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It's simple, really. Dev rugged us. Frens took over the project. We strong, we gonna make it.

>>57055027
>t. Water treatment plant operator
I currently work the wastewater side of water treatment, the work is cake 90% of the time, and 10% bust your ass manual labor, but you'll be fine if you're in decent shape. I mostly do rounds, readings, test influent / effluent water samples, and do light maintenance on equipment when necessary. Pay started at $19.40 for my municipality, but jumped up to $23.35 after I got my CDL which I basically got for free. Our union contract is being renewed 2024, so my pay will most likely jump up to $25 or $26 with retro pay included. Since it's a town job, my benefits are fuckin' sweet, I get over two weeks vacation, and three weeks sick a year, plus personal and comp days. I work 3:30 pm to 11:30 pm, so there's obviously issues with hanging out easily while working a night job. Getting my license bumps me up another dollar of pay and virtually guarantees employment for life with whoever I work for, and if I leave to another town / company, my pay will increase another 20k if I want it. My associates degree got me and lab experience got me in the door, but you can get this job if you're willing to work and learn.

I can't speak for the drinking water side of water treatment, but I heard the pay is better and work is cleaner, since you're basically disinfecting water that already has most solids removed from it and is being converted into potable water. As always, with pay and working conditions, YMMV.