It can be easy to eat, sleep, work, repeat and find yourself stuck in a rut. But if you’ve been thinking about a career change, here are a few steps you can take to ensure that you’ve answered every question, before making a change. Ask yourself: How do I like to work? Knowing your […]
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Do You Have A Mentor? The Importance of Having One
Even at this point in my career, I still regularly work with a number of mentors. I have a mentor for business advice, financial advice and more. The one thing that I’m overcoming is that you can’t be a one-man band in your career, and the advice and assistance of others is so important. Zig […]
Trade Tips: Staying Cool in this Heatwave
In case you weren’t aware, Australia’s preparing for a massive heatwave over the next few days. So we thought it was worth sharing our tips for staying cool in this heat. If you’re working onsite, there are a number of ways to reduce the effects the warm weather has on you, so here are our […]
Five Hour Workday – Make Work Effective Instead of Exhausting
There’s a common misconception that working a 60-hour week will enable you to succeed faster in your business. We get that guilty feeling when we show up late or leave early, and the staff in the office til the wee hours are often the ones praised for their efforts – whether it is productive or not. […]
Three Ways To Build Your Network As a Gas Fitter
Are you leveraging your professional network as well as you could be? Here are three ways to build your network as a gas fitter. “84% of consumers reported always or sometimes taking action based on personal recommendations” – Nielson. 1.Impressions really do count The more places we show our face, the more opportunities we have […]
Five Obstacles That Will Delay your Success as a Tradesperson
There are so many great possibilities being a business owner, however unfortunately a lot of hard work and unnecessary stress can come with it. These common psychological obstacles are often the problems that arise and hold you back, so here are some ways you can overcome them. 1. Connecting your personal values to your company Your business and […]
Complementing Your Skills – Type B Gas and Restricted Electrical
Just like wine and cheese are the perfect combination, the same goes for certain training programs. While finding the perfect pair may not always be easy, but we’ve put together a little guide for you so that you can gain a better understanding of where your career could be going. From my personal experience, I’ve found that […]
Service Type A Gas Course Canberra – With funding!
Bizmatrix are offering the Gas Work Licence – Restricted to Service program in Canberra. If you currently live in Canberra, you will be eligible for funding. This program is based around the Service Type A Gas appliances unit and upon successful completion students will be able to service type A gas appliances. The Service Type […]
What is Gas Combustion?
Combustion happens when usually a fossil fuel reacts with air oxygen to generate heat. The heat produced by the burning of a fossil fuel is used in the process of equipment like engines, boilers, kilns, and furnaces. Besides the heat, water and carbon dioxide are produced as byproducts of the exothermic reaction. Through observing and […]
Why do we Test and Tag? Why do a course !
Information surrounding test and tag requirements can be found in AS/NZS 3760:2010, however in this article we talk about the requirements for test and tag. The regulations outline that appliances located within a hostile environment must be inspected, tested and tagged by a competent person along with issuing a record. Items not located within a hostile […]