Lets start with the rest of my training. I had a very busy year and did a lot of work on my courses to get myself as well educated as I could. Over all it was a great year. I learned more than I will ever be able to relate to you here, and I finished the year at the top of my class. I also got some great experience working with both Glacier Industries in Parksville, and a week at the Harmac Pulp mill in Cedar. I will try to elaborate on that in a later entry.
After graduation I spent a couple of months working odd jobs and trying to line up an apprenticeship with a local company so that I could put all that great expanse of knowledge that had filled my head to good use. Unfortunately, the job market in Parksville Qualicum was a little too lean and I really needed to get to work so I broadened my search parameters to out of town and out of province.
The first morning I sent resumes to out of province possibilities, I got a call from a firm in Calgary. Yes, Calgary, Alberta. The company name is A K Brown and they had previously hired graduates from the same program as me, and were very pleased with the training that we had received at VIU. I spoke with Keith, the owner of the firm, for about a half hour and was very pleased with what he had to say. He seemed to like what I had to say as well because he offered me a job over the phone. After some conversations at home and calling him back the next day to get some more details about the position, I decided to go for it.
