What do you enjoy most about your work?
I enjoy the variety of work that CalX has to offer. When I first started with CalX I was calibrating the petrol pumps. This gave me great experience working by myself. I then went on the field service team for a while and it was great to see all different varieties of sites. I moved to Zoetis Rathdrum on a commissioning project. This involved loop checking, fault finding, bench calibrations and onsite calibrations. After finishing in Zoetis, I went to Phase 2 in Cork for 6 months. After arriving back from college I started in Great Island power station in Campile, Co. Wexford. Here I worked with high pressure gas, steam and calibrations during a shutdown. After finishing the shutdown in Great Island, I was offered the chance by CalX to join the commissioning team in WuXi Vaccines in Dundalk. Here we are calibrating the HVAC instruments which include Humidity /Temperature Transmitters, Pressure Transmitters, Flow transmitters, Pressure Switches and Control Valves.
I am only in my 3rd year of the apprenticeship and the opportunities I have had are great for my career so it has to be the variety of work that I enjoy most at Calx.