Any ski hill millwrights on here?

[saucelars]

Not sure if this is ski related enough for ski gabber…

Been applying for university’s and am really interested in going into a trade. I’m okay at welding but am really into fabrication so i’m looking into millwright foundation programs. I guess a lot of ski hills hire apprentice millwrights, and i’m just wondering what that’s all about. How’s the work, do you still have time to shred, etc.

If anyone has any insight i’d be super interested in hearing about it!

 

[JmckR]

Did it over a summer once as an apprentice. Fucking long hours man...ended up being like 12 hour days, 4 days a week. So I guess you'd have plenty of time to shred but you'll be worn out for sure. I personally wouldn't want to do it in a -20c blizzard in the dark all winter. Also a massively thankless task. But if you enjoy being outside and working with your hands then it's definitely one of the better jobs on the hill, better than having to stand by a chairlift on a massive pow day at least.

 

[saucelars]

Did it over a summer once as an apprentice. Fucking long hours man...ended up being like 12 hour days, 4 days a week. So I guess you'd have plenty of time to shred but you'll be worn out for sure. I personally wouldn't want to do it in a -20c blizzard in the dark all winter. Also a massively thankless task. But if you enjoy being outside and working with your hands then it's definitely one of the better jobs on the hill, better than having to stand by a chairlift on a massive pow day at least.

Sounds like pretty hard work for sure, thanks for the insight man.

 

[teamdummy]

If you’re interested in a skilled trade, I highly recommend looking into being an electrician. You’ll never be unemployed if you don’t want to be. And the pay is pretty good. 30+ bucks an hour. Good electricians are always in demand. I bet you could live and work in any ski town you choose.

 

[saucelars]

If you’re interested in a skilled trade, I highly recommend looking into being an electrician. You’ll never be unemployed if you don’t want to be. And the pay is pretty good. 30+ bucks an hour. Good electricians are always in demand. I bet you could live and work in any ski town you choose.

Electrician or welder were my other ideas, but i love the fabrication part of being a machinist or millwright. I have the marks to go into engineering if i wanted too, I already applied to 3 different universities for bachelor of science and was accepted to all that i applied for. Fabrication and working with my hands is just what i’m good at and want to do.

I actually have a guy i used to work with that just went from working as a millwright at my home hill to working as an electrician there.

 

[ReturnToMonkey]

Electrician or welder were my other ideas, but i love the fabrication part of being a machinist or millwright. I have the marks to go into engineering if i wanted too, I already applied to 3 different universities for bachelor of science and was accepted to all that i applied for. Fabrication and working with my hands is just what i’m good at and want to do.

I actually have a guy i used to work with that just went from working as a millwright at my home hill to working as an electrician there.

If you like both fabrication and engineering maybe consider a mechanical engineering technician role. Not sure what programs your selected universities have, but my school has both ME and MET for BS degrees and the MET has a lot less calculus and more hands on classes/labs.