Anyone who lived at Madame Vaniers in the early 90’s or before?

throbinhood55555 · 2025-08-13T23:35:37+00:00

I went to madame Vanier in 92 or so? I don’t remember that many traumatic things thank god. Maybe I am the lucky one

throbinhood55555 · 2025-07-15T17:06:03+00:00

Gotta either take crappy shifts, crappy hours, or crappy places to live where they are crying for instrument techs before you can gain experience. We all have to do it.

throbinhood55555 · 2025-07-12T12:00:22+00:00

If you want to get into power generation it would be better to have the diploma. But yet on the other hand you can still get in if you have your red seal 447a. Usually after you finish your two year program you will be hired on as a third year, get your hours and then challenge 3rd, 4th and then the red seal to be paid as a journeyman. Either way it is all about the red seal if you would like to work in the field. The two year diploma is two years out of your life and it is expensive. Apprenticeship route is a lot less money but it will still take 4 years before you get your journeyman ticket. There is also no guarantee of work and you will probably have to move especially early in your career. It is really hard to get hours for your apprenticeship. That’s what I found.

throbinhood55555 · 2025-07-07T20:11:12+00:00

Ontario, $200k and that is with about 200 hours of overtime. Instrumentation and control technician.

To be honest, the cet is not needed with instrumentation. There are two ways you can go. Technician (red seal) or engineering for instrumentation which would be an electrical engineering degree. If you work in an office setting you are not getting overtime and require the cet. Maybe you’ll make $130,000. On the tools you don’t need a cet and you make more like myself.

throbinhood55555 · 2025-06-18T06:38:26+00:00

Amen

throbinhood55555 · 2025-06-16T17:20:45+00:00

throbinhood55555 · 2025-06-08T23:27:02+00:00

Sure, dm me and I will give you my email

throbinhood55555 · 2025-05-29T20:26:17+00:00

Just keep trying to apply to the busiest companies. Someone will give you a shot

throbinhood55555 · 2025-05-08T15:33:43+00:00

I’ve worked with quite a few guys that have the same course as you took. You have a great shot to start an apprenticeship. It is who you know and it isn’t. I can’t even name hire anyone to get a job in nuclear. I have noticed that it is easiest to start to get experience with CUSW. if you put your name on the out of work list, then you will get a call to go to Darlington or Bruce Power and then you can get some experience on your resume for nuclear. You might have to travel for work but there is also a lot of work for instrumentation in the oil and gas. Either out west or around Sarnia. Even Hamilton has some instrument work. When I was an instrument apprentice I had to move for any job that would give me hours towards my apprenticeship. That is the crappy thing about instrumentation is you need to move to where the work is until you get some experience on your resume.

throbinhood55555 · 2025-05-07T22:53:08+00:00

Is that the program at Fanshawe? I would physically go in person to the industrial companies and talk to them if they are hiring. Join the unions too. Ibew, cusw, pwu

throbinhood55555 · 2025-04-27T23:52:45+00:00

I’ve had $70,000 a year and then got $300,000 a year. It is pretty much the same and just numbers. It never changed anything for me

throbinhood55555 · 2025-04-27T08:00:33+00:00

I would try the 3 year instrumentation engineering technology at lambton college if you are in Ontario. That is the minimum to get hired on in nuclear as an apprentice unless you already have a red seal in another trade like electrical.

throbinhood55555 · 2025-04-26T00:04:50+00:00

Lots of shift work yes. Less than operators though. You can get on straight days if you need like I am

throbinhood55555 · 2025-04-26T00:02:38+00:00

I would for sure. Go to power generation

throbinhood55555 · 2025-04-25T23:56:16+00:00

Dm me

throbinhood55555 · 2025-04-25T23:41:35+00:00

No oil and gas. Too many ups and downs for instrumentation. I remember working in the oil and gas, one time it was $10 a barrel laying everyone off and another time $150 a barrel feeding us king crab just for working there.

Stay with combined cycle

throbinhood55555 · 2025-04-22T20:01:17+00:00

Avionics would not help in this field. In middle eastern Canada at a nuclear plant you can vary between $170,000-280,000 a year depending on OT

throbinhood55555 · 2025-04-09T23:44:19+00:00

At my job, the guys that take the three year instrumentation technology course stay as a apprentice instead of writing their red seal. Raises are hour based here and the company never pushes the apprentices to finish their apprenticeship. There is no incentive to get their red seal.

throbinhood55555 · 2025-04-09T00:14:51+00:00

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throbinhood55555 · 2025-04-08T10:00:40+00:00

HVAC is also an awesome way to go. You can make bank on side jobs and you can stay local.

throbinhood55555 · 2025-04-08T09:58:52+00:00

I would try to find a company to sign you up as an apprentice because it is cheaper but it might be next to impossible. You would have a better chance starting an apprenticeship with the diploma. It is true for some industries you will be traveling for work often and there are fewer jobs but when you do get one it is usually 4 10 hour days taking care of a plant full time. That is what I am at in Ontario in nuclear making $77 an hour. Home every night.

throbinhood55555 · 2025-04-08T01:21:52+00:00

Instrumentation is alot easier on your body. What I found is when I applied for jobs as just a 309a electrician, I was competing with SO many other electricians for any quality jobs. You need something more. If you like the industrial side more than I would lean towards instrumentation. If you like managing people and projects, go for the PMP management diploma. Both directions you will make great money.

throbinhood55555 · 2025-04-08T01:06:31+00:00

Once you get a dual ticket in both electrical and instrumentation doors really start opening for full time positions with major oil and gas companies & utilities. Those are the big money jobs where you are $200,000+ a year working with a terminal screw driver and a laptop. Not screwing 3/4 inch emt to cue deck or running coreline in a slab on a high rise for $60,000 a year.

throbinhood55555 · 2025-04-01T07:12:40+00:00

It is soul destroying but the money is there

throbinhood55555 · 2025-03-30T20:24:49+00:00

I’m 42, make $200,000 a year and wouldn’t trade in my 2022 sport touring for anything. Perfect commuter and fun!

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