I took your advice and land a position I always know I deserved. I’m now hired as a shop supervisor of a machine shop and been there now for 7 months. I also took machining techniques that I’ve learned from your curriculum and improved there machining productivity by 30%. My employers are happy, I’m making great money. Thank you to everyone at Titan. Keep doing what you guys do. I love what you guys do. It works.
Thanks for the videos. Just retired from the Navy after 20 years. Currently in CNC school. Never done anything like it. Learning how to learn all over again! :)
Titan, great video! I teach a high school Machine Technology course and viewed this video with them for the first time this afternoon. Your advice is spot on and your "insider Pro tips" is great insight into what an employer might be thinking during an interview. Many thanks to you and your crew. We watch your videos all of the time.
As an employee , if i'm appreciated , i will do everything i can to help other workers/the company/improve cycle times , all that good stuff . However if i'm not appreciated (let's say after a year) , i won't step out of my position to help others (sometimes i'll still help a coworker let's be honest) , and i won't actively improve anything . The employer-employee relationship is a 2 way street . Otherwise i agree with at least 90% of what you say .
Finding a good employer is like finding the perfect wife: You have to weed through the crap to find the gem. They key is learn from each experience and use the experience to improve on yourself.
Agreed. In reference to their comments around the 9-10 minute mark, if I come into work at 50% because I've been managing the workload of two+ employees for 6 months, is the employer going to pay me for two people? Obviously the answer is no. As employees, especially in the corporate world, we have to be careful what we agree to take on and we have to draw the line somewhere. They aren't wrong though, it's the employees responsibility to come into work ready to rock. If it's the work load and days on duty causing the issue, then hopefully the employer recognizes that. It's a weird sort of paradox. I know that it's unlikely I'll ever be compensated appropriately for that high performance, but I need to do it or I'm not engaged enough. I'm always looking for ways to be more efficient or to improve or create processes. Our shop has a damn good crew, and it's only getting better now that I finally have a team. Hopefully the sacrifices I made were worth it.
Your looking to outward… maybe turn yourself inward first and change your approach from “ if I’m not appreciated I’m not giving my all” to the mindset of what does it take to get appreciated and then doing that. Do stuff that gets yourself appreciated and earn it.
@@johnathanknight3622 but that doesn't happen anymore. You're a number and that's it I work for money they pay me for work so I do exactly what my contract says and nothing more unless you want to treat me like a human
Just wanna say thank you for all your advice I got my dream cnc job a couple months ago and I strive on dedicating my next 20 years to being a master machinist and a team player all your advice helps
Titan, as an ex-con you know how hard it is to overcome the stigma of being an ex-con when looking for work. I was one of the fortunate ex-cons that was in the right place at the right time and married the right girl. You and your team should do a complimentary segment to this one on how ex-cons can overcome the challenges of finding meaningful work in the industry post prison.
Unfortunately there's a lot of discrimination in the workplace and often big companies won't even look at your resume if you have any negative backgrounds, even if it's an accusation/arrest but not conviction. America is not a good place for ex-cons and my advise for any ex-cons is to figure out a way to get he hell out of the USA. Sorry to say this because in the US there are so many ways for an ex con to end up back in prison. Especially as a machinist because you could for example be machining gun parts. And America's discriminatory laws means if an ex con is anywhere near a firearm they go back to prison. If you go to another country, you won't have the criminal record to worry about, you won't be around guns either (as other countries don't have weird gun laws like the US, they are illegal for all except for licensed individuals), but could still be around them for recreation in legally sanctioned venues. Also hate to say it, America is not the best place for machinists. Hardly any jobs and any job that are there is super competitive, have to be best of the best to get your foot in the door. Really high cost and regulations to start a machine shop, etc.. Some of the discrimination is even designed to stop people of color from getting hired, but are not labeled as such.
