Agri Mech course

munkus

Howye,

Has anyone done a part time or distance edu course in some form of mechanical engineering that is useful for tractor or digger repairs? Would like to know more and be able to do more preventive maintenance, fix breaks etc.

tomwaterford

Apprenticeship....don't do it,pay is terrible for the technical knowlage and skill level involved:o
not unknown for fully qualified to be on as low as e9.50...75c above min wage:mad::mad:
in all serious a good read of manual for the machine should see you 90% there,dont scrimp on the quality of oils,grease and your filters etc

think about it maybe e20K+ of a tractor scrimping maybe e200 on not changing back-end oil when due?/ buying inferior quality oils

The Cuban

youtube is your friend here, their are so many videos available although more car than tractor but its well worth a search.
Do a search for scotty kilmer on youtube he does some great videos and its entertaining to watch. granted they are car vids but the mechanics can still be applied to tractors

kay 9

Stay away from all the dirty trades unless you see an opening to start Smth yourself. As a plumber/pipe fitter and coded welder I know. Most of my mates have had to go abroad for work and it's not all that rosy overseas either. Harsh conditions and no more respect for you or your work than a dog. Oh and the most important, the money is so bad now you will find it hard to make ends meet. Sorry to sound negative but better to be real.

Round Bale

kay 9 wrote: »

Stay away from all the dirty trades unless you see an opening to start Smth yourself. As a plumber/pipe fitter and coded welder I know. Most of my mates have had to go abroad for work and it's not all that rosy overseas either. Harsh conditions and no more respect for you or your work than a dog. Oh and the most important, the money is so bad now you will find it hard to make ends meet. Sorry to sound negative but better to be real.

Good fitters and toolmakers making top money in manufacturing industry up and down the country.
Toolmaking is a great trade. Plenty job openings.

Muckit

The Cuban wrote: »

youtube is your friend here....
do a search for scotty kilmer

Is that the lad with the dark glasses that kinda shouts? Gas man!

Farrell

Round Bale wrote: »

Good fitters and toolmakers making top money in manufacturing industry up and down the country.
Toolmaking is a great trade. Plenty job openings.

Just starting to pick up, was dead for a while

kay 9

Round Bale wrote: »

Good fitters and toolmakers making top money in manufacturing industry up and down the country.
Toolmaking is a great trade. Plenty job openings.

That may be so and best of luck those boys still in work and doing well, but just giving the lad some advice on how alot of highly skilled tradesmen in other spheres wound up the last few years. I'm lucky that I have other interests such as farming, and a bit of machine work and use my trade a few days of the year. I wouldn't like to be 100% dependant on any trade now unless in the public sector.

Viewtodiefor

Round Bale wrote: »

Good fitters and toolmakers making top money in manufacturing industry up and down the country.
Toolmaking is a great trade. Plenty job openings.

Toolmaking totally different to a mechanic tbh. Def recommend stay away from mechanic as they are paid total crap wages for what they do. Toolmaking electrician or something like that pay a half decent wage

bbam

I worked a maintenance contract in a factory that had a machine tool shop and about a dozen toolmakers. They were on way better conditions than mechanics and held a strong status in the plant.
The problem was during the boom no new apprentices were going into the trade. One chap who was a second year apprentice had his apprentiship paused as he was the among 4 lad in the country and FAS wouldn't run block release for them. They had to wait on numbers however long that took.
I'm sure that has changed now.

Farrell

bbam wrote: »

I worked a maintenance contract in a factory that had a machine tool shop and about a dozen toolmakers. They were on way better conditions than mechanics and held a strong status in the plant.
The problem was during the boom no new apprentices were going into the trade. One chap who was a second year apprentice had his apprentiship paused as he was the among 4 lad in the country and FAS wouldn't run block release for them. They had to wait on numbers however long that took.
I'm sure that has changed now.

True, & I know of tool makers who were let go during boom as manufacturing took hit in this country

bbam

Farrell wrote: »

True, & I know of tool makers who were let go during boom as manufacturing took hit in this country

Sure. But tell me of a trade/occupation that wasn't badly affected during the downturn. It wouldn't be a real measure to decide on a career.
At least it is a widely transferable trade world wide.

Farrell

bbam wrote: »

Sure. But tell me of a trade/occupation that wasn't badly affected during the downturn. It wouldn't be a real measure to decide on a career.
At least it is a widely transferable trade world wide.

Very true, but the funny thing is manufacturing took at hit since the turn of the century & now it's on the return since the building has taken the hit. Main thing is we need employment in the country