Your Occupation

[zacdullard]

As the tile suggests, where do you work and what are your daily tasks.

As a year 11 student i dont have to make the decision yet but i have no idea what i want to do when i grow up so an insight into other Ozgolfer jobs would be great.

Another thing that you could share is how much time you get spare to play golf.

Thanks Zac

[TheTrueReview]

Occupation: Lawyer.

Time to play golf: not enough.

Perhaps I should change to I.T.

[Tomo]

TV Antenna and home theatre installations.

Part time beer guzzler.

[Ned]

Get paid by: Qld Government

Time to play golf: PLENTY!!!!!!!!

[kingslayer33]

Occupation: Land Surveyor

Time off to play golf (pre wife and child): Nearly enough

Time off now to play golf: extremely limited

[moree golfer]

As a Commodity Marketing Advisor I sit in front of a screen making calls all day so I get constant access to forums, email, ebay etc. Sometimes it gets a bit hectic so these pursuits take a back seat but currently got plenty of time to eye off new purchases. Our office overlooks the 4th hole at Moree, the boss looks out his window at it all day but is not a keen golfer. I get plenty of practice before and after work but am not able to drop everything to take the afternoon off.

[Scottt]

I'm a journalist.
I sit in a bathtub full of goon all day snorting coke and making sh!t up.
I have all the traits of a dog except loyalty.
I exist purely to make politicians and paedophiles look better in the public eye.
At least that's what I'm told...

Golf? Too much or not enough, depends who you ask...

[Chris32]

I'm a printer

Only got to play on weekends, and now with a 5 week old bubs I will be lukcy to get a game in over the next 6 months

[Grunt]

Licenced Aircraft Maintenance Engineer for QANTAS, normally work shift work and get plenty of time for golf. Currently on secondment recruiting engineers working Tuesday - Friday. Will be finished in a little over a month probably.

[Minor_Threat]

Occupation: Electrical Engineer
Hours: 7:30 - 4:00 Mon to Friday (Unless something goes bang and then I can be there anyday for any amount of time)

Usually get to hit some balls in the afternoon and will get 9 or 18 in after work when daylight saving comes back. Plus a comp game on weekends.

[Yossarian]

Do an arts degree, and get a casual job somewhere. I play a lot of golf, of course I'm never going to turn pro and my future career path is limited somewhat.
So try to make sure your future partner does something high paying, its why I am going out with a medical student

[uahmad]

Im a project manager for a construction company - definately not the right career path if you want to play golf.
Im in the office by 7:30am and lucky to leave before 6pm. Out of the 5 days I spend a little bit of time out my current sites so thats the only good part (get away from the desk).
Once or twice in a year when my projects are finished and im waiting for another one to kick off, I get descent free time where i leave early on weekdays or even get weekday games in as long as I can attend my phone.

[rodders]

Lawyer - principal of a small CBD firm

Hours are usually 7.45am - 6.20pm, 5 days.

Back into golf so that means driving range once per week night, at least a round every weekend. Good thing being self employed is ability to take time out during week if possible. Bad thing - all the crappy things are waiting for you!

[Julie]

Well I have only just started my new job.

I work part-time in my local golf pro shop.
I love it, I get paid to do the comp's etc, chat about golf all day, and try out all the new demo clubs.
Life is Sweet.

Just don't ask me about any clubs or what they do!!!

[Tex]

Assassin. Works pretty quiet at the moment but I expect things to pick up with some of the things the Qld government has been up to.

Plenty of time to play golf too.

[Moe Norman]

I'm the Operations Manager for a large Australian Property Developer.

My daily routine varies greatly which is the best part of the job, but I also work 7am to 7pm most days just to get all the work done.

I answer to a variety of bosses, which keeps things interesting and work across a diverse range of market segments.

One day I might be pumping out a feasibility study on the purchase of a CBD building site, the next day I might be in country South Australia developing a marketing strategy to sell blocks of land to first home buyers on the outskirts of Adelaide, then I might try be doing deals to get capital investment in a large project or trying to secure tenants for a commercial or retail development.

The downside is that I'm involved in so many areas of the business I don't get the satsifaction of driving things from start to finish, I just seem to oversea alot of things. My staff used to call me the 'seagull manager' because I fly in, shit all over everything, and then fly out.

[BrisVegas]

My staff used to call me the 'seagull manager' because I fly in, shit all over everything, and then fly out.

didn't they all get the sack? Who do you get to shit on now?

[zacdullard]

Thanks for all the replies, I have been thinking about becoming a PE Teacher, this would give me plenty of time to play golf in the afternoons and i would be around sport which is something i enjoy.

However the sound of being paid by the government and having all the time in the world to play golf sounds rather good to me

I want to go to uni, hopefully at UQ and i am moving to toowong to live with my cousin after i finish school. The part im looking forward to most is the variety of golf courses, i cant wait to play some decent ones for a change.

[Grunt]

PE Teacher was my backup plan if the Job with QANTAS did not happen. I received the telegram saying I had the job the day before the HSC exams started. Was a relaxed couple of weeks for the exams for me.

[BrisVegas]

I'm a "software engineer" working in e-Business integration. It's a solid industry, but like many, it's constantly under pressure to do more for less.

[zacdullard]

What drew you towards becoming a PE teacher?

[Moe Norman]

didn't they all get the sack? Who do you get to shit on now?

Personally I didn't think I was shitting on anything

But only my direct reports were sacked (not all of them) most of the projects I'm involved in have staff working on them 100% of the time, whereas I devote only a little bit of time to each one - and hence those that don't like it when I devoted time to something and made decisions contrary to their opinion - believed I was taking a dump on their work. But in the end, despite them executing the work, I am the one responsible for the results and strategy so too bad, so sad! There has been occasion where I have agreed with them, we've both been wrong and I've copped a pasting from higher up the food chain, didn't see them so readily volunterring their opinion then

[Grunt]

What drew you towards becoming a PE teacher?

I liked the idea of the training that would give me a degree that would later mean i could do more than just teaching. At school I was playing Rugby League and was Sailing so sport was right up there. I was also doing triathlons so it looked as if to be a PE teacher would be fun.

[Hillbilly]

Bicycle courier and hospital wardsman, and studying/training to be a pilot. Time for golf, not real much...

[Golfnut]

Lawnmowing/Landscape Contractor (Self employed).

Have a good mix of domestic and commercial clients that keep me very busy. Don't normally work more than 6-7 hrs per day so leaves plenty of time for golf if I want to but the obvious joys of running your own business also comes with the after hours stuff like quotes, emails, invoices etc...

Usually get out for at least 2 x 9 hole rounds per week, the odd hit at the range and the odd weekend game.