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Originally Posted by timebuilder

And hopefully that learning is being personally mentored by a seasoned a technician.

Absolutely... Way back in the day all we got was "Here's your beeper, make it happen"... I spent many a terrified early morning hour alone in a boiler room, that is not the goal with our greenhorns today. I'll be 50 on Monday, different kind of terror now! :-)

And hopefully that learning is being personally mentored by a seasoned a technician.

Originally Posted by coolwhip

And all the streets are one way and go in circles.

Sounds like a good job offer OP, hope you find someone.

Curious that a pizza dude would apply for such a job...I don't see the connection.

Thanks Coolwhip,

True about the streets! All of them old cow paths!

Still looking for the right tech...

Lots of kids here go to "for profit" tech schools (ITT Tech, etc.) and find on graduating there are few entry level jobs available... they end up mowing grass, delivering pizza, etc while trying to catch a break into the trade. We already have our trainee that graduated tech school last year but knows very few of the required skills... (nice way of saying that the learning does not start till you are in a van).

"is boston expensive place to live? it seems to be an expensive place to live being historic and university town and such? I've been there in the summer, it's jammed pack with tourists."




Compared to many places, yes. I live around 8 miles south, most of our work is on the periphery of Boston, you have to be way way outside the city (Western MA, NH) before housing is "affordable" by most measures. But like I say, the trades have been very good to me and I can afford to own a home close in.

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And all the streets are one way and go in circles.

Sounds like a good job offer OP, hope you find someone.

Curious that a pizza dude would apply for such a job...I don't see the connection.

Originally Posted by timebuilder

I don't think you could pay me enough to live up there.

Open a shop in Philly, and I'm your new foreman.

is boston expensive place to live? it seems to be an expensive place to live being historic and university town and such? I've been there in the summer, it's jammed pack with tourists.

Originally Posted by hvac_czar

Where have all the good techs gone?

Sounds like a song parody. (where have all the cowboys gone?)

Originally Posted by Mike19

Its a shame you're in Boston and not around here. I'd love a nice commercial job that wasn't 50% working on refrigeration and hot side in dirty kitchens.

I don't think you could pay me enough to live up there.

Open a shop in Philly, and I'm your new foreman.

Its a shame you're in Boston and not around here. I'd love a nice commercial job that wasn't 50% working on refrigeration and hot side in dirty kitchens.

well, I'm not attached to anything in canada, wouldn't mind getting my hand into commercial refrigeration. The process to get work visas and stuff may take a while and whatever licensing req to work in MA

Originally Posted by Joehvac25

Wish I was looking to relocate, sounds like a good gig. If you want to talk get ahold of me at bonghit420@baked.com! Just kidding I almost spit up my pepsi when I read that.

Got to have a little humor!

Originally Posted by ReferYankee

Id love to move back to MA and come work on some boilers again, but these 65 degree winters have stole my heart! If hurricane season is as bad as they are predicting, ill see you in the fall!

If you do, look me up... Will be our busiest Winter ever on the construction side and service always follows construction here.

Wish I was looking to relocate, sounds like a good gig. If you want to talk get ahold of me at bonghit420@baked.com! Just kidding I almost spit up my pepsi when I read that.

Same problem up here Czar. I just recently hired a guy out of tech school. He appears to be the exception to the rule, because he actually shows up to work on time everyday and does whatever we tell him. I went through some real losers on the way to him. It is sad the state of the upcoming trade generation. They don't want to work. They want top pay right out of the gate and they think the world owes them something. Pitiful.

Good luck.

Id love to move back to MA and come work on some boilers again, but these 65 degree winters have stole my heart! If hurricane season is as bad as they are predicting, ill see you in the fall!

Thanks fellas... The trades have been awesome for me, I know the trades are still an awesome career choice... I guess the times have changed.

Unfortunately the pool of qualified technicians is shrinking rapidly. Us old dinosaurs are leaving the trade faster than the younger replacements are coming in.

We hired a person about 18 months ago. 25 years old, right out of college, worked as an electricians "gopher" while in college. Schooled and has a degree as an English Teacher!!

Will be a leader in supermarket refrigeration in the future. Took to supermarket refrigeration like a duck to water. Awesome work ethic, excellent critical and logical thinking. I'd take a dozen of them. He is the exception rather than the rule.

Good luck with your search!!