Newcomer trying to figure out Outage Work

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ndsimmons

Mar 13, 2017, 05:47
Hey guys I am from NC and am interested in outage work. I was just wanting to ask on how I can go about finding work? Is there certain websites I should be looking on? Thanks!

retired nuke

#1
Mar 15, 2017, 07:54
Outage work doing what? Do you have a skill / trade?
At the top of the nukeworker page is a tab - Jobs - try looking there.
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scotoma

#2
Mar 16, 2017, 08:44
Apparently, there are old guys still trying to figure out outage work. "JOBS" on the menu at the top is a good place to start. This should give you a link to employers. There are a lot of jobs that you need some experience to be eligible. There are jobs that you need to be a union member for eligibility. And then there are jobs that just require a live human like firewatches, escorts, etc. Call a few numbers, contact a union hall. Don't be afraid to ask questions, you may find someone who is very helpful, and don't be discouraged by the ones that aren't - they have jobs to do and may not have the time to talk. Take what you can just to get your foot in the door. Those on the outside don't understand power plants, so you have to start somewhere.

RDTroja

#3
Mar 16, 2017, 06:16
Quote from: scotoma on Mar 16, 2017, 08:44
Apparently, there are old guys still trying to figure out outage work.

I was about to post that I have been doing this for 43 years and I am still trying to figure it out... or at least trying to re-figure it out. Things have changed a lot in the past few years.
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SCMasterchef

#4
Mar 20, 2017, 04:42
I am a really old guy, even older than RD and more years in the field too.  Anyway, first and foremost what are you qualified to perform (i.e., craftsman, engineer, Radcon/RP, laborer, whatever)?  Like they said, look at the tabs on this website.  Figure out what you think you are, call the employers, but don't bulls--t your information.  Truthfulness is timely in our business.  If your not sure come back to the website and ask, some one will surely (not Shirley) tell you what they think.  Remember there are other job websites out there that court themselves to nuclear outage related jobs so don't be afraid to look.

RDTroja

#5
Mar 22, 2017, 01:24
Quote from: SCMasterchef on Mar 20, 2017, 04:42
I am a really old guy, even older than RD and more years in the field too....

Wow... over 43 years in Outage work and a Master Chief too? You are old...
"I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I'd gladly eat a network executive or a politician."

                                  -Marty Feldman

"Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to understand that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."
                                  -Ronald Reagan

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.

                                  - Voltaire

Al Eidson

#6
Mar 22, 2017, 02:29
You are not too young yourself Roger, I'm cashing in at 42 short years.

SloGlo

#7
Mar 22, 2017, 12:13
yins ar gist a bunch of olde farts...
quando omni flunkus moritati

dubble eye, dubble yew, dubble aye!

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GLW

#8
Mar 22, 2017, 12:48
Quote from: RDTroja on Mar 22, 2017, 01:24
Wow... over 43 years in Outage work and a Master Chief too? You are old...

masterchef, there's a difference,... :P ;) :) 8)



Quote from: SCMasterchef on Aug 21, 2014, 12:12
Not being a prodigy of the navy nuclear tower of excellence myself,....

been there, dun that,... the doormat to hell does not read "welcome", the doormat to hell reads "it's just business"

GLW

#9
Mar 22, 2017, 12:53



Quote from: RDTroja on Mar 22, 2017, 01:24
Wow...


maybe we need a new set of 'dem 'der readin' spectacles?!?!?!?!?




ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL





been there, dun that,... the doormat to hell does not read "welcome", the doormat to hell reads "it's just business"

SCMasterchef

#10
Mar 22, 2017, 03:20
Never one of those boat guys, no master chief, just a schooled chef.

ndsimmons

#11
Mar 22, 2017, 05:50
Quote from: SCMasterchef on Mar 20, 2017, 04:42
I am a really old guy, even older than RD and more years in the field too.  Anyway, first and foremost what are you qualified to perform (i.e., craftsman, engineer, Radcon/RP, laborer, whatever)?  Like they said, look at the tabs on this website.  Figure out what you think you are, call the employers, but don't bulls--t your information.  Truthfulness is timely in our business.  If your not sure come back to the website and ask, some one will surely (not Shirley) tell you what they think.  Remember there are other job websites out there that court themselves to nuclear outage related jobs so don't be afraid to look.


This May I will be finishing an Associates in Nuclear Technology.  I interned at McGuire Nuclear Station in Operations last Summer.

SloGlo

#12
Mar 22, 2017, 06:58
Quote from: ndsimmons on Mar 22, 2017, 05:50

This May I will be finishing an Associates in Nuclear Technology.  I interned at McGuire Nuclear Station in Operations last Summer.
whale, ops isn't much inn demand during outage, unless yore a house operator. yew may find one of the big contractors, d&z oar bhi two higher  ewe as a jr rp tech, maybe a shielding specialist. ya cood try sum of the major vendors like ge n westinghouse for support engineering, butt you batter no sum won.
good luck.
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dubble eye, dubble yew, dubble aye!

dew the best ya kin, wit watt ya have, ware yinze are!