Tyler's post below, in my opinion, is wrong. I've been in shops for about 4 decades, I'm also a convicted felon. Most regular shops don't care, the hard part is hiring someone that will come to work every day. A felon probably won't get hired to count money at a bank, but machining and Fabrication shops have more felons than you would expect working in them. And it isn't that hard to stay out of the criminal justice system, just quit doing that shit, get away from the shitheads you used to run with. Nobody is setting anyone up to fail but themselves. And the "people of color" not being hired is bullshit too. If you can do the work, you've generally got a job. There are very few machinists coming up these days, the shops can't find people to hire. Many are paying very well, but can't find qualified people to hire. In fact, everything he wrote is wrong. Weird gun laws? That we're allowed to own them, that's weird? No, I don't think so. And some guy machining parts in some manufacturing facility, that might be gun parts, is not going to go to prison for it, because he's a ex felon. Laws in the US are not discriminatory against felons. Don't break the laws any more, and you'll stay out of prison. You're just making things up to fit your bias against the US.
Titans, great to see these videos . I started as a manual type machine operator, on a Bullard, multi matic machine, 8 spindles 7 cutting stations, 1 load unload station. I worked my way up through a lead man, setup man. My associate and myself took the setups from 2 to 3 days to 12 or 8 hours. I'm telling you indicating 8 spindles , you got real good at it. I started in 1978. And by 1986 we started into CNC Lathes. Okuma was our go to, loved them at the time. In 1988 I moved to the CNC dept.as an operator set up man ll have cut more soft jaw chuck jaws, then I caret think. In 1996 I became shop supervisor on midnight shift, I kept my lead man ideas of running the shop. If I had an operator that got lost, I took that as a teachable moment. Unfortunately that company sent the whole operation to china.long story. Then I went into bar feeders making a lot of automotive products, for fuel systems and such. My final shop I worked in was areo space products. I did teach my lead guys a lot of valuable lessons, especially, when having machine / program problems, process of elimination. I also showed an entire, engineering dept, how valuable that was. We had a machine running good size cast iron parts that required, balancing after machining. The engineers went directly to the second operation. No good, when I went to work that night and found out what they had done, I took my lead guy over to said machining cell, and started to show him how important these process steps were. Guess what, there was a huge problem in turning the first operation , that was putting runout in the part. We were using bullock chucks..first operation chuck had 80 thousandth run out innit. The programmer / engineer told everyone the second operation will take it out. Nope not if you put that runout in turning an O.D. So the next morning the plant manager, wanted to try and chew me out about why I didn't work on that machine that night. He had his engineers, all standing there, wanting to see me get put down. When I told them, you guys were looking in the wrong place, Then I told them collectively, the first operation chuck had 80 thousandths runout in it, and that Machine repair has the chuck in the shop rebuilding it. And what's not to love about probing. I can't tell you how many probes I rebuilt, to have spares, and label machines I had to get right, because someone messed the font size up on them., for labeling our boxes. Keep up the videos, I live this life through you guys now.
26:25. This is probably one of the top two things that have soured me on employers. They pick favorites because of their kissing up ability and get preferential treatment while you do the job and perform as expected and get no more (or even less) than they do for it.
The insight your video provided was priceless. Not only were we educated on how to stand out and possibly obtain a job, this video also shined a very bright light on how to be the best employee you can be. Thank you for the tips and insight, this video is life changing.
I work for Tmc “Ammetek” as an Cnc operator/Omax waterjet operator/ QC , Getting ready for computer programming school soon …. This channel gives so much understandings and well explained into depth. Thank you for all the profession informations.
I was a supervisor at a machining shop ages ago, then moved on to sanitize a plant for a medium business. Sanitize meant a lot of fire-hire work. Then, after some 30 firings, I got heart problems, decided that being a big boss is gonna put me under, resigned, went on to work as a machinist, never looked back again. I never thought life could be so sweet despite a lot of "overqualified" looks thrown around.
