not looking for one specific craft. He just wants a shot at working nuke outages. Dependent upon his resume, I would bring him in over a 20 year old with a 2 year associate degree. The problem I see for him is that most companies don't want to pay per diem for an entry level position. They usually fill that spot with the locals. That is why my advice to him was to find a way in at a local plant. Once he builds his nuclear experience and contacts it will be easier to find work on the road. If he worked 6 years at the same factory, he has a very strong work ethic. If he transfers that to the nuclear industry he will be a good hand.  [soap][2cents] [2cents]

jstorm1140:
^ thats what Im really trying to do, just find a way to get into the door to get the experience that will make it easier to get the jobs. I know that entry level is rough but i figure once i get the experience under my belt it will be much easier to get into more outages

Nuclear Cowboy:
Don't forget Cape Fear Community College in North Carolina they have a Nuclear Maintenance Technology program Granite sponsors. They will pay you a salary, health benefits and 401K  while you are in school and you have a three year contract with them after you graduate. Granite is a subsidiary of GE so there is more than enough work. Hope this helps. I had no experience either now I have a degree in the field and have 4 years experience domesticly and abroad.

Old HP:
Don't be too sure about the concept of once you get a couple of jobs behind you that it will get easier. There are a LOT of Jr. techs with more than 10 outages that are still having a hard time finding outage work this fall season and the spring is not looking much better. The outages are shorter and the plants are not intersted in looking beyond their present outage for their techs are coming from. It can be a very discouraging process of finding work in this busines, especially with no outage experience.

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