question about the shipyard.
03-19-2009, 05:48 PM
#11
Banned
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Home.....dunno....I'm homeless
Posts: 7,780
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
03-19-2009, 06:03 PM
#12
Registered Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 141
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: question about the shipyard.
(fact)
Two of my dads friends work their. Last time i asked them they make about $22 an hour. They also have been doing it many years, i know it was over 15. Hope this helps
Two of my dads friends work their. Last time i asked them they make about $22 an hour. They also have been doing it many years, i know it was over 15. Hope this helps
03-19-2009, 06:05 PM
#13
-HUFF-
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 1,806
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: question about the shipyard.
My dads been there 30+ years, He says there laying people off. BUT they are also hiring too... A friend at my job starts the begining of April, He just put his 2 week notice in. It may have helped him that he was asian though. I worked there from 2001 to 2003 as X18 welder and they started me in weld school at $10.95hr and after weld school I went to $15. When I left in 03 I was at $17.75, With a 75 cent 3rd shift differential pay... 11pm to 7am got old after almost 3 years of it.. Good pay,Great benifits, just be careful, lots of dumbass's work there, Its very easy to get hurt.
03-19-2009, 06:10 PM
#14
-HUFF-
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 1,806
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: question about the shipyard.
I think you think wrong..
The "program"???
Its called the apprentice school..And there is no way in fucking hell anyone would be started at $50 dollars an hour there. Thats just stupid to even say.
03-19-2009, 06:42 PM
#15
AKA: SHY_GUY
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 4,175
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
03-19-2009, 06:50 PM
#17
Hereeeeesss Beezyy!
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Portsmouth.
Posts: 8,230
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
03-19-2009, 06:52 PM
#18
AKA: SHY_GUY
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 4,175
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
03-19-2009, 07:23 PM
#19
Awesome
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: NN, Va
Posts: 391
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: question about the shipyard.
The apprentice program is really the way to go. I went in with he idea that I would be an electrician, but instead they offered me a position as a Dimensional Control Technician.
I love my job, it's never boring and there's a lot of great people in my department. Plus that fact that I got to start off salary in stead of hourly was great. You get mandatory raises untill you graduate(hourly or salary). I don't make a lot of money, but for being 20 years old with no college education except my year in the A school, a 35,000 yearly salary that increase by a good amount(4-7k) every year until I graduate plus over-time is a definite plus.
The average graduate of the school makes a little over $50,000/ year(before taxes and overtime). It wont make you rich, but it sure wont leave you poor. You can also choose to go advance with good grades and get an associates degree in buisness, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and some other I cant remember. You can then continue your education through night school and as long as you make above a C, Northrop Grumman will reimburse you for your books and tuition(as long as you can do a 40 hr week and night school/ online classes).
A little long, but it's something to think about, OP.
I love my job, it's never boring and there's a lot of great people in my department. Plus that fact that I got to start off salary in stead of hourly was great. You get mandatory raises untill you graduate(hourly or salary). I don't make a lot of money, but for being 20 years old with no college education except my year in the A school, a 35,000 yearly salary that increase by a good amount(4-7k) every year until I graduate plus over-time is a definite plus.
The average graduate of the school makes a little over $50,000/ year(before taxes and overtime). It wont make you rich, but it sure wont leave you poor. You can also choose to go advance with good grades and get an associates degree in buisness, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and some other I cant remember. You can then continue your education through night school and as long as you make above a C, Northrop Grumman will reimburse you for your books and tuition(as long as you can do a 40 hr week and night school/ online classes).
A little long, but it's something to think about, OP.
03-19-2009, 07:27 PM
#20
braap braap
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Portsmouth
Posts: 14,535
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: question about the shipyard.
The apprentice program is really the way to go. I went in with he idea that I would be an electrician, but instead they offered me a position as a Dimensional Control Technician.
I love my job, it's never boring and there's a lot of great people in my department. Plus that fact that I got to start off salary in stead of hourly was great. You get mandatory raises untill you graduate(hourly or salary). I don't make a lot of money, but for being 20 years old with no college education except my year in the A school, a 35,000 yearly salary that increase by a good amount(4-7k) every year until I graduate plus over-time is a definite plus.
The average graduate of the school makes a little over $50,000/ year(before taxes and overtime). It wont make you rich, but it sure wont leave you poor. You can also choose to go advance with good grades and get an associates degree in buisness, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and some other I cant remember. You can then continue your education through night school and as long as you make above a C, Northrop Grumman will reimburse you for your books and tuition(as long as you can do a 40 hr week and night school/ online classes).
A little long, but it's something to think about, OP.
I love my job, it's never boring and there's a lot of great people in my department. Plus that fact that I got to start off salary in stead of hourly was great. You get mandatory raises untill you graduate(hourly or salary). I don't make a lot of money, but for being 20 years old with no college education except my year in the A school, a 35,000 yearly salary that increase by a good amount(4-7k) every year until I graduate plus over-time is a definite plus.
The average graduate of the school makes a little over $50,000/ year(before taxes and overtime). It wont make you rich, but it sure wont leave you poor. You can also choose to go advance with good grades and get an associates degree in buisness, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and some other I cant remember. You can then continue your education through night school and as long as you make above a C, Northrop Grumman will reimburse you for your books and tuition(as long as you can do a 40 hr week and night school/ online classes).
A little long, but it's something to think about, OP.
Thats what I wanted to do.
I'm awaiting the yard to call me at the end of this month.