Titan. I am lucky enough to have a great opportunity with an entry level assembly job in a machine shop. I am an older guy in my 50's without a lot of machine experience BUT I have a great, previous career behind me with great references and I am smart and a solid family guy. I have been at the shop for about a month and I have learned alot. Most days I assemble more pieces, well and consistently more than any of the younger guys (mostly engineering students). I am there every day early but I don't clock in until 10 minutes early so I don't come across as trying to abuse the time clock. Anyway. About two weeks ago I started watching RU-vids about Haas CNC mills and taking lots of notes in a notebook every day after work for a couple of hours. Even off youtube I am learning so much. In November I will start up a year long program at a local community college so I can learn everything I can to be a Manual Machinist with some solid CNC training. But I am not waiting for the program. Every day I put in two hours of my time after work in CNC / machine shop school. Nobody has to ask me to do my job. I know that even though I am a newbie in the work environment that I have lots of other strengths to make me a valuable person for the shop and the team. Like some of the guys here said, every day at the end of the workday I refill all of the parts into the bins on the work table. I try to make some parts to set-up the start of the day for the next guys coming so they can have a jump start on their day. I sweep up, take out the trash and clean and arrange the work space so it is clean and organized every single day. Anyway. This is just the start of my own story in CNC / working in a machine shop but I am excited. I feel like I have a lot of opportunities to contribute and become a valuable team member over the course of the next year or two. Titan. Thank you for the Christian testimony. It really spoke to me. Thank you for putting yourself out there and the encouragement Other older guys out there that did something else for twenty, thirty years, like I did, don't give up. Dive in with both feet. Train and learn at every opportunity. Help your team as much as possible.
I'm struggling with #6, but I know it's just a dry season and I'll be back someday soon. I really enjoyed this talk and the great reminders. Thanx, guys. EJ
I don't know about you guys, But something that helped me out in my job is that I knew a lot of the guys that worked there having worked with them before and making a good impression on them And I've seen this get abused and people get jobs that aren't qualified to do it. But I think that should be up there "its not what you know, its who you know"
So I am sitting here watching this video preparing for an interview on the 4th, a machinist apprentice gig and I suddenly realized it. The next 6 years plus of my life and path just fell into place. I want to come work for you guys- for Titan. I now know exactly what I need to do. Thanks for this- I will see you guys when the time is right.
All excellent points. I've been in this trade for 40 years, 30 years in ops / management / prod. engineering / programming. I'd like to add a couple. Don't be so overly enthusiastic to the point of coming across as being ingenuine. Express where you see improvements may be able to be made. They may, or may not work, but at least I know you're putting some thought into projects at hand. Ultimately your input may improve the process, but during the shop walk thru, don't tell the interviewer virtually everything the shop is doing is wrong, and you can fix everything. Applicants using your tips would definitely be offered either a trial job, or at least a second interview.
As someone interested in getting into CNC I'm curious to hear the pros and cons of getting into a dedicated CNC shop that gets contracted by various companies to make parts vs. getting onto a company that makes a specific thing (some examples in my area include one company that makes truck transmissions and pays CNC op's very well, another company that makes orthopedic medical devices & pays its CNC's quite well, and another that makes diesel engines that pays its CNC op's mediocre) pay aside I am most interested in manufacturing automotive parts but i think it would also be very cool and stretching to work at a CNC shop that makes all different types of things rather than lots of the same thing. But I am interested in hearing the pros and cons from someone who has more industry knowledge
Titan, I just got to my 13th year with, let's call it company "A". For the last 10 years we have been battling the same problems. We have 50+ cnc machines. 5 axis mills, large horizontal mills, cnc EDM sinkers and wire EDM's. We struggle to make our dead lines on almost all of our jobs. We make 75% rubber molds, 24% plastic molds, and 1% die cast molds. Because we have a hard time finding good educated employees the owner's have been taking the better tooling out of the shop and replacing it with high speed steel tooling. ie HSS drill's to start. I was put in charge of setting up the tool crib and I worked with the manufacturer to help train the cnc people in the shop. (we called it lunch and learn) OSG Tool would bring in programmer's and the engineer's that actually designed the tools to do hands on training with the programer's and cnc people. The owner's have been away from the machining side of the shop for awhile and it is hard to get them on board to keep up with the technology. How do I get it across to them that we should move forward not backward. I have been in machining for 20 years and don't want to step backwards for my last 15 years of my career. Thanks for your time. Any words of wisdom would be great. Thanks for the info that you show in your video's I have learned better ways of helping the guys in the shop that want to learn more.
