SA Firefighter

i am a vineyand hand and a taxi truck driver when i am in the vineyard my boss is cool with it  plus the its good to be close to the station eg right next door but as for the taxi truck driving its a bit hard to get from pt adelaide to the barossa in 5 mins

Im studying at UniSA in my first year bachelor of education specialising in primary and middle. its taking up a fair amount of my time, but the lecturers have no hassle with me leaving.
Also have the occassional job here and there with bosses being a bit picky, so now i try to work from home with a website business. At least that way, the only one who can have a go at me for not working is...well...me?

contact me if you want some stuff for your course kenny
managed to scrape through with First Class Honours, so may be able to find something of use for you... :lol:
seriously though, the kids in your class will love the fact your a fire fighter, and there is so much you can integrate it with when you are teaching/doing prac

I'm a self employed Landscaper, so if I'm working locally I can basically attend whatever I wish, however you learn very quickly if you do this every time the pager goes off you soon run out of money, as you don't get paid till the jobs finished.  Never had a problem either with clients, they have always been very understanding.  So I've got to the stage now if I can see the smoke or the pager keeps going off for more crew, I'll attend whilst I'm working or if a get a sms from the wife (who's also a firie) saying get your butt down here.

ESO at Olympic Dam, cant leave work for a cfs call, but if its major we usually get a run from work anyway.

I am a Maintenace Technician for Bombardier Transportation which are the TransAdelaide Maintenacne Provider for the Transadelaide Trains.

I am allowed to take time off for fire call or deployments, the company allows me to do this and they pay for me to attend these situations.

I do not leave work unless I have been requested, but if I am home and a fire call occurs and then won't be able to attend work this is OK.  Usually take an average of 7 days a year to attend fire calls etc.

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Ha ha, bit slow I am, only just got this joke!!  :lol:
Your post needed sound  :roll:

Quote from: ltdan on June 11, 2007, 02:36:31 PM
I am a Maintenace Technician for Bombardier Transportation which are the TransAdelaide Maintenacne Provider for the Transadelaide Trains.

I am allowed to take time off for fire call or deployments, the company allows me to do this and they pay for me to attend these situations.

I do not leave work unless I have been requested, but if I am home and a fire call occurs and then won't be able to attend work this is OK.  Usually take an average of 7 days a year to attend fire calls etc.

we only wanted to know your job not your life story hahahaha

Hey Blue,found a nice PURPLE motel for you last week while on holidays in NURI....

Ex aviation firey and ex DGO, now Snr ESO in a mine WA.

Learning and Development Consultant for a large telco, planning,analysing evaluating and developing training for the call centres (onshore and Offshore). I can leave for calls when I can ie don't have meetings etc, my boss is in Sydney so I can just up and leave when i need or want to, just know that I need to catch up on the work at night or something, so as long as I am not missing meetings etc it is no problem.

When i was Regional Consultant for the Govt - got to nick off whenever cause they knew it made them look good in the country :-D

Now, uni student & stay at home mum, so only at night - the boss is pretty harsh!!

Aircraft Engineer at Adelaide Airport, my manager is fine with allowing me to go, and I can easily make up the time later. Still negotiating emergency services leave for strike teams with HR.

Quote from: 5271rescue on June 12, 2007, 07:47:58 PM
Hey Blue,found a nice PURPLE motel for you last week while on holidays in NURI....

Gorgeous gorgeous! Who holidays in Nuri?? (no offense, I feel the same about Mt Gambier LOL)  :lol:

Quote from: Darcyq on June 21, 2007, 08:27:05 PM
Aircraft Engineer at Adelaide Airport, my manager is fine with allowing me to go, and I can easily make up the time later. Still negotiating emergency services leave for strike teams with HR.

And if it's an interstate deployment by plane, you're the first one there!

Hey Blue and 5271,
that motel in Nuri "purple one" alias The Top Drop is worth driving past! Take it from some-one who knows.
But holidaying in Nuri and Barossa can be fun

I did stay there for 2 nights and it was great wish I had left the kids at home would have been more peacful...

Quote from: 5271rescue on July 02, 2007, 03:32:54 PM
I did stay there for 2 nights and it was great wish I had left the kids at home would have been more peacful...

:-D :lol:

Professional internet crap talker, oh and also an electrician

Self employed plumber, would have no trouble getting time off, just live to far away from any station to become a member, looking into the "ready reserve" idea that the CFS are thinking about, any body give me any information about the SES and how to join up. I want to help my comunity but i just live in the wrong area.....

Quote from: Jono on August 03, 2007, 07:46:28 PM
Professional internet crap talker, oh and also an electrician

You are the one and only jono, and we love it. :wink:

Hey jase are you going to apply for Hally's job and work with macca?   

Gasman, if you want more information on joining the SES go to this link
http://www.ses.sa.gov.au/  and click on Joining the SES and follow the directions from there.
The site will also give you an insight into what the SES do.

There are 64 units in the state so there should be a Unit near you.

thanks mate will do.

i ve worked for woolies as a dept manager mostly and it depends what store your at some are fine others will try and fire you, on the black tuesday fires i was told that if i left i was gone i left any way and they didnt fire me so meh im at origin energy now and they seem very reasonable just have to provide a covering letter from oic unlimited leave as works busy period is in winter not summer

I work in a smallgoods company filling pig guts with bits of meat and stuff. Its a good job, but if i leave for calls the flies get to it which is not good...