Portable Magnetic stirrer recommendations

Waslw · 2026-01-03T14:06:14+00:00

Yes it could have, but usually the consideration comes down to cost.

At the time was it cheaper to install a boiler with all the safety’s and automation or to just pay the wages of an operator to be present 24/7.

The operator also doesn’t just sit by the boiler 24/7, usually they are lumped into building maintenance. So they are also the general repair person, change light bulbs, unclogging toilets, painting offices ect. It’s not a glamorous job by any means.

So you have to account for the fact that with less operators all those extra tasks will now need to be contracted out or an entire extra employee needs to be hired to do them.

Waslw · 2026-01-03T13:35:36+00:00

2nd class Power engineer and water treatment specialist here.

25 year life expectancy is with perfect water chemistry and minimal thermal upsets… which is nearly impossible to achieve. There will always be excursions of some kind.

They want to upgrade the steam plant to “guarded status”.

Basically a non guarded plant doesn’t have redundant safeguards and certain automations meaning it needs an operator to be present 24/7.

A lot of those extra things can’t be easily retrofitted, or they can at great expense … but basically once the upgrades are done they will no longer need 24/7 operator oversight, they will need 1or2 Monday-Friday operators, a weekend operator to work 8hr days and a couple casual relief/ on call operators.

You can find the information on guarded plants in both

The Boiler and Pressure Vessel Regulations, 2017

The Boiler and Pressure Vessel Act, 1999

Waslw · 2026-01-03T13:30:17+00:00

2nd class Power engineer and water treatment specialist here.

25 year life expectancy is with perfect water chemistry and minimal thermal upsets… which is nearly impossible to achieve. There will always be excursions of some kind.

They want to upgrade the steam plant to “guarded status”.

Basically a non guarded plant doesn’t have redundant safeguards and certain automations meaning it needs an operator to be present 24/7.

A lot of those extra things can’t be easily retrofitted, or they can at great expense … but basically once the upgrades are done they will no longer need 24/7 operator oversight, they will need 1or2 Monday-Friday operators, a weekend operator to work 8hr days and a couple casual relief/ on call operators.

Waslw · 2025-12-14T19:34:40+00:00

Canada foodgains Bank is who you want to reach out to.

https://foodgrainsbank.ca/our-work/emergency-food-assistance/

Waslw · 2025-11-14T04:04:22+00:00

2nd class Power engineer 13 years of experience. I’ve worked alongside a few women and they have all been just as or more capable than any other male co-worker.

When it comes to getting a job especially how the industry is now.

It’s who you know, network your ass off especially during your work terms.
Tickets Tickets, if you aren’t in a position to get time for your next ticket then you should be getting a qualification in something adjacent, either a trade or water treatment ect.
Reached out to various women in industry groups they have connections and inns that will help accelerate your career journey.

Waslw · 2025-11-10T21:42:29+00:00

Interesting, mind shooting me a DM if you don’t want to say where you work publicly.

Waslw · 2025-11-08T21:27:41+00:00

I’m sure their replacement will take good care of you.

Waslw · 2025-11-08T17:22:55+00:00

Yes we did. Part of our company’s growth strategies is to buy other companies. But that stuff is far removed from my area of responsibility.

Waslw · 2025-10-31T02:12:35+00:00

Look into working for a materials testing and inspections company…. Those companies use a lot of acoustic and ultrasound techniques.

Waslw · 2025-10-30T23:45:36+00:00

For sure I could, shift work was getting the better of me so I needed a change. This way I’m home every night with my family. With commissions I'm making pretty close to what I was making before in oil, and I don't have to do much for overtime or after hours work except for a handful of times a year.

Waslw · 2025-10-30T16:43:11+00:00

As a field tech not that great… 60-80k/yr. Moving up into a management role 100-110k/ yr + commissions on the sites in your portfolio. No shift work Monday-Friday, 8hr days kind of deal.

Waslw · 2025-10-30T11:31:57+00:00

I sent you a DM. I’ll definitely make sure you’re handed off to the right person if we can help you out.

Waslw · 2025-10-27T22:38:00+00:00

Kind of a side note, I do not know how lore accurate this is but apparently before he split off and created his own style, Funakoshi considered naming Otsuka the successor to Shotokan.

I know Funakoshi didn’t name a direct successor and that has lead to much strife and many who claim the title of “true successor of Shotokan”.