I really think you guys nailed this topic. I liked it so much I am sending it to my Son in Law . He is applying for jobs in his area. I really hope he watches and pays attention. I had 14 employees, for over 20 years and it is interesting about the Social Media thing. Never had it back in the 80's and 90's when I was hiring. But I really wish that I would have, you can tell a lot about someone by their posts. Very well done in my opinion. Thanks for sharing
Very good information this is exactly what people need to know in order to be hired in any industry. People should appreciate that you gave this freely because this is some of the most valuable information I've seen and in this day and age wisdom and knowledge isn't free. It's it's own industry.
Thank you Titan, Matt and Dave for your half hour packed of solid suggestions and recommendations on what to do on getting at a company. Yes I will put all these points to get hired.
I have a degree in machine tool theory and CNC and a certificate in auto cad I have experience using lathes mills I’m always having trouble getting into a entry level position and machining is my dream ive work for various company and they usual will hire me in Quality assurance and debur dept it’s been ten years since obtaining this degree and I don’t have a lot of work experience but I have a great attitude and am a team player I think your advice is great and will try to use these as I keep pushing forward. Love the channel
Titan your formula is infectious for the good of engineering kind You're game is so wonderful to listen & watch .No one else has a format likes your shop & skills on Utube I ask of followers to press that like so 300k can be achieved 👍👍👍
BOOM.I saw your boxing video. Right when the guy thought he had a better swagger in his moves? You took him out, Good Speed & Great Boxing Skills Too. God Had Better For You, And Now You are helping People. And Doing a Even Greater Service For God Too. Great Going Titan! Dan 12;4 Keep Head Of The storm.Great Work.
I worked for Parker Hannafin instrument division. One if the best global companies to work for. Really take care of their people. We made parts for the Navy, for submarines. I started using g and m code, but Parker uses mazak exclusively. Going from g code rj mazatrol is like paint by numbers. So easy.
This is awesome! Thank you very much guys. Turning things around from a phd job (push here dummy) to self driven and yet again, thrive for the company not yourself!
After a bit of time in the machine shops (40 years), I've seen that it comes down to, 1), can you do the work?. Most people can't. 2), will you come to work in a reasonably reliable way? That's a big one, I've seen $35-$40/hour guys that couldn't come to work the day after payday, or even after lunch if they got paid before lunch. 3), Did every place you've ever worked for, "Had it out for me, they were stupid!" 4), Is everything everybody else's fault? Will you admit you made a mistake? In 95% of every place I've ever been to, they don't care if you just got out of prison, they don't care if you smell bad, they don't care if you wear the same pair of pants for 2 years. Can you make them money? Social media? Don't have a bunch of Nazi shit on there. Or anything controversial. I basically don't do anything on there, maybe some motorcycle racing news, that's it. Resume? Mine is generic, plain Jane. An HR guy at Space-X made a comment about how unattractive mine was. But the content was outstanding, I've got strong experience. That was the only job that I applied for in the past 20 something years that I didn't get. So fuck'em. But there are so few machinists out there, that most shops will give you a shot at the job. You can have a professional resume, that has bullet points, the fanciest prose in the world, but that has no bearing on if you can do the job or not, and they know that.
9:13. If you don't give them something to complain about, that will help. So far every employer I have had has taken advantage in some fashion. Even the best get tired of finding out that the employer was making a fool of them. EVERYONE is going to express their frustration in some way at some point. It's human nature.
I called in sick the first day of work and now is year 23 with the same company. They must have liked something about me! I wouldn't recommend it tho unless your half dead and got confidence out in space.
Well, I have a corona induced career crisis and if given a chance would try something new. I am reasonably good at math (I have the German equivalent of a master in math and an other one in physics), liked tinkering with wood as a child. Not so long ago hat my first metal project with trashy cheap tools. I still managed some precise holes and good parts and fell in love with working with metal. I just had one exact good bore and looked at it in awe for several seconds. My mathematicians intuition just said, that is it! That is how an implementation of a mathematical concept should look like. Sadly I did not manage to continue working in that area, but I can program reasonably well. It is a hobby I started with 14 and later did a lot during my work. I wrote a Finite Element Solver for my wife, who has a PhD in engineering. We have a little family company. Further, I would be cheap to hire at the moment. Would that work, to get work in the USA. I am currently in Japan though and almost 43 years old. Is there still a chance to get a CNC Programming Job in the USA? Where should I look for Jobs and apply?
