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what i like most about my job is the skills it teaches me. after a year and a half I'm still learning a lot of new things and really enjoying it.
these are skills which are doubtfully very marketable in terms of applying for jobs, but things which I think will really benefit me later on in life. I really hope to some day be a home/land owner, and I think it is there that these skills will especially lend themselves to me.
i've learned a lot about cutting and shaping and building with aluminum and steel. i'm now comfortable and versed in using a lot of different hand and power tools, like angle grinders and portable bandsaws and sawzalls. i know how to use a rotary hammer drill to anchor wood or metal into a foundation. i can frame a square wall. i've learned a lot about installing irrigation and plumbing and greenhouse cooling systems. i'm learning some basic electrical, I know how to wire motors and cords and plugs for different voltages. now i know these aren't anything that millions of other people don't also know how to do, but I feel competent in tackling various household repairs that I definitely would not have prior to working here.
i come from a household where my parents were very hesitant, basically fearful of ever attempting moderate household repair job themselves (at least it seemed so to me). i often saw this as wasteful, both monetarily and as a lost opportunity to learn something new.
so it's fortunate that marketplace west never responded to me regarding that food server job.
these are skills which are doubtfully very marketable in terms of applying for jobs, but things which I think will really benefit me later on in life. I really hope to some day be a home/land owner, and I think it is there that these skills will especially lend themselves to me.
i've learned a lot about cutting and shaping and building with aluminum and steel. i'm now comfortable and versed in using a lot of different hand and power tools, like angle grinders and portable bandsaws and sawzalls. i know how to use a rotary hammer drill to anchor wood or metal into a foundation. i can frame a square wall. i've learned a lot about installing irrigation and plumbing and greenhouse cooling systems. i'm learning some basic electrical, I know how to wire motors and cords and plugs for different voltages. now i know these aren't anything that millions of other people don't also know how to do, but I feel competent in tackling various household repairs that I definitely would not have prior to working here.
i come from a household where my parents were very hesitant, basically fearful of ever attempting moderate household repair job themselves (at least it seemed so to me). i often saw this as wasteful, both monetarily and as a lost opportunity to learn something new.
so it's fortunate that marketplace west never responded to me regarding that food server job.