Quote Originally Posted by ValkyrieAg
Oh no, I totally agree. I know my way around an internal combustion engine just as good as the next person and know how it is when someone talks about something they either know nothing about or think they know.

Just because you have the qualifications/certifications doesn't mean it will get you a job. But a degree/certification is usually a tie breaker.

Alot of jobs here in the US, if you don't have a degree, don't bother. But then again its always about who you know.

My friend just got a job literally 30 feet from his house selling oilfield equipment for 57k/yr. No he doesn't have a petroleum degree, but he is qualified (learned everything from his father) and the job was offered to him. If the job wasn't offered and he didn't know the owner of the company and he came to him with his lame ass HS Diploma and degree, he would be laughed right out of the room.
That's how i got my job. I already knew the owners of the boat yard i work for now, they knew me before i was born lol, i was jut a bump. So, they've seen me grow up. I've grown up knowing them. So all these years later im working for em. I mean, i wanted to do marine engineering since i was about 6, and i was so determined, i just went hell for leather for it and got it. Yes, i know im lucky, but it's not impossible.

I know qualifications help, lol, it's obvious rofl, but they're not the most important thing. The most important thing is that you can show them you can do the job to a profesional level, know everything about what your working with, can do it quickly and effeicently and want to do it.