Sorry but if a guy comes to work at a CNC shop with a tie I'm going to tell him to take it off. A tie is a safety hazard. Same goes for long sleeve shirts or loose fitting jackets.
I've never worn a suit or tie to any interview that I've had at a shop. If I'm interviewing at a new place I'm usually going to do it after my shift at my current shop. At my last interview I walked in smelling like coolant. The GM who interviewed me knew he had found somebody that wasn't afraid of getting dirty and putting in the work. In the 15+ years I've been in the trade I can only think of one place that I interviewed at and was not offered the job. In a few places they offered me the job on the spot after the interview.
I start machinist trade school next week. I know very little about this trade. But I like what I've seen so far. The course is seven months ..four days per week...in Santa Fe springs CA,
Hey everyone. I have 3 years of experience designing parts, making blueprints, drawing in CAD, programming in CAM and operating a fiber laser cutter. I also have experience with press brakes, shears and ironworkers. I am having much trouble finding a job in any of these areas. Your video today describes exactly what I have been doing in interviews. Including bringing examples of my work that I take the most pride in. And using them as a tool to describe the challenging aspects of the work that I enjoy. I also have been asking for and receiving tours. I also ask a lot of questions and express an interest in their operations and procedures. Yet I get calls saying that I am exactly what they are looking for yet not interested in me as an employee. I have social media accounts but have never used them for anything. Not even keeping up with family. In fact I have not logged in to them in years. Some feedback on what I might be doing wrong would be greatly appreciated.
Hey Karl - I hear you on that man... Sounds like you're taking a lot of great steps to present yourself as a good option. When these employers say "thanks but no thanks" are you asking them for more info? One thought would be to reach out to 3 of the past opportunities that turned you down and ask them... a simple email with something like this could go a long way in helping identify if it's you or them with the issue. "[name], It was great meeting you to discuss the [position name] you had open recently. I loved learning about your company and I appreciate the time you spent sharing your vision and needs with me. I'm still looking for a position where my unique set of capabilities can be used and I'm not having much luck in our local area... can you give me some 'no punches pulled' thoughts on how I may have missed the mark for your specific job opening? personality/capability/professionalism... Even if it's not what I was lacking but what made the candidate you chose a better fit for the spot? All in the interests of bettering myself and my chances of working with a great company like yours in the future. Appreciate your time and candor, Karl Would love to know if you decide to do that and what you find out. It may end up that you're not doing anything wrong, or you might gain an insight that will help.
Thanks. I will do that and see what happens. I would also like to add that bringing parts to showcase my abilities did backfire in one instance. Just the fact that I brought them to the interview caused the interviewer to have made up their mind that I was not right for the position before the conversation started. In fact she was quite rude about it. This only happened once but thought it might worth throwing out there.
OK so branding and social media are a large factor. I see that in Titan Academy and how machinists are also helped to learn. Far more value is in the actual exposure enjoyed by that effort. Good advertizing and a helpful format.
Instead of bringing parts.. make a graphical resmumé, I made a "second resumé" with pictures of the coolest parts i made, with a description of how i made them, and on what machine. Furthermore.. if you are good at making small parts.. build a watch.. nothing beats building a watch. I applied for a job at an aeronautics lab once, i had been out of a job for a while, and i was asked how i stayed on top of my game.. i told the interviewer that i made some titanium watches in my home shop, and i wore one of my titanium watches that day (on purpose off course), in the end, i didn't get the job, but the interviewer was very impressed with the small parts that made that watch..
Thank you this helps so much! I think it would be really helpful to do a video on common questions employers may ask in interviews if that’s at all possible
10 months ago i walked into the machinist position for a small manufacture. I had no experience at all but nailed the interview after asking for a walk through of the plant. They had no machinist and nobody able to train me. What got me the job i believe is mostly the confidence i had at the end of the tour, they started off with "well we are looking for someone with experiance that we can hand a print to and they can just make the needed pars" i stopped them there and presented myself, "I dont see anything here that will be beyond my capability, I noticed on the walkthrough that you have the manuals for the hass mill and lathes. That is all i will require from you if you hire me." I left the interview with the usual" thank you we will give you a call" By the time i drove 20 min home i had 5 missed calls from them. I was hired that day.
