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VFX 03-06-2008 03:23 PM

I'm a Visual Effects Artist for film & television.

Means I sometimes get to blow stuff up & not be arrested for it! :)

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dsaundry 03-06-2008 03:31 PM

Hmm
 
I own and run an vehicle service centre in Chilliwack.:biggrin:

Aquattro 03-06-2008 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chin_Lee (Post 307580)
I clean and remove unwanted trash from the streets in the City of Richmond so I'm sort of a garbage man.


Good description Chin!

christyf5 03-06-2008 03:58 PM

Government Ski Team :mrgreen:

I used to be a biologist/histologist.

ganowicki 03-06-2008 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chin_Lee (Post 307580)
I clean and remove unwanted trash from the streets in the City of Richmond so I'm sort of a garbage man.

Me too, but only I am in Dawson Creek.

Phanman 03-06-2008 04:24 PM

Im a Quality Assurance Analyst for a large Cable co. I work on the billing software side of things.

Electric eel 03-06-2008 04:25 PM

I own a Electrical contracting company that employs 7 people fulltime. We do mostly Industrial work, (motors and control) food production plants, and recently alot of CCTV installation. Company name Fraser Valley Electric Ltd.
Discount for Canreef members!

BMW Rider 03-06-2008 04:30 PM

Full time firefighter for the City of Calgary. Currently working toward my Company Officer exam at the end of this month so I can make even more money for sleeping :lol: (that trumps getting paid for doing nothing).

Although when we do have to work, it can be all out with no breaks until the job is done no matter what time of day, holidays included. It's kind of an all or nothing job. More than once I've stood out in the cold in a foot of water, half soaked, caked in ice, manning a hoseline in the wee hours of the morning (even on one memorable Christmas eve). Or the other extreme, wearing sixty pounds of fully insulated gear and working my butt off on the hottest summer day. But I love it, and wouldn't want to be doing anything else.

Best job description I heard was: we're there to un-F*** somebody else's F*** up.

langdon reefer 03-06-2008 04:42 PM

Manage a small animal feed shop in my town i used to groom dogs and cats as well...lol (got the scars to prove it ) O yea and when not at work im tending my birds in the avery and then my tanks after that....:lol:

fkshiu 03-06-2008 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chin_Lee (Post 307580)
I clean and remove unwanted trash from the streets in the City of Richmond so I'm sort of a garbage man.

I process the unwanted trash that Chin and his colleagues collect south of the Fraser River. Call me a sanitation engineer.

Pier Pressure 03-06-2008 05:03 PM

My brother is also a sanitation engineer for the City. He is a foreman in recycling.

michika 03-06-2008 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BMW Rider (Post 307652)
Full time firefighter for the City of Calgary.

Best job description I heard was: we're there to un-F*** somebody else's F*** up.

My brother is a firefighter too, small world!

SeaShell 03-06-2008 07:06 PM

I am an overpaid Government worker too......

I'm an Environmental Protection Officer for the Province.

I conduct inspections of approved and registered facilities in the Edmonton area and also travel north as far as Athabasca and east to the border. I ensure compliance with the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act and it's Regulations and Codes of Practice as they relate to facilities like refineries, foundries, cement plants, asphalt plants, gas plants, and on and on and on....

I also conduct inspections of unapproved operations like maintenance garages, drycleaners, etc to ensure compliance with the Act in regard to hazardous waste disposal and hazardous recyclable disposal and their storage.

We follow up on public complaints regarding odour, haz waste disposal, and you name it... if it's environment, I'm pretty much on it......

Delphinus 03-06-2008 07:11 PM

I'm a technical specialist for a software engineering firm that specializes in realtime-IT for infrastructure (think electrical transmission, oil/gas pipelines, and water pipelines). (I'm not actually allowed to publicly name the company I work for.) Our customers include most of North America's municipal drinking water and most pipelines in North America and some international. We do things like control, monitoring, leak detection, and flow measurement. If we were to screw something up, it's CNN. We try hard not to. :)

PS. Oh yeah, we're getting into weather for realtime highway updates. Those little weather stations you see on the side of the QE2? Those are ours. :)

Pescador 03-06-2008 07:45 PM

I'm a Locomotive Engineer with 30 years in now. Also working as a Traffic Coordinator which is sorta the railway equivalent of an Air Traffic Controller.
Someone wanted more pics so here's a few I've collected over the years.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...4-0455_IMG.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...4-0463_IMG.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ain-Jan-91.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...in/mirror3.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../Rosebud07.jpg

Any other rails on the board?

digital-audiophile 03-06-2008 07:48 PM

All I know is waiting for a rail car to be docked at a siding and demurage charges drive me crazy! :p

BC564 03-06-2008 07:52 PM

I am an Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls engineer.
Specialize in PLC, programming, scada, VFD's and anything else automation.
Spec. out the instruments and communication
We do water and waste water plants for municipalities.

Pescador 03-06-2008 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by digital-audiophile (Post 307718)
All I know is waiting for a rail car to be docked at a siding and demurage charges drive me crazy! :p

What's your track # I'll put you on the top of the list.:biggrin:

Ephraim 03-06-2008 08:00 PM

I work in a pet store and sell fish all day

UnderWorldAquatics 03-06-2008 08:43 PM

I havent worked for about 3 years, so right now Im a profesional bum...
Gona start up a water feature business in Vancouver/Whistler within the year. Also Im an Ornamental Marine Enviroment Consultant(I design and build very expensive, very fancy aquariums for discerning(rich)customers...) I really dont work much, I go for alot of walks with Zeus(my great dane) along the lake/ocean, I camp, fish, dirtbike, longboard, snowboard(used to be my job),hot rodz,race cars, take pain-killers and watch alot of movies. I have the "old lady disease" Fibromyalgia, so it dictates wether I work or not most of the time. Me and my bed are best friends!!!

