Reefers! What is Your Profession?!

[Reefer Matt]

As an update: I went back to my previous work location last year. I am once again a Nuclear Maintenance Journeyman. I repair and maintain mechanical equipment in a nuclear power plant. I am also an expert in our hydraulic turbine control unitized actuators, and one of four people in the world qualified to work on them. But I still prefer reefing! Lol!

 

[JohnC86]

What’s up Reefers!
We can’t all be Marine Biologists or Oceanographers, our lives take us on different paths sometimes. I’m a Journeyman Millwright of 20 years, basically an industrial mechanic. My super power is the ability to look at mechanical things that fail or need servicing, and figure out how to do so.

This ability and training allows me to diagnose and rectify many mechanical issues with reef tanks. I am also conditioned to perform regular maintenance routines on my tanks as well.

So my question to you is, what is YOUR profession, and how does it help you with reefing? :thinking-face:

I am an Electrical Engineer with a Master's. But, I work as a Network Administrator for Palm Beach County

 

[Gumbies R Us]

As an update: I went back to my previous work location last year. I am once again a Nuclear Maintenance Journeyman. I repair and maintain mechanical equipment in a nuclear power plant. I am also an expert in our hydraulic turbine control unitized actuators, and one of four people in the world qualified to work on them. But I still prefer reefing! Lol!

Is your goal to make sure radiation and whatever else does not leak out of the plants? To me it is both interesting and daunting to see someone work with nuclear energy

 

[Danjoethepirate]

Chef for almost 20 years. Work in corporate fiodfood service for the last 6. It isn't as glamorous as hotels or restaurants but it pays the bills and I am home every night. It's helpful in that creativity and hard work is the lifeblood of the kitchen. A decent understanding of "chemistry", even if it's mostly just weights and measures of liquids and powders, also helps. I'm no RHF, but I can perform our titration tests with tge best of them.

 

[Reefer Matt]

Is your goal to make sure radiation and whatever else does not leak out of the plants? To me it is both interesting and daunting to see someone work with nuclear energy

That’s actually everyone’s job that works there. When there are maintenance outages on safety systems (those which protect the reactor), I am pulled from my work to help with those. I live 1 1/2 miles from my work, so it is especially important to me that the plant is properly maintained.

My day to day job is working on the hydraulic machines that open and close the steam valves to the main turbine which supplies electrical service to the grid via turning a large generator.

 

[Reefer Matt]

But don’t worry, I’m not neglecting that work right now. I’m on vacation at home this week, getting caught up on yard and garden work.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

That’s actually everyone’s job that works there. When there are maintenance outages on safety systems (those which protect the reactor), I am pulled from my work to help with those. I live 1 1/2 miles from my work, so it is especially important to me that the plant is properly maintained.

My day to day job is working on the hydraulic machines that open and close the steam valves to the main turbine which supplies electrical service to the grid via turning a large generator.

Oh, ok, so it's not as crazy as I thought it would be. My mind goes to people wearing these huge white hazmat suits with Geiger counters spiking through the roof while trying to maintain a reactor's core.

 

[Reefer Matt]

Oh, ok, so it's not as crazy as I thought it would be. My mind goes to people wearing these huge white hazmat suits with Geiger counters spiking through the roof while trying to maintain a reactor's core.

That is the case sometimes, but only when we breach certain equipment to repair it. I’m one of the lucky ones that doesn’t have to do that very often. My work is on the “clean” side of the plant. But nuclear contamination and radiation is tightly controlled and monitored to ensure it doesn’t reach the public.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

That is the case sometimes, but only when we breach certain equipment to repair it. I’m one of the lucky ones that doesn’t have to do that very often. My work is on the “clean” side of the plant. But nuclear contamination and radiation is tightly controlled and monitored to ensure it doesn’t reach the public.

Ohhh ok. You have alleviated my fears of a nuclear power plant now. We live relatively close to one (still 30 miles away). So I've always been curious to know what goes on in those plants, and not wanting some freak Chernobyl accident happening near me, haha.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

What’s up Reefers!
We can’t all be Marine Biologists or Oceanographers, our lives take us on different paths sometimes. I’m a Journeyman Millwright of 20 years, basically an industrial mechanic. My super power is the ability to look at mechanical things that fail or need servicing, and figure out how to do so.