To continue a bit here, i then spent the weekend before starting on monday teaching myself gcode online. Biggest resorce was the haas manual i downloaded online but also a few youtube videos. I learned enough over the weekend to jump right in on my first day, though it did take a few minutes to figure out that i needed to learn how to set the door hold overide...haha. After 10 months i am running 4 or 5 different machines running different parts at the same time and can write gcode on the fly manualy for any part that comes up and even make replacement parts for our cncs.
@@solomaster9315 That's awesome! Work ethic, attitude, confidence, all working together to achieve a vision. You might be stoked to see what we have going on at academy.titansofcnc.com where we teach CAD/CAM/CNC for free - good spot to browse through and pick up some tips if you're not already a member.
I'm trying to learn Computer Aided Manufacturing to start a new career, I'm enrolled currently in 2 CAM classes in community college after stumbling upon CNC while in my intro to Machine Shop class I took for my industrial maintenance certificate program, I programmed my first tool patch today and I love it, I'm in 2 classes now and the 2nd half of the semester I'll be in at least a 3rd CAM class. I'm excited about it, my instructor uses Titan's videos as inspiration.
1) 1:30 Social Media 2) 4:33 Attitude 3) 9:36 Professionalism 4) 17:06 Resume 5) 23:59 Value Added 6) Bonus: not gonna tell you; you have to watch the video, lol
I did notice the chair squeaks.. Lol. Great video I agree on everything. One question though. When your asked for your weaknesses, what is a good decent answer?
Yes, From a employer I agree. Clean cut well spoken. Nothing is above or below you. I have to keep customers satisfied and coming back. I need a employee that will work toward that with me.
I gave my all to my employer. In early, stayed late. A few years later my wife left and took my son. I lost everything. Giving your all must come with balance and a healthy respect for living, as well as making a living.
It seems there are differences. In Finland if I applied for a job, told them I done this and that, know how to use up to this material and this machine type. If they can afford to say no to me then good luck finding someone who can do ti better than me. Especially based on my damn social media :D
This is much better then al the internet goeroes * how you present yourself is importend clean closh. They like if you smell good if smell bad poeple don't won't by around you. If you wan't to by hardcore come over look the other person in the eays pleas don't talk to negatif is not good for you health.. Read the bible then you now by a servant* i watch many video's of you about g and m programming and this motivate me 100% to do better more thank you guys!
I agree with all 5 but -1 on my SM mine is friend's and Family only , my life is separate from my professional career life, I ride a HD that's alot of my personal life style, that's something I would not share with a potential employer now what is your opinion on that would like to know, been machining for 30 plus years bty
Best interview advice - don't say negative things about your previous employer. Asking why someone left their previous position is our most important question! Just let them talk
How do you handle it when you come across someone who does not have a social media profile? As a former machinist (20 yesrs CNC) who turned to IT (2nd Career) I learned very quickly about how bad social media was so I stayed away from it....
Work harder than you did yesterday- Don’t let negative dictate how your day is gonna go- Serve with a mindset of a servant - Reward comes to people that endures-
Hey Titan my sons that have bought the machine shop I started about 40 years ago. Not a big shop only 15 CNC machines but great long time customers and no shortage of work. What there is a shortage of is good employees. Before I retired I was extremely involved with our local VoTech and was able to get fresh young trainees .However we do have many shops in our area of north east PA . My question is just what can we do at this time to attract good quality people these days. Especially do to what unemployment is paying now do to COVID . Even Zip Recruiter hasn’t been very helpful. Any help would greatly appreciated.
At the end of the day you need to look out for yourself, not company ever will. Giving free time without being compensated for you effort (bonus, raise,etc..) is just bad business. You have to look at yourself as a business.. if it doesn't make sense vote with your feet.
