1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Many troops on the tools at EA Networks. One of 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: them is new apprentice Tfaci. She's a cable jointer, which 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 1: she describes as being a bit like a sparky, just 4 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:14,079 Speaker 1: more physical and really the job description is in the 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: name to her job to join together underground cables, big 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: cables at that. 7 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 2: It's ranges and sizes obviously, so like HV cables, they 8 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,799 Speaker 2: could be anywhere from like thirty five to three. 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 3: Hundreds or hundred miles. 10 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 4: Three hundred mil. 11 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 2: Yeah, let's do yes, very big typically Ali, but you 12 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 2: know it could be in copper too. 13 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 4: That sort of thing just depends on what you're wanting 14 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 4: it for. 15 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 3: What's the nature of cable jointing? 16 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 1: Is it primarily due to high diggers on the weekend 17 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: lot myself, they have no idea what we're doing, and 18 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: extently break through it and you've got to come fix it. 19 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 2: Oh, we do do a lot of repairs, yes, but 20 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 2: I suppose it's more like future proofing. So you know 21 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 2: how these power poles everywhere and how they're big, has it? 22 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 2: You know, people crash into power poles outgoesy power you've 23 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 2: got to wait for people to fix them. The difference 24 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 2: with undergrounding is there's nothing really to hit, so it's 25 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 2: more like a security thing. So it takes the power 26 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,559 Speaker 2: lines from up in the air and puts them underground. 27 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 3: Oh that's your job, that's what you do. 28 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 2: My job, Yes, right, So we're basically undergrounding all the 29 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 2: services so that your supply is coming from a safer place. 30 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 3: Do you have to dig the holes yourself? 31 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 2: We don't have to personally. We have civil crews for that. 32 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 2: You know, some civil cruis are a bit shocking, so 33 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 2: you may have to. 34 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 4: Dig a little bit. But shocking part of life, isn't it. 35 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 3: Yeah, it sounds awfully physical. 36 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 2: It can be, definitely, but it's not fun and at 37 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 2: least you're doing something physical. I would rather be actually 38 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 2: working than just setting around displace. 39 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 1: You're, as I understand it, only like eighteen, Yes, I 40 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: am only how'd you. 41 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 3: Fall into this? Why the trades for you? 42 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 2: I decided quite early on that high school wasn't for me, 43 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 2: and I wasn't feeling university because I felt there was 44 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 2: no benefit studying and being in debt for years for 45 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 2: something that I could achieve much earlier on. I pretty 46 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 2: much just chose a random trade in high school and 47 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 2: I chose to be a sparky. So I did a 48 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 2: pre trade for about a month before I was introduced. 49 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 4: To cable jointing, and I had no idea what it was, 50 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 4: but I thought it looked so cool. 51 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 3: Who introduced you? How? 52 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 2: So I did a pre trade at RAH in christ 53 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 2: Church and to become a sparky, you do all these 54 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: classes learn how to strip with all cables and stuff 55 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,519 Speaker 2: like that. And they walked us around the campus and JOHNO, 56 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 2: who used to work here, he's the cable joiner trainer. 57 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 2: He was training a class there at the time, and 58 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 2: so he showed us what they were doing, and they 59 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 2: were doing a live LV joint I believe it was, 60 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 2: and it was so cool. I had no idea what 61 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 2: was going on, but I was like, I don't know 62 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 2: what that is, but I want to do that. So 63 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 2: I reached out my mum's partner. His dad used to 64 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 2: work here at EA ken Sterling, and I talked to 65 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 2: him and I was like, do you have any suggestions 66 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 2: for what to do to get into the trade, And 67 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 2: so he gave me some contacts and they weren't looking 68 00:02:58,400 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 2: for anything. 69 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 4: And then I talked to Sin and so I came 70 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 4: in to talk. 71 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 2: To her and pretty quickly did some work experience. So 72 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:08,799 Speaker 2: I did a day with the Sparkys and a day 73 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 2: with the cable drounders. Instantly loved it, and then was 74 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 2: offered an apprenticeship the next week. 75 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: So there's no family or friend influence that drew you 76 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: to this, because you can understand, you know, generations of family. 77 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 3: My dad was a builder, I'm going to be a 78 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 3: building you know. 79 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 2: My dad's a forklift driver, and my mum's a doctor. 80 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 2: I don't know much about the trades. Well I didn't beforehand, 81 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 2: and it was just by chance. I chose to be 82 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 2: a Sparky because it's the sort of thing you actually 83 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 2: have to know things about the electrical industry, and I 84 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 2: just fell into cable jointing and I've loved. 85 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 4: It ever since. 86 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 3: To be fair, driving a fork lift it's pretty cool. 87 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 2: Oh well, I actually did get my EF endorsements halfway there.