No I have my LSIT and 3 years. I have multiple coworkers who have gotten it at 6 years. I'm honestly confused, you shared the BPELSG requirements that said 6 years why is that not correct?Are you currently licensed in any state?
No I have my LSIT and 3 years. I have multiple coworkers who have gotten it at 6 years. I'm honestly confused, you shared the BPELSG requirements that said 6 years why is that not correct?Are you currently licensed in any state?
No I have my LSIT and 3 years. I have multiple coworkers who have gotten it at 6 years. I'm honestly confused, you shared the BPELSG requirements that said 6 years why is that not correct?
My daughter has a friend that is down in Cali, he's 25 and makes a killing down there! He's down there about half the year and home the rest of the time goofing off. My son in law's dad has a heli business contracting linework, he does alright too.Lineman has been mentioned... Been a good career for me. I work remotely from home in WY inspecting california powerlines via drone photos for issues (new aspect of the industry), and make more than i ever did working in the field. IF I was in my 20s, I would be contracting in cali making 400K+ a year easy, and investing the hell out of it for 10 years, then be set. I know guys who make 300+ and work 8 months max a year and take all hunting season off. Im happy with my gig now, i take as much time as i want off when i want to, and am an independent contractor basically with zero overhead. I will always have my IBEW card, and can chase a storm or go contract quick if i need to make some big money fast ever. I spent 10 years guiding, and didnt get into linework till my late 20s, you can always make a better life for yourself no matter the age.
I hung off helicopters all over the country my first year in, but got tired of living out of hotel rooms doin hitches all over. Still miss the excitement of heli-work from time to time no doubt!My daughter has a friend that is down in Cali, he's 25 and makes a killing down there! He's down there about half the year and home the rest of the time goofing off. My son in law's dad has a heli business contracting linework, he does alright too.
The real reason so many small businesses are not selling, most are vastly overpriced.
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Try to get PMs to send you on site visits with field crews for the projects you're working on. Work with the PLS reviewing the surveys and let them know you'd like to help with any of the survey office work you can on your projects and learn how it works because you're interested in getting licensed. Write it all up as surveying experience on your exam application. That's what worked for me. YMMV. Some state boards are more desperate than others for surveyors.If I'm reading the licensure rules correctly you still need 6 years of qualifying expierience to become a surveyor in CA (degree counts towards 4 of them if surveying emphasis). Degree or not, you still need to get past that requirement. Posting this more of a question. I'm a civil PE and often wondered what it would take to get my PLS short of getting expierience with a crew?
Firefighters have it pretty good. Usually very good pay, lots of time off with a couple of shift trades..etc
The average age of a PLS is early 60s. 40 years of being told you're wrong by people who don't understand that measurements have tolerances will wear you down.I’ve never met an older PLS that wasn’t bitter. I think maybe because the camaraderie of the 3 man crew is mostly a thing of the past.
My oldest son is on track to have his WY license by the end of the year. It’s a decent gig I guess. He’d make way more money as an operator.
I think making 70ish-k a year with ample time off...enough to have a second career simultaneously... is a pretty decent gig.