Social media is part of the rest. You can show a good attitude and all that in an interview, social media just shows your real attitude. So dont hide stuff from media, they will find out soon enough. Change yourself if a change is needed.
That's what I'm talking about. I've watched your personal story and while mine isn't exactly like yours, the journey was the same. I would very much like to commend your efforts and your commitment...to the job you are doing but more importantly to God. Absolutely nothing more worthwhile.
As if real engineers give a toss about social media? What really gets you hired is experience, in different operating systems especially, and knowledge. A lifetime in engineering tells me this.
I have always been in a mind set that, we have a relationship. I have agreed to sell you 8 hours of my day for X dollars. That time is now yours to have me do with as you see fit. I’ve been a welder for many years. When I went for my interviews I’d arrive with my hood and gloves in hand ready for a weld test. I’ve researched my potential employers to know where they have a need for a particular part of my skill set. I’m now self employed with in the repair field.
I recently graduated from a community college (Reedley college) that has a conventional and CNC Program and joined the workforce as machinists about 8 months ago..... what Advise do you have for someone who had no prior experience when most shops like work experience? Thanks by the way big fan !!!!
I just graduated CNC programming and operation. I was putting in all kinds of applications online and was getting nowhere. Finally I decided I was going to print a bunch of resumes and started going to shops. First place I went to, interviewed and got a job on the spot, and I love my job. They liked that I knew GD&T and that I could already do simple manual programming. They r training me to be one of their top machinists now.
The good things with having no prior experience is u have no existing bad habits. They can train u to be the employee they want u to be. That was what I said when they said something about prior experience.
actually, after taxes and "benefits" you are only paying employees around 50% not to mention the hidden inflation tax that eats away the value of our dollars on a daily basis
What about math skills I'm horrible at math but I'm creative an a hard worker I make wood folding knives by hand no machines .a friend was blown away because he works in a cnc shop an he said they looked like they were cnc , he offered me a job at his cnc shop an I want it so bad but my horrible math skills are scareing me I've been watching RU-vid cnc training videos for 3 days now trying to learn is there hope for me?
Yeah, go for it Brother! You have proved that you have what it takes with the woodworking skills. Just jump in, you have the attitude, you have proved that you can think in 3D. Just do it now. The details will fall into place. But be warned, it will not be easy. Anything of value does not come easy! Apply daily effort, concentrate, be smart! Focus on the goal of completion, Ask plenty of questions, after 6 months you will be a new man! I guarantee it. Anything of value takes time and effort to achieve, Isn't that where you would rather be?
I have been at my place of employment for 8 years and learned anything I could machines done maintenance everything but the owner seems not to have acknowledged anything we are five businesses in one building kind of makes you feel unnoticed so why put in the extra.I would leave in a heartbeat.
I imagine there is some disconnect on both sides and good communication is always the answer. My advice is to be the Matt that your destined to be and don’t let anyone push or inspire anything less. Your workmanship and integrity is your foundation and reflects on who you are. Always give your best and if a better opportunity comes available... take it. But until then, Be Great at being Matt.
You can always force his hand and ask him where he see's his company in three years. Ask him about future company growth and what kind of people he may be hiring down the road. He may be content with his business size just as it is and that means no career growth for you unless somebody higher up the ladder leaves. Life is to short to stop too long at a dead end job.
I currently have lots of challenges unusual as they may be the Lord has put where he needs me to be. I watched your video on where Titans crashed. I have a ca school voucher for school to learn... CNC operator has been a dream job. With the up coming challenge of homelessnes and an existing severe shoulder injury. Are there any suggestions on getting experience in the cnc field that can support me and get an actual career in your field?
I do very well on most of the suggestions. Except I have zero social media. I'm also over confident. Friends and coworkers say I'm a little crazy. I rarely miss any math or set up questions. My former bosses tell me I am a money maker. They always put me on the hottest job in the house. My supervisors tell me not to explain anything just fix it. I have a good attitude and a team player, just a little crazy. I see it as confidence. It is a problem.
2 of the last 3 places that I have worked at have not even known that machines could be manually programmed using g codes. 1 of these companies did not believe that the lasers could be programmed offline either - international company with 6 5axis lasers at this facility manually teaching prototype programs. I say this to remind candidates that they should be interviewing the prospective employer as well...
