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Career Outdoors

coltpaxcoltpax Member Posts: 7,516 ✭✭
edited September 2010 in General Discussion
I hate to sound stupid, but I feel like I could gather some ideas from you guys. As some know, I'm 18, and I was going to have a career as a mechanic. I have a good logical thinking process and I have done good turning wrenches for the past few years, but I don't want to do it for the rest of my life. What I want is a job outdoors, surveying or something like that. Could yall please give me some ideas for jobs that involve being outdoors? I enjoy doing strenuous activities, and like a challenge. I'm just running short of ideas.
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    US Army.
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  • skicatskicat Member Posts: 14,431 ✭
    edited November -1
    Friend of mine works in mosquito control. He doesn't make a ton of money but he now knows every square inch of several counties in MN.

    DNR,Forestry,Utility companies all offer work in the outdoors.
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  • victorlvlbvictorlvlb Member Posts: 5,004
    edited November -1
    Depending on where you live, Lineman for the electrical power company make very good money.
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  • ironjohn929ironjohn929 Member Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by ECC
    US Army.


    I'm going to agree with ECC on this one. Join the service and learn something. It was the best thing I ever did with my life.
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  • tneff1969tneff1969 Member Posts: 6,682 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Military, or try your hand as a prostitute. [:D][:D]
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  • btkbtk Member Posts: 2,298 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Game Warden, Park Ranger, Road Dept. (county or state), Road Construction, Cowboy, Farmer, and many more.
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  • coltpaxcoltpax Member Posts: 7,516 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I wonder, where do I apply to be one of those cat herding cowboys? [:D]
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  • jwb267jwb267 Member Posts: 19,664 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i was a union laborer. i got the opportunity to gain a lot of knowledge about the construction field.
    you may be on a small pipe job for a week and then pour concrete the next.
    the laborers job can be as easy as a waterboy or as tuff as a cassion worker
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  • mondmond Member Posts: 6,458
    edited November -1
    Agricutural engineer, hydraulics, pnewmatics, general maintenance, you get all over the place, get good bucks, & meet some great folk. Everyday is diffrent. Working a farm is the same, just half the pay !![:D]
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  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've got to tell you that most of those ag jobs have little future. Generally, you are working for an individual/family and when income declines or economy gets tough, you're the guy to get cut. There are exceptions and some farms/ranches are long term employers whose employees can expect lifelong employment. I've also seen workers dumped when a son, daughter, grandson, nephew,or whatever needed/wanted to work on the family farm sometimes(usually) w/o unemployment benefits or anything else. If you really want an ag job, look for a big outfit who needs a mechanic with other tasks as needed. Mechanics get more work during the winter and fill in on other jobs as their work tapers off.
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  • NeoBlackdogNeoBlackdog Member Posts: 17,276 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'd go along with the folks telling you to join the military. It's something that I didn't do as a young man and it has always left me with a feeling of regret for not serving. Besides which, it can be a great way to get some education paid for.
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