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ChiefRocscooter:
OK (this on is for a friend)
What are the long term implications for a guy who gets poped on pee test while working as a contractor at a plant site?
Details: Nuke MM2 who got discharged from navy for failing piss test then got hired on with contractor who sent him to nuke plants to work on diesel engines. He got dumb again and smoked dope failed piss test at a site (not sure which).  This all happed over 4 years ago since he has held down good job (I am not sure if they drug test there but since they do lots of Navy contracts they might) and he has been going to college (high gpa in engineering AS program).  What are his options for working in the Nuke industry now?  How long will the failed test hang over his head? Can he do anything to impove situation with reguards to gettting into working at a nuclear power plant?  He says he was dumb and young and now is more mature about his life but what damage has he done?

Rob

Fermi2:
Technically after 5 years he's eligible to get unescorted access.

Most likely it won't happen.

Mike

AS55555:
His best chance will be honesty. I had one person with a drug conviction and interstate transportation of firearms who listed his parole officer as a reference. He was honest about it and actually got a clearance. Time does help. I had another employee who said he had a college degree and was actually three credit hours short- did have 4 years of college. The job only required a HS education but he lost his clearance for not telling the truth on his application. Over the years I have seen a number of other people with past convictions get clearances after the 5 year period if they were totally honest and had an excellent current record.

Fermi2:
In todays day and age why take a chance? Many utilities currently have it written into their procedures that any drug related offense disqualifies a person forever. There's no percentage in giving someone a second chance. At the minimum it'll be 5 years.

Mike

hamsamich:
Why take a chance?  Well, I see many utilities scrouging for people right now at the last minute for techs...If a utility has a hard and fast rule they won't break maybe they won't take a chance. But, if another utility who will consider them has a choice between an excellent tech who failed a drug test 5 years ago and has been kicking butt ever since (like college, other jobs, drug free etc) and a loser with poor evals who is a marginal tech maybe the first guy will get the job.  I have worked with a couple of guys that were REALLY bad.  And I'm assuming they were there because no one else was available.....just using common sense, maybe I am missing something.

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