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So what do you all do?

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AntD77

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For a living?

I am a union plumber/pipe welder out of Local 24 in northern New Jersey. I only do commercial/industrial work, no residential stuff. Hospitals, schools, science labs, etc... I am not the guy you call to unclog your toilet.

So what about the rest of you?
 

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AntD77 said:
For a living?

I am a union plumber/pipe welder out of Local 24 in northern New Jersey. I only do commercial/industrial work, no residential stuff. Hospitals, schools, science labs, etc... I am not the guy you call to unclog your toilet.

So what about the rest of you?
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To me it is ironic that you list yourself as a plumber/pipefitter. In the local 502 here in Louisville, KY, they're all listed as plumber/pipefitter, but most of them will say they are one or the other, and they hate it when you call them the wrong one.

I am a mechanical design engineer for a government defense contractor.
 

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AntD77

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dolsen said:
To me it is ironic that you list yourself as a plumber/pipefitter. In the local 502 here in Louisville, KY, they're all listed as plumber/pipefitter, but most of them will say they are one or the other, and they hate it when you call them the wrong one.

I am a mechanical design engineer for a government defense contractor.
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I am not a pipefitter, I am a plumber and pipe welder. For a most part, plumbers can do what pipefitters can, but fitters can't do what plumbers can.
 

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Field Service Manager for John Deere, formerly a heavy equipment technician on Deere forestry and construction equipment for 15 years.
 

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AntD77 said:
I am not a pipefitter, I am a plumber and pipe welder. For a most part, plumbers can do what pipefitters can, but fitters can't do what plumbers can.
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My bad, not sure how I transposed pipe welder/pipefitter. I guess when I saw pipe welder I assumed pipe fitter? I am asking out of ignorance, not sarcasm, what's the difference in a pipe welder and pipe fitter? Or does the name explain that difference? I've done pipe fitting, but I've never done pipe welding
 

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Well, in a nutshell, pipefitting is plumbing, but without any need for knowledge of code, drainage, waste, venting, and finish work.
 

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Software developer for the FDA. I used to be an orthopedic device reviewer but now I write code that uses machine learning and custom algorithms to analyze very large clinical data sets to look for abnormalities, falsified data, statistical manipulation, etc. Its a cool gig but will rapidly erode your faith in drug and device development practices in this country. :-(
 

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I deal with everything chemical/biological/radiological/nuclear/explosive - related for a branch of the Federal government. Also a paramedic for 15 years.
 

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BlackJaxST said:
Field Service Manager for John Deere, formerly a heavy equipment technician on Deere forestry and construction equipment for 15 years.
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Nice! I was a service manager for Everglades for 2 years ( Ag side in Okeechobee)
 

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GM of an "Outdoors" dealership where we sell mowers, golf carts, I have a line-x franchise here, along with any and all car accessories.
 

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I'm a Merchant Marine Licensed Master Mariner, retired as Captain of a 440 passenger excursion ship. I sailed mostly out of New York Harbor but retired to a lake in South Carolina. As a matter of pride: My daughter is now Captain of the ship I retired from.
 

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I'm a fire dispatcher - in other words if you call 911 and ask for the fire department, or if you are driving a fire truck and you call dispatch on the radio, you get me answering.
 

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