This ability and training allows me to diagnose and rectify many mechanical issues with reef tanks. I am also conditioned to perform regular maintenance routines on my tanks as well.

So my question to you is, what is YOUR profession, and how does it help you with reefing? :thinking-face:

I am the general manager of a marina/boatyard which means I get to work on the waterfront! I love it and have been here 24 years. We see all kinds of stuff here. Had to help a sea turtle once cuz the weather was changing to winter and water was getting too cold so it was stunned. Get to periodically see a manatee that swims this far north every summer. And fish are abundant, so it's the perfect job! I actually did a small bay aquarium once with just stuff right from the bay here.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I am the general manager of a marina/boatyard which means I get to work on the waterfront! I love it and have been here 24 years. We see all kinds of stuff here. Had to help a sea turtle once cuz the weather was changing to winter and water was getting too cold so it was stunned. Get to periodically see a manatee that swims this far north every summer. And fish are abundant, so it's the perfect job! I actually did a small bay aquarium once with just stuff right from the bay here.

I saw my first ever manatee last year ( not counting ones you see at zoo/aquariums ). My wife, her father and one of our friends were out in the ocean, up to the first sandbar off the bay. While I was standing there fishing, my wife said there was a big black blob headed for me. My mind went to, this is a sting ray, and I'm about to get stung by it. Well, as it got really close, it passed, and lo and behold, it was a manatee. It was crazy seeing one that close to me in person.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

I saw my first ever manatee last year ( not counting ones you see at zoo/aquariums ). My wife, her father and one of our friends were out in the ocean, up to the first sandbar off the bay. While I was standing there fishing, my wife said there was a big black blob headed for me. My mind went to, this is a sting ray, and I'm about to get stung by it. Well, as it got really close, it passed, and lo and behold, it was a manatee. It was crazy seeing one that close to me in person.

I think I have a pic on my phone of the one that swims up here ! I will post if here . This manatee does this every year, and they drive up from Florida to pick him up! It has happened so much that they named him Chessy! For the Chesapeake bay. I love them! They are just giant water puppies!

 

[Tcook]

As an update: I went back to my previous work location last year. I am once again a Nuclear Maintenance Journeyman. I repair and maintain mechanical equipment in a nuclear power plant. I am also an expert in our hydraulic turbine control unitized actuators, and one of four people in the world qualified to work on them. But I still prefer reefing! Lol!

“Come on…come on…..”

 

[Reefer Matt]

“Come on…come on…..”

Lol. We have most of the unitized actuators from the old San Onofre (SONGS) station. That was the only other plant in the US to have them. I get the pleasure of trying to retrofit them for use in our plant as spares, as they are a little different.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

I saw my first ever manatee last year ( not counting ones you see at zoo/aquariums ). My wife, her father and one of our friends were out in the ocean, up to the first sandbar off the bay. While I was standing there fishing, my wife said there was a big black blob headed for me. My mind went to, this is a sting ray, and I'm about to get stung by it. Well, as it got really close, it passed, and lo and behold, it was a manatee. It was crazy seeing one that close to me in person.

Here is a pic of the one that comes here! It swam into our travel lift well where we pick the boats up out of the y

 

[Tcook]

Lol. We have most of the unitized actuators from the old San Onofre (SONGS) station. That was the only other plant in the US to have them. I get the pleasure of trying to retrofit them for use in our plant as spares, as they are a little different.

That was a “hot” spot for body surfing and boogie- boarding.

 

[Reefer Matt]

That was a “hot” spot for body surfing and boogie- boarding.

Oh, cool! My predecessor went there to help them with their “UA” program, and took some photos in the 90’s. I was like, “ a nuke on the beach?!!!”, lol! It looked like a beautiful spot.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Here is a pic of the one that comes here! It swam into our travel lift well where we pick the boats up out of the y

That's pretty incredible, you have a regular manatee that visits you!

 

[Crabs McJones]

Anyone want to come be a mechanic for me for the day? I'm sick and don't want to do anything :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Anyone want to come be a mechanic for me for the day? I'm sick and don't want to do anything :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

Wait, aren't you supposed to be in a cave stealing shinnies and riches from people, not doing mechanic stuff?