Is anyone here a "ride electrician"?

[skaunit]

Hey folks,

 

I applied for a "ride electrician" job at California's Great America and according to their job listing I am fully qualified for what they are looking for. I have called to follow through witht he application multiple times only to be told there is no person or voicemail I can talk to untill HR gets back at the beginning of January.

 

I was hopging to find out if anyone here has done that job, what did you do before that, or how were you qualified for it? For me, I have gone to vocational school, done some commercial electrical work here and there, and am on the verge of obtaining my residential Journeymans License. I need some industrial/commercial experience in order to qualify for a General Journeyman's License. I was also wondering if anyone knows what kind of salary expectations I would have from Cedar Fair?

 

Speaking of which, how is Cedar Fair as a company to work for anyway?

[TexasParkman]

I was a ride mechanic but I worked rather closely with ride electricians. You sound like you are qualified. probably the only thing you will have to learn is control systems. You may be replacing limit switches, activator buttons, replacing lamps, etc. Ride Electricians have to cut power an restore power to rides. There can be some fairly serious troubleshooting- you probably wont have to learn that on your own. Rides have tendencies and behaviors and there is usually someone around with experience that can explain. Its a great job- lots of moving around and not too much of a breakneck pace unless there is a major incident.

 

Electricians have to be present at every ride start up or restart. We had a major power outage one time caused by lightning. All rides were stopped- some were in mid course. So we ran from ride to ride to reset and restart- 1 hour of sheer panic. Other than that- it is a whole lot of fun for a job!