The "What Are You Doing This Moment" Thread
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I can handle chainsaws but fuck I hate waking up in the morning to the sound of a wood chipper.
Sophii
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Yeah its gonna be new to me. Ive never done work like this before. I wont be using chainsaws right away though I dont think. Just helping the crew move brush and trees into the chippers. I'll be going all over the Chattanooga area too, so its gonna be interesting
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In this country we are so fucking regulated you wouldn't even get a job on the team without a chainsaw ticket and safety certificates. If you have to scale the trees to cut them down you also need a ticket for that. It's not a bad thing because it stops dodgy pricks buying a chainsaw and lopping the shit out of everything but it does increase the cost to get such tradesmen to do their job.
Sophii
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Sophii
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Thats fucking insane, but I understand why.
I'm tired of the food industry man. It's time to get a real job and get a new experience. After this for a while I could get the ability to cut down trees for people and make money on the side like that as well.
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I don't mean the literal hours, I mean the conditions they'll be spent in lol.
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It's not like a chainsaw cert is hard to get, you just have to prove you can listen and repeat the steps the instructor does, in some ways it's really just a formality that proves you are serious about getting the job, it's only got a small amount of 'safety' and 'safe use' in the training. The certification to be the guy in charge is a bit harder because you have to prove you know how to drop a 100 foot tree safely in varying conditions and terrain. Where I grew up such things were just second nature. My neighbours kid got his first chainsaw when he was 3, sans chain and fuel, (was a prize from his old man's wood chopping comps). I wouldn't say we need such certs to remain safe in the bush but they probably do help, although I have to say the bit of paper has never stopped us from doing something silly and nearly killing ourselves
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Spending all day in the sun, especially if you're not used to it at first, is definitely pretty bad. Where do you work? Tradie?
Sophii
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Considering minimum wage in the south os $7.25, yes.
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CiG
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CiG
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Jimmy nails technicians? What a good boy, hope they tip him.
