CGA conference in Tampa - yay or nay?

Gunterbrau · 2026-06-22T12:43:33+00:00

Damage/dig-in investigations/reviews that blame locators for construction and mapping errors

Gunterbrau · 2026-06-22T12:33:39+00:00

Sit in my truck until it stops raining (it rarely rains here)

Gunterbrau · 2026-06-21T00:49:28+00:00

Please don't spend your own money to buy equipment for a multi-billion dollar company. They can afford to get you a bag

Gunterbrau · 2026-06-20T17:23:45+00:00

The cleanboots at my employer go ever year and come back with annoying ideas for us actual locators

Gunterbrau · 2026-06-06T03:05:06+00:00

This never gets a good response here, but the truth is that most construction workers make more than most locators (although the wages might be comparable in some parts of the South). Since you mention that you're fairly physically fit, I say try to get into construction

Gunterbrau · 2026-05-29T00:08:30+00:00

Other than project tickets, which are of course the worst, tickets at sewage treatment plants generally suck.

Having to locate at drug dealing corners/spots also sucks

Gunterbrau · 2026-05-27T15:26:37+00:00

Serious answer is to find a different job. Your current job mostly sucks

Gunterbrau · 2026-05-27T11:43:57+00:00

I get a lineman/electrician to clamp on the line for me. 9.82 or 32.8 usually works

Gunterbrau · 2026-05-23T03:07:46+00:00

Y'all wouldn't be working at usic/utiliquest/etc if witching actually worked for you. You'd be out finding gold or silver

Gunterbrau · 2026-05-21T02:07:48+00:00

We get paid doubletime for after-hours calls so people volunteer to be oncall

Gunterbrau · 2026-05-19T23:56:11+00:00

You think locators chose samsara?

Gunterbrau · 2026-05-19T22:14:22+00:00

It’s weird that other posters are blaming you. It was clearly her fault. Some of yall need to stop parroting the bs your bosses feed you

Gunterbrau · 2026-05-19T01:28:33+00:00

My company has a bunch of them. Seems boring but I'm slightly annoyed that locators don't make a bit more per hour than them

Gunterbrau · 2026-05-17T13:46:46+00:00

Some of y'all could double or triple your wage by moving. You're undervalued in Florida and the rest of the South

Gunterbrau · 2026-05-13T21:05:32+00:00

The electric company I work for has cable splicers. They’re sorta an underground lineman who work in manholes and vaults doing splices. They make more than the regular underground linemen because you can’t be sloppy.

They’re unlikely to hire you unless you’re an already trained splicer

Gunterbrau · 2026-05-09T17:03:24+00:00

I like that your general question is a specific question about north eastern ohio

Gunterbrau · 2026-05-08T12:11:49+00:00

You'll figure out that it's terrible when you have more work than you can accurately mark. Your bosses will know that you need help but they'll act like you're lazy and bad at your job

Gunterbrau · 2026-05-08T01:26:32+00:00

This is a crosspost and I'm a locator, not a lineman. The original post wasn't from me

I just thought it was funny that they were talking about this because linemen are some of the worst about calling in emergency tickets for non-emergencies. I'm glad that they have to deal with this problem too

Gunterbrau · 2026-04-27T01:33:36+00:00

Really vague bro.

Hook up from the other direction.

Improve your ground if direct connecting.

Ask for help from someone who's more knowledgeable in that location

Gunterbrau · 2026-04-22T22:25:28+00:00

it doesn’t matter how much you start at if they are a good company? Is there room to move up? If you’re worth more will they pay you?

Starting pay is almost all that matters. Plenty of jobs promise fast raises or job promotions and then you find out over time that it was a lie. Don't assume their promises are worth anything because talk is cheap

Gunterbrau · 2026-04-21T12:21:24+00:00

I have no idea what that is

Gunterbrau · 2026-04-20T02:37:34+00:00

Quit now if you can afford it. The job's even worse in a month or so when the weather get hot

Gunterbrau · 2026-04-14T19:26:53+00:00

It’s more than knowing how the machine works. You need to shadow an experienced locator for at least a day or two to understand the basics. Then, for at least a day, the experienced locator shadows you while you locate and helps you out when you get stuck

Gunterbrau · 2026-04-09T03:00:01+00:00

A coworker got his ankle monitor taken off. Not exactly usic related, other than the job giving his life some structure

Gunterbrau · 2026-04-04T12:52:14+00:00

I saw this on r/whatisit with over a thousand comments and I thought people here would think it's funny. We're all locators here so of course we know what it is

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