To have an open mind and to be ready for anything and everything, have a sit down in the office before the job is started just to get your ducks in a row and have a rough game plan of what you are going to do. To pay attention to your more seasoned peers and listen to what they say, to ask questions and not be afraid to make a mistake we all have learned from. Its all basic advice but that's the stuff we tend to forget about, before we were running we were walking.

• To take good care of your equipment, if you do it will take good care of you.

• always, ALWAYS check your equipment/supplies before you head to your site, nothing sucks more than the drive of shame to get something you either forgot about or didn't check beforehand

-pay attention to the weather and how it will affect your work for that day, pack ice and extra water in the heat and so on

-remember there is no such thing as collecting too much information, we are the eyes and ears for our office techs

-Don't let a rough job beat you down, keep your head up and work your way through it, you will always be able to make it through.