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Kearny_Pipefitter

@Kearny_Pipefitter

plumber helper · 1 year · Hudson County, NJ

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Helper at a small non-union shop near Bayonne. Commercial bathrooms.

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Recent answers from Kearny_Pipefitter

Replied to “Two years non-union in Somerset. Too late to try for the UA apprenticeship?”

brother you're 2 years in and they gave you 50 cents. apply. worst case they say no and you still have the job

2 helpful · Sep 28
Replied to “Boss calls late September 'boiler cleaning month.' What am I actually doing?”

update: 6 cleanings this week with my lead. held a lot of buckets. he let me do the gauge glass on the last one while he watched. the pigtails were exactly as gross as Ziggy said

1 helpful · Sep 27
Replied to “Local 1, Local 3, Local 638: how did you actually get in? Roll call”

Bayonne, non-union helper, about a year in. Haven't applied anywhere yet. Reading every one of these before I do, brother.

1 helpful · Sep 26
Replied to “Boss calls late September 'boiler cleaning month.' What am I actually doing?”

what's a pigtail? sorry. is that the loop thing under the gauge?

1 helpful · Sep 25
Replied to “My first-year thinks he's just a laborer. How do I tell him what's normal?”

I was that guy a few weeks ago, plumbing side. What helped was someone telling me the actual red flags instead of just 'it's normal.' Then I asked for something specific and got it.

4 helpful · Sep 24

Posts from Kearny_Pipefitter

Kearny_Pipefitter · plumber helper · 1 year · Hudson County, NJ · Sep 23
Question

Boss calls late September 'boiler cleaning month.' What am I actually doing?

About 7 months in at the shop out of Bayonne. Boss says starting next week it's boiler cleanings and fall service every day until it gets cold, mostly old one-pipe steam in Bayonne and JC, some hot water. Ziggy told me to ask for one new thing a week so this is me asking ahead of time. What actually happens on a fall service for an old steam boiler? What should I be watching so I'm not just the guy holding the light? brother I've seen maybe three steam boilers up close.

10 replies 10 helpful
Kearny_Pipefitter · plumber helper · 1 year · Hudson County, NJ · Sep 6
Question

6 months of demo and carrying water heaters. am I being used as a laborer?

Six months in at a small shop out of Bayonne. 90% of my day is demo, carrying material, cleaning up, and running to the supply house. I've sweated maybe 10 fittings total. The other helper has been there a year and says it was the same for him. Is this normal or am I being used as cheap labor? Don't want to quit too early and look like a flake.

3 replies 9 helpful