my awsome job interview

as of friday i wont be around untill tuesday night as im off for a 5 day interview with drayton manor for the position of apprentice maintainence technician. ive never been through a interview like this. for the position me and 5 other chosen people have to stay inside the park and have a short basic instruction on how to repair the apocalypse, shock wave, the haunting, excalibur, the flying jumbos, and splash canyon. this will take 2 days and for the other 3 we are on 24 hour call, the rides will purposely be tampered with and shut down and then it is up to us to repair the fault as quickly and efficiantly as possiable while being watched by an adjudicator who will grade us on our workman ship, safty, efectivness, efficianty, and attitude. this is one hell of a challange but the rewards will pay off straight away as the apprentice will be sent to germany for 2 weeks at a time every 4-5 months for advanced training on test rides. then theres spending all day with the 2 engineers on call and learning off of them, and not forgetting the ?????????120,000 a year salery plus benifits and the finnal position of master engineer. i really hope to make it through this and achive somthing ive wanted to do all of my life, even so ive made it this far ad i never thourght i would make it past the first interview not alone the third.

see all your uni and school studys pay off in the end and even if i dont get the job there are representertives from tussads and blackpool pleasure beach watching to so if i dont get the postion at drayton maby theres one there.

Good luck Gaz. How many people are applying for that position?

?????????120,000 Salary [xx(]

Wish you the best of luck mate[:P].

[coolbeans326]

?????????120,000 a year salery

That's more than what my dad makes... not even including the fact that the euro is worth more than the dollar., and he's worked long and hard to get to where he's at today! Good luck![:D]

5 people are in this final stage including me, thanks for the support guys. i appriciate it lots because at the moment im shitting myself. this is going to be one of the hardest challanges ive faced in a long time.

[Oscar]

lol you better get that job or else you are banned [;)]

hey wws...you are approaching the historic post 6969...if i were you id change my name and never post again afterwards, then resurect WWS.


just an idea

oh yeah congrats gazag i wish i could have that job. lol

Originally posted by coolbeans326

?????????120,000 a year salery

That's more than what my dad makes... not even including the fact that the euro is worth more than the dollar., and he's worked long and hard to get to where he's at today! Good luck![:D]

Gaz, if he gets the job, will not be paid in Euros. He'll be paid in British Pounds.

yes the salery is a wonder ful one but its only after 4 years of training and experiance so the starting salery will only be ?????????60,000. still a shed load of money when im stuck in a dead end job getting just ?????????14,000 at the moment but its not the money thats important to me. its somthing i know ill enjoy for the rest of my life and will never regret. plus as a bonus free passes in to the park and pre ride opening testing so i can get there first. just a couple of perks.

help? unfortunatly i dont exactly know what we'll be doing as do none of the other applicnts, all weve been told is that its a 5 day interview with a 2 day training period and a 24 hour condition callout. ( and by the way i know drayton manor isnt open 24 hours but it to test us in every aspec from working in the dark to when were very tired so dont none of you start going on at me. just as a warning, im very stressed at the mo so dont piss me off.~)

great

[Oscar]

look for the banana peel stuck on the chain lift

Just take hundreds of plasters and stuck them all over the place, getting a good coverage will ensure you can't go wrong

Good luck, gazag. Dang, 120,000, you are lucky.

justy got back from drayton manor, omg what a weekend that has been, i am so tired now. heres a list of the stuff i had to fix.

friday and saterday, a sort training on the rides and equipment to be used and the problems we might encure.

shock wave, restraint stuck closed- hydrolic lock broken and needed replacing, done at 5:00am sunday

morning checks

malestorm, e-stop on constantly- needed realining with the sensors, done at 9:00am sunday

the haunting, spinning room not spinning- lose wire to the controle desk 1:00pm sunday


arriva bus ride, not moving- new motor after old one over heated (dont ask me how?) 3:00pm sunday

now a rest for a few hours and the after noon checks

G-Forse, broken chain- weld the main chain link back together, 10:00pm sunday

excalibur- boat was sinking, whole in the bottom of the boat patched with fiber glass over night and re-saprayed in the morning- 12:00pm sunday

night sleep and up at 6:00am monday for morning checks.

apocolypse, release latch stuck- mecanisum check and a regrease- 10:00am monday

shockwave, bad vibrations reported on the last 2 cars on the 2nd train, take of the train and relplace the shattered bearings on the final car, 12:00 am monday

splash canyon, chain lift jamed- remove plastic bag from the meconism and restart, 3:00pm monday

enterprise, e-stop on contantly- clean the restraint sencors and restart, 5:00pm monday

de-brief.

should know wether i get the job in a few days time and i will post some pics when ive done them on to my computer.

(sorry if this is badly spelled but in knackered and need some sleep)

Geesh thats hard work, good luck with your results mate.

Wow, some tough stuff to do there. Did you troubleshoot the problems alone or with the group that is vying for the same position.

[gouldy]

Originally posted by gazag

yes the salery is a wonder ful one but its only after 4 years of training and experiance so the starting salery will only be ?????????60,000.

what do you mean "only be ?????????60,000" Dude, I'm on a ?????????5,200 ($9,700) salary, with no bonuses... although I guess I'm just an apprentice, but jeez! my mom earns ?????????50,000 ($93,000) a year roughly, and she's been a headteacher for god knows how many years! If you're gonna be earning ?????????60,000 ($111,600) as a STARTING salary! jesus, that's damn cushty!... will you buy me stuff?

Seriously though, good luck with that man, that's a really good opportunity that most of us on here can only dream of!

Originally posted by Woodie Man

Did you troubleshoot the problems alone or with the group that is vying for the same position.

it was alone with one of the assesors and one of the qualified engineers. half of the problems were a on the day such as the restraint problems on the enterprise and the other staged and done delibratly like the snapped chain on G-Forse. true they didnt go easy on us but i expected that because as an interviewie i must show that i can work hard under stress and use my intuition.

?????????60,000 a year, ok is alot but its only half of the full pay at the end of the training and i was trying to play it down a bit so none of you feel jelous at my god fortune, even if i dont get the job i still consider it to be good fortune as i managed to get to the last 5 out of 200 applicants.

ohh and thanks to six flag fiesta, the chat on msn we had was a massive help and the advise on the common problems with the huss rides was most helpfull and also on the rapids problems. thanks again.

please dont think of me as a wimp or somthing but this morning i was in tears because drayton called me up at 10:30 to offer me the position of apprentice engineer. ive been in the offices this after noon for about 5 hour and i start october after the last day of the season.

i am so happy, i have today handed in my resegnation from my current job and i finish one week friday so i will have a few months to do what i want befor i start.

many thanks to sixflagsfiesta as some of the things you told me according to the owner of drayton manor just pushed me over the edge, he said "you have done some reasurch and i was impressed with your knolage of the equipment you was using and working on".

thanks for all of your support

[Oscar]

congratulations my friend. Good things happen to good people so yay you can now get us povs of everything j.k. Congrats on the cool job and cool pay [:)] p.s. we will hold your wws.com account at ransom on a weekly basis j.k.

[gouldy]

*applauds*

so then.... how much free stuff do we get?

Nah, well done man, I'm happy for you [:)]

[coolbeans326]

I would like to congradulate you. I can't even land a crappy merchandise job at knotts.

Well done gaz, i think i would have cried too. Your a very lucky man, and im sure you have reached a few peoples dreams before them, like me you b*S**rd.
Nevertheless a massive congratulations.

And yeah the Gouldster is right. Free tickets now!!!