Woah, there's so much info. on that site. It's got some great stuff on it, thanks. I'm gonna check that out a bit more 
Finding a job in paintball
- Thread starter Chris - Nexus Eclipse
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Think about it, most places won't be looking to hire you in a research capacity. You would be better off setting up by yourself, most parts of the marker/kit can be contracted out to other companies so electronic chips, milling, anodising can be done out of house, tie in contractors with strict contracts as to what they will produce and to within what tolerances.
Fact is experience in a related area is probably more important, after all if I went to employ someone to make a paintball marker I would pick experience in related areas.
Other than that you could probably get a sales related job but even then there are not that many openings.
Fact is experience in a related area is probably more important, after all if I went to employ someone to make a paintball marker I would pick experience in related areas.
Other than that you could probably get a sales related job but even then there are not that many openings.
Exactly, which is why I'm very interested at the moment at gaining some experience with working in those differen't areas. But it's difficult to a) Find somewhere where it's possible to gain such paintball/airsmithing related experience and b) Once found, being able to persuade the company to let you visit for however long and learn more about the specific skills required for the job. It's hard when you have no real prior knowledge...
I realise that no-ones gonna jump straight out of A-levels and into designing their first cocker or whatever, but I was kind of checking to see if I was taking the right line - so the mechanical engineering is obviously one of the roads to follow and take someone along the right path - which is turn involves the use of a lot of physics and maths for example I presume....
a technical degree is a start, along with computing programming knowledge.
basically you are too young to start looking, need that degree first, also I wouldn't do a degree on the off chance I could get a job in paintball as a result.
don't forget it but stick to some othe career/money plans as well.
basically you are too young to start looking, need that degree first, also I wouldn't do a degree on the off chance I could get a job in paintball as a result.
don't forget it but stick to some othe career/money plans as well.
jeeez
I'm currently studying the first year of the h.n.c. in engineering and after looking at the automag forums i'm honestly say that I am totally lost. Thats some real heavy stuff they are talking about.
Forget the A-levels they just aint going to cut it you best of going down the engineering route with an O.n.c them H.n.c. and then the hnd course then start thinking about cashing them in for the start of a degree course.
I'm currently studying the first year of the h.n.c. in engineering and after looking at the automag forums i'm honestly say that I am totally lost. Thats some real heavy stuff they are talking about.
Forget the A-levels they just aint going to cut it you best of going down the engineering route with an O.n.c them H.n.c. and then the hnd course then start thinking about cashing them in for the start of a degree course.
the true test of an air smith
theres an easy way to see if you of air smith material. go buy a bog standard out the box cocker and turning in to a sexy looking top end gun. if you can do the cutting and milling, the timing, trigger work and all that (and still have all your hair left on your head) then your halfway there. if doing that does not sound like a nice way to spend your spare time then perhaps its not the road you want to go down.
after all a lot of the work you'll probably end up doing for players will be cocker work and servicing.
theres an easy way to see if you of air smith material. go buy a bog standard out the box cocker and turning in to a sexy looking top end gun. if you can do the cutting and milling, the timing, trigger work and all that (and still have all your hair left on your head) then your halfway there. if doing that does not sound like a nice way to spend your spare time then perhaps its not the road you want to go down.
after all a lot of the work you'll probably end up doing for players will be cocker work and servicing.
can i just clear something up........i said i am doing A levels AT THE MOMENT.
what i am looking to do a MEng or BEng at uni. Either in mechanical or aeronautical. A lot of the materials, processes and theroy is the same. All to do with stresses and strains.
what i am looking to do a MEng or BEng at uni. Either in mechanical or aeronautical. A lot of the materials, processes and theroy is the same. All to do with stresses and strains.
I'm probably just repeating what everyone has already said......but Im lazy and Electronic braille is sooo slow :-P
The paintball industry in the UK is very small. If you want to get experience as an airsmith you need to speak to site owners and start marshaling on the weekends or helping to service guns. Check the Yellow pages and find a site local to you. Working for a site is a good way of getting a foot in.
If you have ever helped service and repair 300 site infernos in a day, you may well lose the will to live, let alone the desire to work as an airsmith.
The majority of the guys working for wdp, powergames, planet etc... have been around for ages or play on the same teams. Jack and Ledz for example.
If you wanna get into R&D ...... good luck!?!?!
As with any industry alot of it is to do with who you know.....not just what you know.
anyhow..... good luck to ya. I hope you get what your after.
The paintball industry in the UK is very small. If you want to get experience as an airsmith you need to speak to site owners and start marshaling on the weekends or helping to service guns. Check the Yellow pages and find a site local to you. Working for a site is a good way of getting a foot in.
If you have ever helped service and repair 300 site infernos in a day, you may well lose the will to live, let alone the desire to work as an airsmith.
The majority of the guys working for wdp, powergames, planet etc... have been around for ages or play on the same teams. Jack and Ledz for example.
If you wanna get into R&D ...... good luck!?!?!
As with any industry alot of it is to do with who you know.....not just what you know.
anyhow..... good luck to ya. I hope you get what your after.
Re: Re: Finding a job in paintball
Shut it fat boy.......stick to your overpaid "I sit on my ass and stare at a screen" job and fix paintball guns, i'll just play the game.Originally posted by Paul_collier
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Paul
Of course I would never fully rely on a course like that to get me straight into a (paintball) job, I was looking towards an engineering course of somesort anyway as that's what I'm interested in, it would be a massive bonus should I be able to incorporate my (hopefully) future skills into a paintball related career.
I do marshall at a site at the moment, and I do the odd repairs there and try to learn alot there, but where I go it's mainly for corporate groups and individual walkons is not encouraged, therefore it's difficult to gain experience with air systems, knowledge about different paintguns, their methods of operation, how to service them, maintain them etc. - we only use CO2 on tippmans mostly for crying out loud!
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