Need explanation of Simulator Maintenance job?

[weatherby460]

I got the job!!!!!

Thanks for the help and chiming in everyone...esp Uncabuffalo!

I dont know the details except for the wage, and I will have health ins and matching 401K (not sure how much).

Again this is a contract job, so no paid vac, and the wage is only $24 an hour to start.  But its a foot in the door, a day shift job, clean enviroment, climate controlled, and I feel I can be very good in the job with my current skills set.

Here is where there is hope.  This location has not hired direct hires in over a year in most areas.  The staffing agent said because of reorganization from a new owner...I forgot the name.   She said if I do well, and they like me...I will most likely be hired by Exelon when the company can hire again.

Very good day for me.

[Higgs]

Congratulations! I'm very happy for you!

Justin

[UncaBuffalo]

You probably already know this, but it was the single most important thing I learned as an I&C tech (THANKS, DAVE S. ):


There are a TON of different instruments in a plant (or simulator).  There is no way for a normal person to remember every detail about every calibration or PM on every instrument.

Therefore, TAKE NOTES!

My system was to jot notes in the margin of my copy as I performed each procedure. Then, when I got back to the shop, I'd transfer all the notes (with step #) to the cover page, tear the cover page off, and stick it in a binder.  This way, when it came time to re-perform calibration (many are done only semi-annually or annually), I still always had a few tidbits of information that made my life easier  (even mundane things - such as exact location of instrument or exactly which wrenches are required - are a HUGE time-saver...and dose-saver...in the real plant.)




There were also some unanticipated benefits to my note-taking system:

First, since I always was playing with the procedures, it became common for the lead techs to ask me to submit procedure revisions when we got back to the shop.  This is something I enjoy and helped keep me busy (which you mentioned you were worried about.)  That in turn led to being given a couple of other great projects, because I had the reputation of enjoying, and being efficient at, paperwork.

And, when it came time to be fully qualified, I was the only one who could prove I'd already performed such-and-such surveillances, so was the first one to be pushed through.



Congratulations and Good Luck!  

[allenmurrow]

You probably already know this, but it was the single most important thing I learned as an I&C tech (THANKS, DAVE S. ):


There are a TON of different instruments in a plant (or simulator).  There is no way for a normal person to remember every detail about every calibration or PM on every instrument.

Therefore, TAKE NOTES!

My system was to jot notes in the margin of my copy as I performed each procedure. Then, when I got back to the shop, I'd transfer all the notes (with step #) to the cover page, tear the cover page off, and stick it in a binder.  This way, when it came time to re-perform calibration (many are done only semi-annually or annually), I still always had a few tidbits of information that made my life easier  (even mundane things - such as exact location of instrument or exactly which wrenches are required - are a HUGE time-saver...and dose-saver...in the real plant.)




There were also some unanticipated benefits to my note-taking system:

First, since I always was playing with the procedures, it became common for the lead techs to ask me to submit procedure revisions when we got back to the shop.  This is something I enjoy and helped keep me busy (which you mentioned you were worried about.)  That in turn led to being given a couple of other great projects, because I had the reputation of enjoying, and being efficient at, paperwork.

And, when it came time to be fully qualified, I was the only one who could prove I'd already performed such-and-such surveillances, so was the first one to be pushed through.



Congratulations and Good Luck!  

Good information. These work practices would benefit other departments as well. I'd give you positive karma if I had that ability. 

[Marlin]

Good information. These work practices would benefit other departments as well. I'd give you positive karma if I had that ability.  

$36.50/year that's just $3.04/month or $0.10/day...


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