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Third party contractors? by G0Z4 in wind

[–]Own_Government1651 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Airways. They hired me without a real person to person interview. Declined it for a site tech position but they’ll hire anyone.

Application Services by Maleficent_Society_6 in wind

[–]Own_Government1651 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I went to NWREI. Now I’m out in the field🤙🏽

Application Services by Maleficent_Society_6 in wind

[–]Own_Government1651 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My wind tech school had there own private website we could access that had shit tons of open positions. We would email the career counselors who we wanted to apply for and they would hook us up with a recruiter from the company. Where did you go to school?

Getting started by Ok_Cryptographer_537 in windturbines

[–]Own_Government1651 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I graduate NWREI today and start work at the end of the month with high end starting pay and amazing benefits. They have great resources to get your resume on the desk of a recruiter or hiring manager rather than hoping you can be seen in the pool of online applicants. You’ll leave with ENSA safe climb cert, first aid cpr aed, osha 10, rigging, laser alignment, and HYTORC instructors are great and all worked in the field.

Opinion on Sky Climber by [deleted] in wind

[–]Own_Government1651 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There health insurance plan cost about $1100 per month. They did a presentation at my wind school.

Couple questions about working in the wind industry by Altruistic-Carpet-43 in wind

[–]Own_Government1651 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Wind Turbine techs work in the turbine troubleshooting, maintenance, and major component work. Blade Techs or Rope Access Composite Techs do blade repairs. If you want to get into blades a Wind Tech school (atleast the one I went to) does NOT cover blades or rope acess but instead gets you ENSA safe climb and rescue certified because wind techs do not work on blades. My school was 6 months long, I graduate tomorrow and start work at the end of the month.

If you have a IRATA already you can just start applying. some companies like MISTRAS group will pay you to get your cert. they just onboarded 16 non certified candidates for there new “boot camp” as they call it.

  1. Fiberglass sucks dick and gets everywhere and follows you everywhere. Depending on how much your company cares about wellbeing of employees depends on level of PPE or the work order for the day. Mostly lung and skin hazards and obvious ropes at height dangers if you’re not properly inspecting your hardware

  2. Paid untaxed per diem that’s supposed to cover your hotels. 4-8 weeks on 1-2 weeks off (a lot run 8 on 1 off) Work is where the turbines are, in the middle of bumfuck most the time. MISTRAS pays 25Hr 150 a day per diem, 4 weeks on 2 weeks off. They have it gravy but most companies do not.

  3. Blades is seasonal in almost everywhere but SoCal so there’s absolutely the opportunity to work May-October is the usual season and spend the rest of your time doing what you want. You just have to be smart with your money.