occupations

[clyde-rod]

I have seen this on a couple of other forums and thought i'd put it here. i'll be leaving school in a year so i'm thinking about careers and if they'd work well with fishing. So what's the good and bad points about your'e job.

cheers Ryan

[madkeen]

Find a job you enjoy.They are as common as hen's teeth.If only I listened to my old man and stuck in at school

[tynetraveller]

A plumber must be a good choice for a salmon fisher. Always lots of work and you can 'go get a part' whenever the conditions are right.

[tyneandrew]

Straight to the point there Graham ;D

Getting the most out of your career really depends on what makes you tick and what interests you - and this in itself can take quite a long time to determine. As it has for me.

Linking the fishing with your career - well if you can do that (and get a hefty salary) let me know

A good job will offer varied, interesting and rewarding work. In turn you will make a lot of good friends, gain a lot of personal satisfaction and get well rewarded. Then you can go fishing.

Bad points - don't let there be any, if there are, do something about it.

[clyde-rod]

I fancied a plumber but people have been telling me that the apprenticeships are really hard to get so if you know anybody, give me a shout . wanting to get out into the working world.

[Sloggi]

ryanbrady said:

I fancied a plumber /quote]

This is not that sort of forum ;D

Stay at school as long as you can, go travelling, study, and avoid work as long as you can.

Oh, and getting married and having kids = less fishing time

[clyde-rod]

thanks for the advice sloggi ;D just tired of school.

[splash]

One rule of thumb that you should definitely heed is that the salary that you are paid is inversely proportional to the amount of time that you are able to take off on vacation

In salmon fishing parlance, this translates that when you can eventually afford to rent the top beats, you will rarely have time to do so

More seriously if you are really thinking about a career in fishing write to companies like Shackleton's and see what opportunities are available world wide as a professional guides. For a young single man this can be a fantastic opportunity to spend time in the greatest fisheries in the world with half the year in places like the Seychelles or Bahamas and the other half in Alaska or Russia and you can learn a huge amount. To do this you should try to build up some experience as a ghillie or part-time ghillie in the first instance

[madkeen]

Clyde-rod if you fancy plumbing send a cv round your local plumbing company's.I know around my area there is more apprentice's getting started every year.

[granters]

If you want to do a plumbing apprenticeship DO IT! I wish i had gone into a trade when i left school. you will never want for work, and you will make all the money you want. If people say it's hard, then so what, You'll quickly learn that you'll have to work hard for everything you do, makes it all the more rewarding. Think about that fish you caught, when it was bright and sunny, and you really put your mind to it...hard work!!! I actually just started a completely new job last week. I'm in sales now, supplying fixtures, fittings, ironmongery etc to folk and it's taken me years to get to where i am. Tried several jobs after school then bit the bullet 4 years ago and went to uni and honestly, although i'm glad i have a degree, it's not worth it. I never , ever thought i'd end up doing what i do now but i get so much satisfaction from providing a customer with something that another company said they couldn't get (did it today actually, involved lots of rooting about and i eventually found a company in London that provided the product. customer was tickled pink.) Anyway, you'll get out what you put in (cliche alert ;D, but it's the god's honest truth) And the good points about my chosen profession? Working out what new fandangled fishing gear i'll be blowing my hard earned wonga on! It's only a mortgage i tell myself... ;D

[clyde-rod]

;D ;D ;D thanks granters

[turrifftackle]

Hi

Before Moving back home and purchasing my tackle shop- I was a
Transport/Temperature controlled Warehouse Manager.
I employed people on a rotating shift basis of 7 on 7 off.(before the working time directive)
This allowed them to work one or two days overtime on their week off or in the case of a few - go fishing for a whole week.
Many of the lads were carp fishers and their mates were lining up to get a job.
So maybe something with a shift pattern would allow you a few days off every so often in the week

Frank

[clydebuilt]

Clyde-rod, have you ever considered a position in the offshore oil & gas or marine telecomms cable laying industries??

I work offshore/at sea for 6 week on 6 weeks off which obviously speaks for itself on the amount of time i have for fishing (family allowing right enough!!)

Plenty of time to get fishing and a great opportunity to make a very respectable salary whilst working half of the year.

There are a lot of companies looking for trainees as there is a large skills shortage, worth looking into if you can handle being away from home.

Just another avenue for you to explore if you want too, its a minefiled but good luck all the same.

Clydebuilt

[splash]

clydebuilt said:

Clyde-rod, have you ever considered a position in the offshore oil & gas or marine telecomms cable laying industries??

I work offshore/at sea for 6 week on 6 weeks off which obviously speaks for itself on the amount of time i have for fishing (family allowing right enough!!)

Plenty of time to get fishing and a great opportunity to make a very respectable salary whilst working half of the year.

There are a lot of companies looking for trainees as there is a large skills shortage, worth looking into if you can handle being away from home.

Just another avenue for you to explore if you want too, its a minefiled but good luck all the same.

Clydebuilt

Particulary if you can sync the 6 weeks on with the close season

[zephead]

I'm sure there is a tweedy ex-Colonel whose name I can't quote whose maxim to his son was,in effect,"Choose your hobby more carefully than your job as your hobby really is for life whereas you can always change your job"

Bit the same as one of the de Rothschilds,when questioned on how he established his burgeoning real estate wealth replied,"By selling too cheaply and too soon".

ZH

[salmonscotty16lb]

don't work on trucks and don't get a lass up the duff u will do ok

[plotter]

Some sound advice here... if you take note you will enjoy many hours of fishing...
become a teacher... They earn loads and have more holidays than anyone else you can think of....

Seriously

[JAD]

Clide-rod the best advice I can give you is get the best education you can then it will set you up for the rest of your life.

As for finding time for fishing there is always shift work but its not to everyones taste. I can vouch for that after working 3 shifts on a steel rolling mill for 25 years. But thats all in the past now I'm retired and now I have plenty of time for fishing........

Or as Plotter has said get a teaching job then you will have plenty of time on you hands to go fishing... ;D

[duncanm]

I would back up Clydebuilt and look offshore. Still plenty of jobs out there for guys willing to work on rotation. Most of the norh sea drilling rigs are now heading to 2 on 3 off or 2 on 4 off rotations so you could end up working 150 - 180 days a year. Most I ever did in 7 years offshore was 154 days, although I do 200 plus now that I have moved back to onshore project work.

If you can get some sort of qualification (Degree/City and Guilds) you should manage to get a start ok and from there really its up to you

[clyde-rod]

Thanks very much for everyone's input. I am particularly interested in working in the oil industry so iv'e sent a few pm's.

Ryan