Ksheed

#13
Mar 22, 2017, 08:46
Quote from: SloGlo on Mar 22, 2017, 06:58
shielding specialist


That's funny right there, I don't care who you are.


That's about like a Solid Waste Specialist.  :)


I agree everyone has to start somewhere, but there is no need to sugar coat it for a new guy just because that's what upper management tries to call that job.

RDTroja

#14
Mar 22, 2017, 08:55
Quote from: GLW on Mar 22, 2017, 12:53
maybe we need a new set of 'dem 'der readin' spectacles?!?!?!?!?

Uhhh.... yep. Must need new glasses. Master CHEF it is...

However, in the context of the site, Master CHIEF would be more likely.
"I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I'd gladly eat a network executive or a politician."

                                  -Marty Feldman

"Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to understand that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."
                                  -Ronald Reagan

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.

                                  - Voltaire

RDTroja

#15
Mar 22, 2017, 08:56
Quote from: Al Eidson on Mar 22, 2017, 02:29
You are not too young yourself Roger, I'm cashing in at 42 short years.

HEY!!! I resemble that remark!
"I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I'd gladly eat a network executive or a politician."

                                  -Marty Feldman

"Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to understand that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."
                                  -Ronald Reagan

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.

                                  - Voltaire

GLW

#16
Mar 22, 2017, 09:03
Quote from: RDTroja on Mar 22, 2017, 08:55
Uhhh.... yep. Must need new glasses. Master CHEF it is...

However, in the context of the site, Master CHIEF would be more likely.

good one,...


(real or imagined or self-projected)

been there, dun that,... the doormat to hell does not read "welcome", the doormat to hell reads "it's just business"

SloGlo

#17
Mar 23, 2017, 10:57
Quote from: ksheed12 on Mar 22, 2017, 08:46


I agree everyone has to start somewhere, but there is no need to sugar coat it for a new guy just because that's what upper management tries to call that job.
a tee spoon of suga helps the ____  go down.....
quando omni flunkus moritati

dubble eye, dubble yew, dubble aye!

dew the best ya kin, wit watt ya have, ware yinze are!

SCMasterchef

#18
Mar 23, 2017, 04:42
Is that there "Solid Waste Specialist" a luxurious name for a bathroom superintendent or a Janitorial Engineer?  Sugar coating of course.

Marlin

#19
Mar 23, 2017, 05:42
Quote from: SCMasterchef on Mar 23, 2017, 04:42
Is that there "Solid Waste Specialist" a luxurious name for a bathroom superintendent or a Janitorial Engineer?  Sugar coating of course.

Hey!!! Hey!!! Careful with that Waste Specialist slander on many DOE sub-contracts that is a key position presented on the RFP and makes more than most others on the job site. It has been very very good to me.




:old:

Rennhack

#20
Mar 24, 2017, 03:19

hamsamich

#21
Mar 24, 2017, 07:45
Actually I saw a couple jobs recently for a "shielding specialist"  they wanted someone who had solely dealt with or built radiation shielding.  I have no idea who this person would be to just specialize in shielding but maybe there is someone.

SloGlo

#22
Mar 24, 2017, 12:04
Quote from: hamsamich on Mar 24, 2017, 07:45
Actually I saw a couple jobs recently for a "shielding specialist"  they wanted someone who had solely dealt with or built radiation shielding.  I have no idea who this person would be to just specialize in shielding but maybe there is someone.
sum won woo noes densities of materials and can due the math sew aze two arrange them fore most efficient attenuation.
quando omni flunkus moritati

dubble eye, dubble yew, dubble aye!

dew the best ya kin, wit watt ya have, ware yinze are!

Marlin

#23
Mar 24, 2017, 01:17
Quote from: hamsamich on Mar 24, 2017, 07:45
Actually I saw a couple jobs recently for a "shielding specialist"  they wanted someone who had solely dealt with or built radiation shielding.  I have no idea who this person would be to just specialize in shielding but maybe there is someone.

   Most of the big companies that design and build power plants, medical systems, or industrial radiation usage have these people on staff and there are some free lancers that support projects. This is part of the problem answering the OP because he is not familiar with titles and job function and the titles can be confusing to a newcomer.

Marlin

#24
Mar 24, 2017, 02:35
Quote from: hamsamich on Mar 24, 2017, 07:45
Actually I saw a couple jobs recently for a "shielding specialist"  they wanted someone who had solely dealt with or built radiation shielding.  I have no idea who this person would be to just specialize in shielding but maybe there is someone.

Quote from: Marlin on Mar 24, 2017, 01:17
   Most of the big companies that design and build power plants, medical systems, or industrial radiation usage have these people on staff and there are some free lancers that support projects. This is part of the problem answering the OP because he is not familiar with titles and job function and the titles can be confusing to a newcomer.

   I might add that we have may confused the OP by going into a broad spectrum of nuclear industries maybe current common entry level staff augmentation titles and responsibilities would be helpful. Foreign material exclusion, tool crib, and fire watch may be a toe in the door.
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