apprenticeship motor mechanics!!!!!

superstoner90

not really sure where to post this:(

hi all im interested in cars so i really want get a apprenticeship in motor mechanics with FAS:eek:

so im just looking for some advice on is , it a good idea? and how to go about registering and stuff like that ...... ect.

also id like people that got a apprenticeship in mechanics if you could post your story

thanks
SS90

Plug

You have to get an apprenticeship first from a garage and then they will register you if they keep you.

Thatnastyboy

Plug wrote: »

You have to get an apprenticeship first from a garage and then they will register you if they keep you.

Yes^^,

Also, don't tell them that you use the alias of superstoner90,

they won't like it :P

Best of luck with the search, I missed out on an apprenticeship with BMW 5 years ago as the buildings were giving me a fatter wallet

Nissan doctor

Contact Atlas Autoservice's head office if your in the Dublin area, we are taking on apprentices at the moment but I've no idea how many places there are or if they have been filled but worth a try.;)

superstoner90

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Contact Atlas Autoservice's head office if your in the Dublin area, we are taking on apprentices at the moment but I've no idea how many places there are or if they have been filled but worth a try.;)

well im at the sligo area:( thanks anyway :)

superstoner90

Plug wrote: »

You have to get an apprenticeship first from a garage and then they will register you if they keep you.

Okay so i have to get a garage to take me on first and then i head to fas and get a form or something? , and if they dont keep me il be fraily f*cked as im guessing that alot of mechanics wont have much work now a days....but if that happens will i have go to a different garage/mechanic ?!?!

Nissan doctor

superstoner90 wrote: »

well im at the sligo area:( thanks anyway :)

No worries, best of luck with it.

superstoner90

Thatnastyboy wrote: »

Yes^^,

Also, don't tell them that you use the alias of superstoner90,

they won't like it :P

Best of luck with the search, I missed out on an apprenticeship with BMW 5 years ago as the buildings were giving me a fatter wallet

haha oh the user name? do you like it? sure who dosent enjoy a joint now and again apprenticeship with BMW? that would be serious crack...but not much work in the building trade no more than mechanics

msg11

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Contact Atlas Autoservice's head office if your in the Dublin area, we are taking on apprentices at the moment but I've no idea how many places there are or if they have been filled but worth a try.;)

Don't suppose off hand you know there email address or is it just that form on there website?

Just used the form there, would be an interesting owl job and I say the day would fly in if your kept busy all day.

superstoner90

msg11 wrote: »

Don't suppose off hand you know there email address or is it just that form on there website?

Just used the form there, would be an interesting owl job and I say the day would fly in if your kept busy all day.

i said ulready i live in SLIGO:mad:

Mar4ix

well ... sometimes need leave parents, friends, change living place for education (as i did many times in my live), as it is most important part of your live... unless you have already partner/wife with bunch of kids.

superstoner90

Mar4ix wrote: »

well ... sometimes need leave parents, friends, change living place for education (as i did many times in my live), as it is most important part of your live... unless you have already partner/wife with bunch of kids.

i dont really have wife/kids or any of the above...i just like sligo...i would move with friends but none of them are moving so i dont think id move to DUBLIN..just for a mechanics apprenticship....:(

Nissan doctor

superstoner90 wrote: »

i said ulready i live in SLIGO:mad:

I think he was asking for himself not you..:D

MrDerp

superstoner90 wrote: »

i dont really have wife/kids or any of the above...i just like sligo...i would move with friends but none of them are moving so i dont think id move to DUBLIN..just for a mechanics apprenticship....:(

Let the mountain come to Mohammed eh?

"just for a mechanics apprenticeship?" - sounds to me like this is a half-assed whim. It's either something you really want to do, or it isn't.

With 15% unemployment in this country the world isn't your oyster. Take it from a former super-stoner, nothing will happen until you make it happen.

superstoner90

Nissan doctor wrote: »

I think he was asking for himself not you..:D

oh Sh*t my bad:o

superstoner90

MrDerp wrote: »

Let the mountain come to Mohammed eh?

"just for a mechanics apprenticeship?" - sounds to me like this is a half-assed whim. It's either something you really want to do, or it isn't.

With 15% unemployment in this country the world isn't your oyster. Take it from a former super-stoner, nothing will happen until you make it happen.

well i do really want to do it.. i wouldent like to move to dublin for it...:(:eek:...i love sligo..

andyseadog

pesonally i'd up sticks and go abroad now for a fooking mechanics apprenticeship!

jaysus... 'won't leave sligo unless me buddies are going'... ffs :rolleyes: do you want this handed to you on a a plate.

Plug

andyseadog wrote: »

pesonally i'd up sticks and go abroad now for a fooking mechanics apprenticeship!

jaysus... 'won't leave sligo unless me buddies are going'... ffs :rolleyes: do you want this handed to you on a a plate.

Probably pure paranoid from all the weed smoking sure...

Hey superstoner ya can always go back to Sligo on the weekends so mammy can wash your cloths and cook you proper dinners. Thats what I used to do when I was in FAS, the beans on toast five days in a row was a bloody killer until I discovered Lidl were selling microwavable Sunday roasts.

superstoner90

Plug wrote: »

Probably pure paranoid from all the weed smoking sure...

Hey superstoner ya can always go back to Sligo on the weekends so mammy can wash your cloths and cook you proper dinners. Thats what I used to do when I was in FAS, the beans on toast five days in a row was a bloody killer until I discovered Lidl were selling microwavable Sunday roasts.

i dont like where this is going...:eek:..ya i know its bad when i say that i dont want to leave sligo..but there is a fas center half an hour away from me...but i dont want to start an apprenticship if i going to be laid off ... its f*cked up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

superstoner90

andyseadog wrote: »

pesonally i'd up sticks and go abroad now for a fooking mechanics apprenticeship!

jaysus... 'won't leave sligo unless me buddies are going'... ffs :rolleyes: do you want this handed to you on a a plate.

well it would be nice:eek:................................buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut thats not going to happen..if the apprenticship doesent work out ..i was accutaly going down under to work in the diamond mines..but im going to try for the apprenticship first...;)

Gary ITR

Plug wrote: »

Probably pure paranoid from all the weed smoking sure...