Matt 03-06-2008 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pescador (Post 307717)
I'm a Locomotive Engineer with 30 years in now. Also working as a Traffic Coordinator which is sorta the railway equivalent of an Air Traffic Controller.
Someone wanted more pics so here's a few I've collected over the years.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...4-0455_IMG.jpg

Any other rails on the board?

I like this one. Parking on the tracks... what could possibly go wrong?

Kabong 03-06-2008 11:10 PM

I'm a service tech for Whites Mfg
http://www.whitesdiving.com/images/s...usionoverl.jpghttp://www.whitesdiving.com/images/s...egacyoverl.jpg

bigmac 03-07-2008 03:16 AM

I'm a Salesperson for a large window/door renovation company/manufacturer here in Calgary.

DanG 03-07-2008 03:20 AM

I run the IT department at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg. It's a new arena and extremely busy (3rd busiest in Canada), we do around 250 events per year including 40 regular season Manitoba Moose (Canucks AHL affiliate) hockey games and concerts from everyone from Aerosmith, Cher, Justin Timberlake, Bon Jovi and Eric Clapton.
I do everything from supporting the 80 full time office, managing the computers that run the scoreclock and power ring, plus the VoIP phone system, network and the tills in the concession stands. On show day I have to set up phones and network connections for the production staff and help out with the back of house management.

blaster 03-07-2008 03:56 AM

i work for weyerhaeuser in the engineered lumber division

Palster 03-07-2008 04:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BMW Rider (Post 307652)
Full time firefighter for the City of Calgary. Currently working toward my Company Officer exam at the end of this month so I can make even more money for sleeping :lol: (that trumps getting paid for doing nothing).

Although when we do have to work, it can be all out with no breaks until the job is done no matter what time of day, holidays included. It's kind of an all or nothing job. More than once I've stood out in the cold in a foot of water, half soaked, caked in ice, manning a hoseline in the wee hours of the morning (even on one memorable Christmas eve). Or the other extreme, wearing sixty pounds of fully insulated gear and working my butt off on the hottest summer day. But I love it, and wouldn't want to be doing anything else.

Best job description I heard was: we're there to un-F*** somebody else's F*** up.

I'm a full time firefighter/training officer for the city of Kelowna. Actually I strictly train existing members of my department as well as new recruit firefighters. When I get called out to fires, rescues and haz-mat incidents now it is as a safety officer and not as a firefighter.

I completed my Fire Officer I course last year. Good luck with yours and make sure you study! It's not that hard but you do have to be prepared.

I know what you mean about loving your job. I couldn't imagine doing anything else. Some days I can't believe they are actually paying me for rappelling from the side of a building or taking new recruit firefighters into a burn building or flash over simulator.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w.../Flashover.jpg
Here is a picture from inside my office. This is what it looks like inside a flash over simulator and yes it is hot in there. If you look closely you can actually see a fire demon on the right hand side in the flames.

jasond 03-07-2008 04:42 AM

I am an advisor for an independent Investment/mutual fund company. Last couple of months have been great :twised:

Der_Iron_Chef 03-07-2008 04:51 AM

Wow. Canreef could rule the world!! Look at all of our mad skillz.

Keri 03-07-2008 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Der_Iron_Chef (Post 307856)
Wow. Canreef could rule the world!! Look at all of our mad skillz.

http://www.bennadel.com/resources/up...n_dynamite.jpg


They forgot saltwater skillz.

Der_Iron_Chef 03-07-2008 05:06 AM

Heh! Nice one. But you forgot "working with prostitutes skills..." ;)

hillbillyreefer 03-07-2008 05:19 AM

I'll grow the grub.

G1GY 03-07-2008 05:35 AM

I'm a millwright working in manufacturing for the oil and gas industry four day's a week and an ink installer/pain therapist the other 3 days and evenings. :biggrin:

EmilyB 03-07-2008 06:08 AM

Spy for Revenue Canada.:wink:

Der_Iron_Chef 03-07-2008 06:15 AM

Hey Gary...still have you in mind for some ink installation/pain therapy :)

Cameron 03-07-2008 06:52 AM

I work for one of the big 5 banks as an advisor.

RobynR 03-07-2008 06:59 AM

I work at one of the big 5 banks too, as a teller though; thats just a side job for me a couple of shifts a month. My main job is running an office for a real estate development/residential home building company. Love 'em both!

RobynR 03-07-2008 06:59 AM

BTW I'm ReefJunkies wife, I got sick of lurking on his login and created my own.

G1GY 03-07-2008 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Der_Iron_Chef (Post 307884)
Hey Gary...still have you in mind for some ink installation/pain therapy :)

Just let me know when you want to come by Drew. :smile:

Keri 03-07-2008 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobynR (Post 307900)
BTW I'm ReefJunkies wife, I got sick of lurking on his login and created my own.


Hi Robyn :) (all the zoos are doing very well!)

Oscar 03-07-2008 12:23 PM

I am a professional forester employed by a First Nation here in the Interior. Currently chasing mountain pine beetle in our operating area and trying to make a buck when sawmills are closing or going into bankruptcy.

Since we are having a tough time exporting our product to the US I am looking to export beetle to Alberta. Taking orders. Willing to ship. Minimum order 1,000,000.


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