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AHHHH still waiting to hear back from Browns Ferry
Loose Screws:
BS in Business Admin; I am currently a Home Theatre Installer and will be happy to give up the life of hot attics and muddy crawl spaces.
ChiefRocscooter:
OK please do not take this wrong but your background is not what many would associate with being an Nuc operator. What do you think it was about you that made them choose you. I fully understand that there are lots of people from many backgrounds in this field, I am just wondering what you feel made the difference in your case? May sound personal but I think some people who have no background in the field might find it more helpful to hear how a guy like you landed a good job than how a crustry 23 yr Navy vet who has been boiling H2O for about 22 of those years got a job
Again thanks for the onfo and Good Luck
Rob
Loose Screws:
When I applied for the SGPO position I asked myself the same type questions (ie, what do I even know about the nuke field?, why would they hire me?, etc...). If I could give any advice, make good contacts, have good work/personal references, pass all qualifying test and interview well. Right after I sent in the job application I began searching for information...that's what lead me here (most of my questions were answered here) and asked friends (current NLOs) and others for information. I wanted to give it my best effort and it worked out.
As far as my atypical background for nuke work. On the day I interviewed I chatted with a few guys while I waited and they of course asked my background. I was told not to worry b/c "they" normally choose a wide range of backgrounds and was given quite a few examples. If they were looking specifically for a nuke background then that is what they would have hired. B/c this is a training position the interview questions were based on teamwork, work ethics, willingness to learn and not nuke knowledge.
Maybe I'm just lucky but I gave it a good effort and it worked out. :)
Fermi2:
--- Quote from: Loose Screws on Nov 30, 2006, 07:23 ---BS in Business Admin; I am currently a Home Theatre Installer and will be happy to give up the life of hot attics and muddy crawl spaces.
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Congrats!! Wait until you spend a couple hours in the Drywell, you'll miss your hot and muddy attics.
As for your qualofications, I've said many times some of the best NLOs I've ever had had no Navy background whatsoever. In fact 3 or 4 of the best were guys who had been deconners and had a HS Education with no training whatsoever. If you're 18 and have a good work ethic are willing to listen, display good solid judgement and are wiling to learn you're just as qualif ied for an NLO postion as anyone with any amount of Naval Experience. We teach you what you need to know to be a good operator. You'll do just fine.
Mike
Loose Screws:
"Congrats!! Wait until you spend a couple hours in the Drywell, you'll miss your hot and muddy attics."
Just please tell me there is no fiberglass insulation??? :'(
Your're probably right but at nearly 120F+ (more if I am suited up) the fiberglass insulation sticks to my face, arms, down the shirt/pants, basiclly everywhere! Once I lifted my head in a very low attic only to have a nail puncture the side of my head. I had little to no room to move my head and no light so when I gasped in pain and jerked away my face went right into a nice patch of fiberglass. So after getting choked on fiberglass and with blood running down my head I did what any lead installer would do...I sent my helper up ;) lol
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