I wanna be an NTL engineer. - Page 2

daxx · 07-08-2004, 01:13

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Originally Posted by Escapee

<snippage>These calls can also be spread over quite a large are, one of my old collegues from ntl said one tech was starting in Newport, 2 calls in Cwmbran, 2 calls in Penarth and then 2 calls in Barry, If you know the area you will no doubt be shocked that ntl think thats possible.

After that he would then have to call in for his afternoon calls

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helicopter & pilot provided of course

punky · 07-08-2004, 02:25

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Originally Posted by Debsy42

Handy hint for new customers being installed, make sure you move the TV and settees/chairs out of the way so the chap can actually get to the wall to do the install, doing a Mr Shifter when the tech arrives just wastes loads of time

Don't forget plying them endlessly with tea. The last guy to come round probably left my house weeing for hours, but he was very happy at the time

Being an installer must bite though. Two of them (telephone, then broadband) had to run cables through my loft. It is dark, dirty, probably smelly and full of monsters. I'm not too fond of putting stuff up there, let alone actually having to work up there. Still, the constant stream of tea seemed to keep the last guy's spirits up

greencreeper · 07-08-2004, 02:59

The last engineer to come here nearly ended up with a permanent residency in the cellar. Some of them are right miserable bast... people

The only thing that saved him was his soft brown eyes

Oh and he fixed the fault.

Feenix · 07-08-2004, 10:21

we rock!!

th'engineer · 11-08-2004, 06:34

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Originally Posted by greencreeper

The last engineer to come here nearly ended up with a permanent residency in the cellar. Some of them are right miserable bast... people

The only thing that saved him was his soft brown eyes

Oh and he fixed the fault.

You can not tar all the people with the same brush they might be having a bad day people do you know.

Round here they have had to repair lots of boxes in a short space of time due to an electrical storm.

The majority of these guys do an absolutely fantastic job for the money.

There are exceptions agreed

Gareth · 11-08-2004, 08:21

This thread has kinda gone a bit

but I was very impressed with the guys that came and re-installed everything in my new house on Saturday morning. They were sub-contractors, but they worked hard and installed everything quickly (not an easy task judging by all the messing around they had to do pulling up the manhole cover thingies)

Gareth · 11-08-2004, 08:31

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Originally Posted by jimboozer

What does an NTL engineer do on a daily basis anyway?

Just outta interest (and no disrespect meant by this), but how d'you know you wanna be an engineer if you're not aware of what they do? Or was this more a 'what else do they do' kinda question?

**Chris** · 11-08-2004, 08:34

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Originally Posted by GDW1975

Just outta interest (and no disrespect meant by this), but how d'you know you wanna be an engineer if you're not aware of what they do? Or was this more a 'what else do they do' kinda question?

Thank goodness, I thought I was the only one wondering that ...

Jim, if you don't know what RF is, and you don't already know what an NTL tech does day to day, how do you know this is what you want to do? I've been to job interviews and I have also conducted them - believe me, if you don't convince them that this is all you've ever wanted to do since you were old enough to dribble on a remote control, you have no chance of getting a job.