Colin Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 i am a countryside ranger in glasgow city council. Responsible for 53 sites some of which are SSSIs and most are SINC sites... yes i do have some areas with rotundifloria :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike King Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 I am a sales engineer for a major German Sawing and deburring machine manufacturer for the metal working industry Have a look at www.rsa.de I also have a part time business in Cps..which will gradually take over! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanW Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 I study chemistry right now, going to be a organic chemisty scientist... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 I agree Fly, not a boring job in the lot! Loaksey's job - seriously cool, I can imagine enjoying something like that myself. Langy if you're in a garden centre at least you get to indulge your passion for plants, that's a definite upside. I currently manage (and am a shareholder in) the Bali Orchid Garden which is a private operation as the Indonesian Gov has more urgent things to spend it's money on than orchids. We actually have three properties: a one hectare collection where we have about 500 species as well as some Neps, Amorphophallus, etc, a four hectare plantation of Heliconia and Anthuriums, and a seven hectare cut flower orchid plantation. We are the biggest supplier of cut flowers and rental orchids here in Bali. Cheers, Troy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Jan, are you already working on your PhD thesis? By training I am also an organic chemist and I currently work as research scientist in big pharma (in that Franco-German company that gets a lot of media and shareholder attention recently). Regards, Dieter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanW Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Hi Dieter, I am currently in the main study period and will start to work on my diploma thesis next year. So there are still some semesters until my PhD grade... Where is your facility/factory located? Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenofeden Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 I'm an botanist by training, ecologist by profession, and work for The National Trust http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-chl...nature-main.htm providing ecological advice to our properties in Yorkshire & the North east of England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loakesy Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Loaksey's job - seriously cool, I can imagine enjoying something like that myself. 8) 8) 8) Thanks Troy! Tho' I have to say it's much more cool in the telling than in the doing. Sometimes very stressful and nothing much like CSI! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 I got a degree in Fine Art but swiftly realised that the director of Tate Modern wasn't going to come knocking :cry: and so re-trained as a jeweller, I thought it was a good compromise between doing something 'arty' and actually earning some money. I repair jewellery as a job and make it as a hobby, though the plan is to knock the repairs on the head and just make it ......one day when I'm feeling brave.... cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ahrens Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Members of the CPS sometimes dread getting a knock on their front door, late in the evening, with me standing there, waiting to come in. No, I don't work for the Inland Revenue or the Customs and Excise. It's just that I drive a small van, for a living, as a self-employed courier, and I drive almost anywhere in the UK. It's a good opportunity to see collections of CP's, all over the country. I live in Essex, as you know, and the furthest away collection that I have seen lately is Phil Adejedi's, in Warrington. The money's rubbish, but I really enjoy it, which is half the battle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 I'm the party pooper who can't go in to much detail of who my employer is or exactly what I do (I signed my life away when I joined)! Basically I'm a materials chemist, PhD, FRSC, FIMMM, Chartered Engineer/Chemist & Scientist, with a team of Scientists and lots of PCs - inc a 24 processor cluster supercomputer. But hey, its only the day job............. (I have managed to fit in visits to Atlanta Botanical Gardens & Californian Carnivores during my trips away) 8) 8) 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 Whoa! Are you saying you were responsible for the bad intellegence regarding Iraq? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 What they're trying to say now is that there was no bad intelligence, just incorrect interpretation. Now there's a revelation.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ahrens Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 There are a lot of chemists on the forum. I've got half a chemistry degree, I dropped out of the Polytechnic of North London in the early nineties, halfway through the second year. I'll have to be careful what I say about chemicals etc, on the forum, or someone will tell that I don't know what I am talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytrap Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 We take our plants to shows all over the country doing displays with the carnivorous plants so if you come to any of the shows come and say hello to us,we start in April right up to September Pauline :elephant: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syble Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 Another student here. I'm studieing Horticulture at St. Clair. Doing rather well, I'm in my last semester. Lets see, pastjobs.....I worked as a heavy machinery operator(loaders, back hoes, and their big brothers), packing carparts, golf course crew leader(wow I hate turf), and lastly but not leastly Grounds maintanence and garden sales at St. Clair (greatjob), but currently full time student! Sib Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanW Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 In our german society the rate of chemistry related jobs is very high, too. Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ahrens Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 I guess, you have to be a bit of a mad scientist, to have an interest in CP's :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzy Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 Or a mad mum like me :mrgreen: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odysseus Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 Student. I am currently working towards my Bachelor of Science degrees in (1) Multimedia Technology Communications with an emphasis on Digital Video and Film. (2) Plants, Soils, and Biometerology with a Major in Ornamental Horticulture. Thus, it will be a good while before Oregon University hires me to pull off the wings of flies or maybe a job in the crucial studies of Fly Gonads. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pieman Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 im studying A levels at college at the moment (chem, human bio, physics and maths) And hopefully will aspire to the lofty heights of surgery although all this talk about chemistry scientists sounds very intresting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterblaster Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 I'm one of the few remaining workers in the US aerospace industry. I'm currently involved with making the cockpit instrumentation. Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul O'Keeffe Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 Welcome Masterblaster :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PlantAKiss Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 I am a graphic artist in Richmond, VA, USA. I work for a real estate company creating and producing various marketing materials for the company and 70+ real estate agents. This includes personal marketing, magazine ads, newspaper ads, brochures and basically any print material anybody needs. I like my job but let me say real estate agents can't fill out a simple order form. Gah! Makes me wonder how they can write up a contract. Most of them are very nice but sometimes you want to strangle them. And at least I don't have an art director hanging over my shoulder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nepsToo Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Quite a diverse and interesting array of occupations listed here, I must say! I hold a Ph.D. in theoretical physics, and am currently employed by a high-tech company to produce analytical and numerical models of data storage devices. Not a bad job, but I'd rather spend more time with my plants.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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