Guest guest Posted September 15, 2001 Report Share Posted September 15, 2001 --- Michael Riversong <rivedu wrote: > Making dirty water clean? Are you studying > wastewater treatment? > > My ex-wife, after getting divorced in 1976, was > looking for a career. She > wanted to do something that would help people and > also get her outdoors a > lot. After looking into law, nursing, and a few > other things, she > accidentally found water & wastewater treatment. > She trained for a little > over a year, and found afterwards she could take her > pick of job openings. > This field is simply not subject to layoffs. Her > income was good, and she > worked for many years with great satisfaction. > > There still are some special schools for this, > mostly located at community > colleges. I may be able to dig up more references. > Sometimes it's even > possible to get in with a small municipality, and > work your way up while on > the job. Certifications are given by various > states, with lots of little > quirks. So the Army may not be your ideal choice. > There are some " poverty > pockets " where even a wastewater treatment license > won't get you a job, so > you may need to move somewhere more civilized. But > once you get a " B " > license, you're in pretty good shape. You will also > find that having a bit > of body mass is a good thing in that field, because > it is sometimes > necessary to move equipment or chlorine cylinders. > My ex-wife had a Vata > body type, and so had to get fairly clever sometimes > when having to shove > things around. > Well, Thanks for the tips, I always thought of having water purification as a career to fall back on. But I'm aiming more for " Chemical Engineer " in my future. I hope that this thing with everyone wanting all-out war will not escalate too far, so as to keep me from getting my education and getting into the Navy NUPOC program so I can progress to be a Nuclear/Chemical Engineer. But we'll all just have to pray about that. Thanks, Holly Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews./fc/US/Emergency_Information/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2001 Report Share Posted September 17, 2001 Definitely stay in touch. That's a very special calling, to do Chemical Engineering. There is a lot to that field, and you'll find some really strange holes in it which correspond to some of the weird stuff that gets discussed on this list. I have heard it said by ex-military & government contractors that most of what is taught in regular schools regarding chemical and nuclear engineering is totally irrelevant to what they're really working with now. At 11:27 AM 9/15/01 -0700, you wrote: > > >> > Well, Thanks for the tips, I always thought of >having water purification as a career to fall back on. > But I'm aiming more for " Chemical Engineer " in my >future. I hope that this thing with everyone wanting >all-out war will not escalate too far, so as to keep >me from getting my education and getting into the Navy >NUPOC program so I can progress to be a >Nuclear/Chemical Engineer. But we'll all just have to >pray about that. > >Thanks, Holly > -- Michael Riversong ** Professional Harpist, Educator, and Writer ** RivEdu ** Phone: (307)635-0900 FAX (413)691-0399 http://home.earthlink.net/~mriversong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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