Tuesday, September 23, 2008
23/08/09
Tomorrow i will have a job and i will get paid. my job is very difficult. assist someone that is welding the metal. that's all i have to do. my task is to stand there and act as though i am working. so difficult enough that i am gonna get paid around 80 dollars just to do that.
Well the job came from my father's business. this company, which is quite big orders it's products from indonesia. the company in indonesia, provides the accesories and the skeleton of the machine. it's like ikea table, they provide the parts. and the company in singapore fix all the parts together. well, the quality made in indonesia is similar to the one made in china. so when they open the pellet up, they find many faults with either the machine or the workmanship. the company in singapore is dealing with machines for ships, big ships, so the standard and the quality must be there. the boss wants top quality one but the one provided by indonesia is shit(you get what i mean). this company in singapore has a contract until at least 2015 to provide machines to the ships, so it must be on time. well since the machine comes in shit condition, the company in indonesia has to bear the responsibility of paying the repairs. so thats where my father comes in. well my father is a 3rd man party.
some faults such as rusty metal and poor workmanship. so my father will take this parts, send to his friend's place to get it done. he will just have to sit in the office or find some other jobs for the business. but it's not as simple as you thought. the singapore company boss wants a high quality, workmanship so my father has to search around for good companies. lucky for him, he got his contacts and he knows his business well. so for the rusty metal, to remove the rust. you would have to sand blast with either sand or glass(seriously glass), it looks like sand but under the microscope it is real glass. so they will blast the surface of the metal to remove the rust. but doing that will expose the surface to air and moisture so it will rust again. the second process will be either applying oil to prevent the contact of moisture on the surface or to apply a layer of metal. well there are different metal, but the best is to use stainless steel. the company will use a heater to melt the metal until it turns liquid. than like a spray brush, will coat the metal with a surface of metal. the liquid metal will solidify immidiately because of the temperature difference. than it will have to be cooled and it will be ready. this type of jobs are the best to earn money for my father's business.
when i work with my dad, i get to travel around, meet customers, see how the business is run, get opportunities to go inside the factory and the best thing, i get to off when i like haha. some factory restrict visitors from entering their premises. i went to this biotech company called lonza which manufacture some kind of drug. let me tell you that their factory is huge. i literally have to walk about 15mins just to get to the other end. oh ya it has huge machines about 3 story high (not 3 story HDB height, 3 story factory height), thats how huge the machine is. and the pipes from the machine is like a snake never ending to another gigantic machine. but they have not start operations yet, when they do, they will even be more strict. i would have to wear the lab coat, another coat, shoe cover, cap goggles. it's like entering a space station. well the biotech company is looking for shelves. not just any other shelves. this shelves must be steady, easy to fix, will not rust and must withstand weight. well my dad has this racks, they are made of plastic. this is not ordinary plastics, they are high quality industrial grade plastics. it will not corrode or rust, can withstand 200kg for every meter, and is as easy to install, just like a kid playing with lego. it's also light portable, replacable. it's not cheap if you want to put it at home but they need it. this is a big company so it need a lot of shelves. great for my dad.
We also went to another company called camel. you know the camel brand nuts. sweet nuts salted nut, mixed nuts, what ever nuts they have it. my father wants to sell them the oil filtration. well oil can also be spoiled just like any other food. normally factory will either replace the oil every 3 days, or the will filter. filtering aint cheap but you got to outweigh the benefits of it. you see oil contains fatty acids and fats, good and the bad fats. why frying, especially when dealing with flour, micro particles from the flour will remove make the oil more cloudy. sometimes this makes their product look different from the first batch of oil. the colour will be different the taste will be different. not good if you are dealing with nuts. you wont want to eat different flavour of cashew nuts right. so oil filtration will remove this tiny little particles that turn the food bad. also it is good when auditors come. if they see the oil like kopi-o colour, the company will confirm die one lol.
you see sometimes it is also good to know what your parents are doing. most of the time it is quite sian but it is also exciting. so maybe next time i sure tell you more about the journey with my dad. :p
