Showing posts with label Training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Training. Show all posts

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Updates

It's been awhile since my last post.  It's been awhile since my last job too.  I did work for a company in Dupont, WA that claimed they were going to keep me, and another guy that started the same day I did, for seven months to a year.  And then 2 days, two hours later they laid us off.  What they really needed was for workers to come in and tear down forms for a few days at a time throughout the term of the project.  I won't say their name but they're a pretty lame company and I plan on NEVER working for them again.

Then I got a call to work for AMI (Architectural Millwork Installation) and I must say they have been the best company I've worked for since I joined the Union.  My first day consisted of unloading trucks for the Victoria Secrets in downtown Seattle, at 4 am.


At first I thought it would be for a day or two but they kept calling me back to unload more.  They they moved me to a Seattle University site and I worked there a few days on and off too.


Then it was back to VS to unload more and eventually installed some shelves too.







All in all AMI kept me for a little over a month when they needed help.  I also worked a day on Bainbridge Island installing counter tops for a cafe.  I took pictures but they're on my phone and haven't figured out how to transfer them.

Monday, October 25, 2010

OSHA 10 Card

Right now with little to no work out there it's been a good time to get certification for different areas in the Carpentry field.
Before I joined the Carpenter's Union, Local 470, I worked for a non-union company that thought they had a good safety program.  Their program couldn't even be called a safety program compared to the classes through the Union and Union companies that give their workers hours upon hours of safety classes.

This coming weekend I'll be attending "Best practices in Health Care" in Mukilteo for an additional certification.  Nobody trains like the Union.