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Charles Ordonez, Journeyman Sprinkler Fitter, 28 years
The craft is a lot more technological than when I started. It’s no longer big open valves. We’ve got LEDs and a lot of high tech stuff. Before it was all loose pipes; now we get assembled packages. Now it’s more mental than physical skills. I like working with my brain and my hands.
The best improvement has been in the lifts. Now we have scissors lifts with baskets. I’ve hung pipe 90 feet off the ground, and being in a secure lift made a big difference.
Before I was a sprinkler fitter I was a butcher. What’s the connection? There’s none. For an oddball like me, this is a great trade, and now I only got a-year-and-a-half left till retirement. It’s been great. |
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