My goal is to become a CNC programmer. I’m taking MAC 110. I’m trying to get a job as an entry level position and nobody is willing to train. All the jobs ask for a minimum of 5 years of experience. That sucks!!!! How am i suppose to get experience if nobody is willing to train?
One way would be to check out our free academy online (academy.titansofcnc.com) and go through the training we provide. Find a small group in your area and get some time on a machine... make the parts in the Building Blocks kit, network with other small group members and use those connections to show your drive, perseverance, attitude, etc. and I bet those other group members will be a big help in getting you into doors that were previously closed.
I am working as a quality engineer learning solidworks and solid cam cam I start as a design engineer? Or need to start programmer? Need to start operator? Please
If you are Swedish then most of these tips work, you should be professional and do a good job. However you shouldn't arrive early and stay late, also known as "working for free" over here. Most of your fellow machinists will be in the union and they will not look kindly on this lack of solidarity.
I know it is long but read the whole way through it is helpful listen CAD stands for " computer aided design " it lets you design 3d models of what you intend to make, CAM stands for " computer aided manifacturing " it lets you create the process needed to make a part that you have designed using CAD, it means that after you designed the model using cad softwares, you import the geometry to the cam software and than you would define the tools that you are going to use say like 1/2" drill with 3" stickout and 3/4" chamfer mill and a tap...etc after you have defined the tools that you are going to use (the software needs it to avoid collisions) you than are going to start telling the cam software the way that you want to machine the part, the software will make a toolpath and than from the toolpath the software will creat the appropriate gcode for your machine and than you take program put it on your cnc machine control and you setup the machine and make a part. these process are the general aspects of the process of designing a part and making one now there is a of options for cad softwares and cam softwares and there are softwares that can do both, mastercam is both cad and cam but it focuses on cam more than cad, solidworks is also cad and cam software but it focuses on cad more than cam, fusion 360 tho is in a sweet spot on both cad and cam I am an aeronautics student and I study propulsion systems I can design a jet engine and create the programs for the diffirent parts in fusion 360 where as the design would imossibly difficult to do on mastercam and the cam also would be impossibly difficult if not impossible to do in solidworks of course you can import diffirent designs from diffirent cad softwares and work on the cam on mastercam so you don't have to design everything from scratch as I have been watching machining videos for almost 4 years now and because I worked with the three softwares both for cad and cam, just start with fusion 360 go to academy.titansofcnc.com/ create an account download fusion 360 it is free and powerful and start with the titan fundamentals you would know most of it since you are a machinist and than with the building blocks and work your way up from there hope the best for you and also if you want to buy a hobby machine condsider buying an old haas or fadal cnc milling machine instead of tormach you'll find them more capable unless you don't have the power and floor requierments to hold the weight watch this guy's chanel it is helpful ru-vid.com/show-UCaNLw3Sb2id1Y1G4Ebze6gQ also watch the nyccnc fusion 360 tutorials they are great and also lars christiansen he is awesome guy to learn cad from, hope this helped you out be safe.
Social media doesn’t tell the whole story. Attitude cuts both ways. I’ve seen all types of employees and employers. There are things that people don’t talk about.
Am I tool old to start. I am 42 exdigger driver and skilled Labour need new start also amputee lower right leg. How long would it take to get trained up. I have always found ways in work to do better faster and stronger small things no job cant be improved. Think this type of job I could be apart of a team.
God Bless Brother, you sound like you have an awesome attitude. If I had a company I would employ you. You are never too old. All those years driving a machine like a digger has battle-hardened you. You can think outside the square, as probably you had to solve mechanical problems almost on a weekly basis to keep the machine going. You sound like an innovator, who looks at things in a way to improve established processes! As Titan says, sign up to the academy, learn the craft, prove your excellence. Become employable and - "in-Demand!"
Its funny I think I can get a job anywhere with a makino a81nx but the problem is I need to learn the in depth makino advanced i am a programmer everyday opertor do you more info about tool study mode and tool diameter lazer offset proper input data
