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being a chef I always buy my own tools .. and good knives aren't cheap .. £70 here £150 there ..did ask an employer once glad he seen the funny side ..
Supplying your own work tools...
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As you're on a gas carrier, I'm expecting your torches should be intrinsically safe (Eex) which is probably what those Bright Star or Wolflights or whatever they supply are. By using your own, I reckon you'll be breaching BP's SMS and you could be up for the sack if you get rumbled.
Just don't take them on deck, in a nutshell.
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Buy your own tools along with a nice lockable case to transport them in as there will always be one "borrower" amongst your colleagues.
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I immediately think operations not engineering when I see shifters
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Haven't heard that in years - when I use it, no one knows what I'm talking about. I always thought it was a Bristol expression
interesting idea - would work, somehow, have to authenticate the purchase ?
(I am thinking of a better PC monitor for when working from home)
Here we just order what we want. I didnt like the cheap B&Q heatguns they use for heatshrink, so i got the proper Weller one for near £200. Tend to use Wiha drivers replace them as soon as they look a bit worn. I loath cheap tools. Got my eyes on a nice Raychem heatshrink printer now for around £800.
No. In our industry we use tools that can seriously mess people up if they go wrong so my crew are only allowed to use company certified tools for insurance purposes. Even something as innocuous as a screwdriver can get someone electrocuted if not properly insulated or the insulation is damaged. Don't even get me start on what you can achieve with a 4ft breaker bar or stilsons.
And I'm not even mentioning the various power tools and saws we have which could rip a limb off.
And I'm not even mentioning the various power tools and saws we have which could rip a limb off.
For context, I repair iPhones, for the iPhone 5 upto the iPhone 6S Plus.
I will order the tools myself, for now, I totally forgot to speak to my boss about it, but I'll let him know about them when I take them in, providing they are OK to use (I don't see why not).
I did query buying a new chair as the chair I have isn't comfy, but I can't as my chair is ESD Safe and had to be throuroughly checked, along with my workstation. My tools look fine (Standard metal drivers and magnetic pentalobe/philips).
I will order the tools myself, for now, I totally forgot to speak to my boss about it, but I'll let him know about them when I take them in, providing they are OK to use (I don't see why not).
I did query buying a new chair as the chair I have isn't comfy, but I can't as my chair is ESD Safe and had to be throuroughly checked, along with my workstation. My tools look fine (Standard metal drivers and magnetic pentalobe/philips).
Can you post a link to what you consider to be a good tool set, money no object? Rather interested to see what you guys use to repair phones tbh.
Not really, as the place I've seen it is a competitor for OCUK.
I can tell you, for iPhone's, we use a 0.8mm Pentalobe driver and a #000 Philips driver. Also use a spudger tool to disconnect parts and a metal tool to pop the screens off.
The only tools i get are a multimeter and a earth loop tester, everything else i have to buy. I do get a £150 tax relief for it but I buy decent stuff if its going to have a home use aswell and cheap (ish) if i'm likely to leave it at a job.
You might find you can get that tax relief as well, i'm PAYE.
You might find you can get that tax relief as well, i'm PAYE.
I'm a chef. Most places i've worked provide 'run of the mill' cheap knives for us to use. However, back in 2003, i invested in a good set of shun knives, these cost about £400, i still have them today, i'd say that was a pretty good investment. You're fretting about spending £40 on a set of tools that will no doubt last you years?