Hey superstoner ya can always go back to Sligo on the weekends so mammy can wash your cloths and cook you proper dinners. Thats what I used to do when I was in FAS, the beans on toast five days in a row was a bloody killer until I discovered Lidl were selling microwavable Sunday roasts.

Woah woah woah hold the **** on..... Microwavable roast you say? Is it any use?

Guy:Incognito

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Contact Atlas Autoservice's head office if your in the Dublin area, we are taking on apprentices at the moment but I've no idea how many places there are or if they have been filled but worth a try.;)

Very interested in this myself. Had thought about it a few times but figured with the recession and whatnot there woudlnt be anywhere looking for apprentices. Was always much more interested in being a mechanic than what I ended up doing (plumbing).

Is the head office at one of the branches or somewhere else? Not having much luck on the website. Having said that its probably staring me in the face.

msg11 wrote: »

Don't suppose off hand you know there email address or is it just that form on there website?

Just used the form there, would be an interesting owl job and I say the day would fly in if your kept busy all day.

Did you just use the normal "contact us" form on their site?

Plug

Gary ITR wrote: »

Woah woah woah hold the **** on..... Microwavable roast you say? Is it any use?

Lethal.

Gary ITR

The thing about somewhere like Atlas is you'll get to learn on a variety of cars rather than just one marque which will always be a bonus. On the downside you could end up working with Nissan Doctor

Guy:Incognito

Plug wrote: »

Lethal.

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess it doesnt end up looking much like that picture when its on the plate though?:)

msg11

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Did you just use the normal "contact us" form on their site?

Yeah just used the form on there site, didn't hear anything back yet e-mailed them last night, either they don't check them daily or just seen it and didn't bother replying.

Monty.

superstoner90 wrote: »

i dont like where this is going...:eek:..ya i know its bad when i say that i dont want to leave sligo..but there is a fas center half an hour away from me...but i dont want to start an apprenticship if i going to be laid off ... its f*cked up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So is this the future standard of car mechanics we can expect to be working on our cars in a few years and their level of motivation ? . . . very reassuring. :rolleyes:

Well first of all, while waiting on an apprenticeship, the very least you should be doing is buy a cheap old car, be taking it completely apart step by step, and figuring out exactly how every part works and why before moving onto the next, then and putting it back together again. Day after day if needs be. At night you should be researching and learning everything there is to know on the internet about every system on modern cars, from brakes, to suspension, to fuel systems etc., and who manufactures what parts from Lucas to Bosch. There is no excuse for not getting stuck into your future trade, job or no job.

If you don't get stuck in as above, you will just be yet another one of the countless dreamer/bluffer wanna be's with a 1001 excuses for their mediocrity.

If your going to do something in life, do it right, or don't bother your hole.

-Corkie-

Gary ITR wrote: »

The thing about somewhere like Atlas is you'll get to learn on a variety of cars rather than just one marque which will always be a bonus. On the downside you could end up working with Nissan Doctor

Thats true but imagine ending up working in Urban...:pac:

Seriously though there is lads heading to Oz and the likes for jobs so I cannot see whats wrong with moving somewhere in this country. I was quite happy leaving Mammy at 18 to work in Co. Meath.:)

Nissan doctor

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Very interested in this myself. Had thought about it a few times but figured with the recession and whatnot there woudlnt be anywhere looking for apprentices. Was always much more interested in being a mechanic than what I ended up doing (plumbing).

Is the head office at one of the branches or somewhere else? Not having much luck on the website. Having said that its probably staring me in the face.

The head office is in the new Finglas branch. The MD is looking after the new apprenticeships and he is away for a week or two(not sure) so you may not get a reply about this untill he's back.

Gary ITR wrote: »

The thing about somewhere like Atlas is you'll get to learn on a variety of cars rather than just one marque which will always be a bonus. On the downside you could end up working with Nissan Doctor

It'd be great if you were working with me as an apprentice, I could use someone to make the tea regularly:P

Your spot on about not working in a dealer though, I made a conscious decision never to work in a single marque garage as in an indy garage the broad array of vehicles and problems they suffer means that you never stop seeing new problems and more importantly, never stop learning.

superstoner90

Monty. wrote: »

So is this the future standard of car mechanics we can expect to be working on our cars in a few years and their level of motivation ? . . . very reassuring. :rolleyes:

Well first of all, while waiting on an apprenticeship, the very least you should be doing is buy a cheap old car, be taking it completely apart step by step, and figuring out exactly how every part works and why before moving onto the next, then and putting it back together again. Day after day if needs be. At night you should be researching and learning everything there is to know on the internet about every system on modern cars, from brakes, to suspension, to fuel systems etc., and who manufactures what parts from Lucas to Bosch. There is no excuse for not getting stuck into your future trade, job or no job.

If you don't get stuck in as above, you will just be yet another one of the countless dreamer/bluffer wanna be's with a 1001 excuses for their mediocrity.

If your going to do something in life, do it right, or don't bother your hole.

i was doing that the last few weeks and i know how the 4 stroke engine works and the 2 stroke engine works , pistons and how the fuel get in and egnites and goes out the exhaust, how the suspention and clutch , air con , brakes , turbo and manual transmittion works...and god honest truth is that im 100% interested in mechanics ...that id love to do but i only know the basics so far...but sure i guess it takes time...:D (if thats even makes sence)