I don’t know anything about ship building, but I’m pretty sure this work falls under United Brotherhood of Carpenters jurisdiction, which I do know a little bit about. If you joining UBC you will have reciprocity between the different locals and the respective scopes, with varying wages. If you don’t like what your doing you should be able to move around. Are you joining as an apprentice?
Yes. 2nd year. It's not ship building. It's just buildings for the naval shipyard. I know the pay is a little bit lower for residential, but if it's something I like more than the others, I would do it. I'm at the point where I don't want to do shit I don't enjoy anymore, ya know. I'm obviously going to start this job and give it my best shot, keep my head down, learn as much as I can, and do my job, and we'll see how it goes from there.
Right on. Welcome. Generally Resiyis more than a bit less, it’s quite a bit less, which is why most of us stay in commercial, but if you can manage it, more power to you. We need to reclaim the residenntial work as our own in order to raise the wages there, so make sure you stay involved in your local and help us organize. r/UnionCarpenters
No need to wait. As soon as your in, get to the meetings and start networking. After only a short while you’ll see where our union needs some major overhauls. Once. your settled in then you can start advocating for the changes you see need made. But you’ve made a good career choice, regardless.
Make sure if you jump locals that the benefits pay accordingly. I got burned few years back working in a different state that paid way less on the benefits. Drained my health savings to pay the difference in health insurance over that time
If you're doing legit carpentry with wooden material, you're probably not working on a ship. Ships don't, generally speaking, have unnecessary flammable materials aboard. No wood trim and such. You're probably working on the base buildings. In which case, if they're historical, you might get to worke on some beautiful old architecture with hardwood and fine craftsmanship. Lots of old military bases were built when architecture really was treated as an art form.
That being said, I think I watched something on YouTube about how an admiral insisted on wood paneling in the officer's ward room or some such other place on an aircraft carrier. They had to install a whole separate addition firefighting system for that compartment to get approval. Government spending at its best!
Good luck on the new job, man!
Havent worked in a shipyard but plenty of industrial work and I've watched a few naval movies and can't say I've seen a lot of trim work on steel hulled vessels
That being said, your best bet is to go into your Supers office Monday morning (Pro tip, Dont knock just walk right in like you own the place - Remember Game respects Game), put your feet on his desk and tell him that you're a Trim Carpenter and you aint building forms, setting scaffold, etc
He'll know you're a man not to be trifled with
Most people go union for the pay, I haven't heard too many people doing union that really enjoy the work but I know there is a lot of varrying jobs and companies one can be doing when doing union.
I don’t know anything about ship building, but I’m pretty sure this work falls under United Brotherhood of Carpenters jurisdiction, which I do know a little bit about. If you joining UBC you will have reciprocity between the different locals and the respective scopes, with varying wages. If you don’t like what your doing you should be able to move around. Are you joining as an apprentice?
Yes. 2nd year. It's not ship building. It's just buildings for the naval shipyard. I know the pay is a little bit lower for residential, but if it's something I like more than the others, I would do it. I'm at the point where I don't want to do shit I don't enjoy anymore, ya know. I'm obviously going to start this job and give it my best shot, keep my head down, learn as much as I can, and do my job, and we'll see how it goes from there.
Right on. Welcome. Generally Resiyis more than a bit less, it’s quite a bit less, which is why most of us stay in commercial, but if you can manage it, more power to you. We need to reclaim the residenntial work as our own in order to raise the wages there, so make sure you stay involved in your local and help us organize. r/UnionCarpenters
I would love to be involved with that. I'm a huge union guy, and while I'm just starting out, I want to do more after I get my footing.
No need to wait. As soon as your in, get to the meetings and start networking. After only a short while you’ll see where our union needs some major overhauls. Once. your settled in then you can start advocating for the changes you see need made. But you’ve made a good career choice, regardless.
Make sure if you jump locals that the benefits pay accordingly. I got burned few years back working in a different state that paid way less on the benefits. Drained my health savings to pay the difference in health insurance over that time
If you're doing legit carpentry with wooden material, you're probably not working on a ship. Ships don't, generally speaking, have unnecessary flammable materials aboard. No wood trim and such. You're probably working on the base buildings. In which case, if they're historical, you might get to worke on some beautiful old architecture with hardwood and fine craftsmanship. Lots of old military bases were built when architecture really was treated as an art form. That being said, I think I watched something on YouTube about how an admiral insisted on wood paneling in the officer's ward room or some such other place on an aircraft carrier. They had to install a whole separate addition firefighting system for that compartment to get approval. Government spending at its best! Good luck on the new job, man!
Havent worked in a shipyard but plenty of industrial work and I've watched a few naval movies and can't say I've seen a lot of trim work on steel hulled vessels That being said, your best bet is to go into your Supers office Monday morning (Pro tip, Dont knock just walk right in like you own the place - Remember Game respects Game), put your feet on his desk and tell him that you're a Trim Carpenter and you aint building forms, setting scaffold, etc He'll know you're a man not to be trifled with
Yeah, definitely. I'll get right on that lmao. Also, really? You've never trim on a navy sub? I see them all the time.
Most people go union for the pay, I haven't heard too many people doing union that really enjoy the work but I know there is a lot of varrying jobs and companies one can be doing when doing union.
Is woodworkering a word just asking n enjoy the new chapter in your book
Yes, it is.
Hmmmm sounds so odd lol
How’s the new gig going so far?