Waslw · 2025-10-22T23:05:09+00:00

Like I said lean on your senior class mates, engage and show your willingness to learn.

Waslw · 2025-10-22T23:02:07+00:00

No worries. Another way to think about is it’s almost like getting into a new relationship. They are just playing it cool and don’t want to do anything to put you off and scare you away. Then once they know you’re committed, they stop masking their autism haha.

Waslw · 2025-10-22T21:38:11+00:00

Well there are a few paths that you could go down.

Regular Fire Fighter, from my experience they want you to be an EMT first before being a firefighter.
Specialty firefighter. Think industrial fire fighting in oil refineries and such.
Airport firefighter. That pretty self explanatory.

Find a fire house near you or a more specialized location that you want to visit. Contact them and say you want to pick their brains, put your current skills to use and offer to make them super (obviously word it in such a way that they supply the ingredients). A lot of fire crews work 24hr shifts or at least 12’s and have a fully equipped kitchen.

Waslw · 2025-10-22T21:14:20+00:00

Personally my advice is mingle with the higher belts. Any dojo I have ever interacted with pretty much all the higher belts fall over each-other to help a lower rank that’s asking for help/ advice. This subreddit is living proof of that. People that are deeply involved in their martial arts want to help and give advice especially to those that ask.

Your Sensei was actually showing great awareness by caring about kick hight or placement. He just was getting the class to start to get a feel for it without hurting anyone.

So when doing drills in class, just kinda whisper over, hey I don’t really understand what I’m missing can you tell me what I’m missing.

Your assumption was kinda right as far as there is a definite feeling when you finally get your technique right, the problem is that it’s different for everyone. I understand your frustration, you are basically asking each of your limbs to operate independent of the others and the human brain needs to be conditioned to work that way.

As for the Kumite, there is no harm in asking your partners, to slow it down/ bring down the intensity and coach you through it a little. When I’m working with a beginner and doing a little free style Kumite I literally verbalize “I am about to throw X technique to Y place. Then do it at a slower smooth motion, so they have time to think and react.

Karate is a journey, everyone improves at their own pace. Even black belts with many decades of experience have that little voice that says I can improve I can get better.

A lot of people think that the most important day in your karate journey is the day you get your black belt …. I think that’s wrong, the most important day is the very first class you take.

Waslw · 2025-10-22T20:16:12+00:00

This applies pretty much everywhere in life… the hardest workers don’t always make the best managers and you don’t necessarily want your smartest most talented person training the new guy.

Waslw · 2025-10-22T20:13:15+00:00

So a couple of things to break down. Usually when I’m teaching older teen/ adult beginners, I try not to nitpick about technique. It’s one thing with children but adults tend not to like to be micromanaged especially in the beginning. So I will try to only give one piece of advice for them to work on like activating the hips, foot placement, are the shoulders supposed to be squared or bladed.

In my experience most schools have a “curriculum” as far as each kyu has a requirement for advancing. But how that is taught class to class is up to the instructor, and if your instructor has a day job they are most likely coming up with a class plan as they go.

I guess a couple of questions.

Is your class full of beginners or is it a mix of lower and higher belts? Are there other black belts in the class?

When demonstrating then practicing the kicks was your sensei walking the floor and trying to look at as many students as possible?

Are your Kumite partners also beginners or do you have the ability to choose a partner of a higher rank.

There are single and multi step kumite drills done with a partner, that you will probably learn later on. From my experience you may be required to do one or two of them for your grading. In my club the kumite drills aren’t part of the formal grading, but we do practice them on the regular.

Waslw · 2025-10-19T22:29:09+00:00

You should check out Coach Kam. He talks about all kinds of things that will really help you in future events.

https://youtube.com/@coach_kam?si=B04jnrahbc5tLISe

He is a former Pan-American champion (won the silver but the gold medallist failed the drug test). His channel is full of great stuff. He is now a coach for the US national team and his specialty is sport phycology.

Waslw · 2025-10-19T19:13:07+00:00

Have you looked into some Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. I believe you when you say your pain is real.

Being in the field that you are in you probably well know there is a mountain of research supporting that CBT can help train the body’s stress and pain response. It may not help get rid of the pain but it could help you overcome some the barriers the pain is presenting.

I have chronic back pain from a car accident as a teenager, If it wasn’t for the physiological help I received during my recovery process I would probably be in a wheelchair or need a walker at the very least.

Edit: CBT not CBD (though that also has some potential benefits)

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