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Two days of hell in a 120 degree tank taught me more than 6 years on the job
Last summer we were doing a turnaround at a plant outside Baton Rouge and I got stuck inside a deaerator tank for two straight days. The RT techs kept flagging weld lines, so we kept grinding and rewelding in that heat, sweat pooling in my boots. By day two I was so beat I nearly missed a bad fit-up on an internal baffle, and a 20 year vet pulled me aside and said, 'Slow down, hotshot, that's a redo and we ain't got time for it.' That mistake taught me more about prep than months of school ever did. Anyone else have a job that kicked their ass but made them a better boilermaker?
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drew80512d ago
That "slow down, hotshot" line hits different when youre running on fumes and the whole crew is watching. Question I gotta ask though: did that 20 year vet ever break down exactly why the fit-up was so jacked, or was it more of a 'figure it out before you burn the clock again' kinda lesson? Because in my experience the old heads either give you the full blueprint or they make you earn it by tearing apart your work in front of everyone. Which one was it for you?
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