It really depends on your industry and location.
I have held short term contracts for as short as 2 weeks, and as long as 4 years. It depends on the project, your role, the industry, the market.
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It can't hurt.
The more you know and can do, the more opportunities.
"Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater."
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Something simple like an electro-magnet: need batteries (C, 9V, etc), wires, various carbon steel nails, bare copper wires.
Batteries in series to boost voltage. Some big nails to demonstrate strength of the electro-magnet.
The experiment is available on web I believe.
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If the company is still in business, they most likely can send one of their technicians to your site should the PLC go down. They charge hourly/daily/weekly rates plus living expenses. Perhaps look into this if available.
Also, if the PLC goes down, you may need spare parts - which the factory...
Emiliano, adding the areas of the individual phase may not always result in a "conservative" answer.
A better way to calculate the orifice requirement is DIERS method.
For control valves, I had thought that Cv was additive in regards to 2-phase flow. I was wrong. In the Fisher control valve...
If you are thinking of something like Flex Pipe or Flex Steel, they come off rolls as they are laid. In the field, they are can be cut, and I believe compression type fittings are used to connect them.
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SAT is Site Acceptance Test.
FAT is testing at the factory what the supplier provides.
SAT is testing at the site, where what you bought is now integrated into everything else, and testing that it works in context of the "everything" else.
For example, at a FAT, make sure the control system's...
There are many jobs in Canada for good qualified people at all levels.
Alberta, BC, Sask, NB, Nlfd, and NS are all areas with lots of oil/gas activities. Canada is coming out of this recession, and the oil and gas industry will continue to grow.
You mentioned you are with ConocoPhillips...
Deciding where to work is difficult. Wherever you go, there is always a chance of a layoff/closing/etc.
With regards to not wanting to work more than 45 hours a week, state that up front with your employer. If they insist that you do, you can decline the offer. If they agree, there you go. If...
Pilots freezing, plugging, or contamination in general is potentially dangerous. if freezing is a concern, heat trace and insulate is a good idea as zdas04 mentioned.
I am presuming the source of freezing is due to ambient conditions. If the freezing is due to process conditions, heat...
Excellent points by zdas04 and Ron.
At most companies that I've been at, "employees" of a company do not stamp. I do not stamp, even though I have a stamp. Once the package/drawings are done, reviewed, signed off, etc, we go to designated "stamper" and "permit holder" for them to stamp with...
An "annual" anything tends to be less effective than its "continual" counterpart. Instead of soliciting information once a year, it should be ongoing. People may have suggestions/feedback during the other 50 weeks, but may have forgottent them since. Also, Christmas is a busy time of year, and...
I use folders in Outlook for current project emails.
Once the project is closed out, I move them into .pst and store them either on the system archive drive, or in off-line backup drives.
We are told to never delete any email from our projects. So, I often have a current file folder and a...
It is common to have a "grace period" in the contract for new principles" coming into a company, whereby either party can "back out", with the stipulated conditions and payouts.
It is hard to determine if someone would "click" with your company, and even harder to determine if someone is worth...
As colemanstoops mentioned, you should refer to API guidelines and calculations for both fire case and tube rupture case.
If you still have questions, you should probably seek some help.
"Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater."
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I have worked for a major international engineering consulting firm that do not "burn out" their engineers, and look after their people. I have also worked at a major international engineering consulting firm that burn people up and spit them out. In fact, both instances was at the same firm...
Congratulations on you pending P. Eng.
Some bad news for you. A P. Eng. does not entitle you to a salary bump. In fact, your question "How does this range look like across the different provinces ..." and "... accross different consulting fields ..." probably have more affect on salary.
Oil...
In most water service, I see gate valves. One reason maybe that there is nothing in the flow path for debris to hang up on. With a butterfly, if there are debris, it may prevent the butterfly from closing properly/completely.
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If the type of question is "What is this?", then perhaps go and look it up.
If the type of question is "Why?", then you may need to go ask someone with the experience to answer.
No one knows everything. Very few people remember everything. Having to check and get back with an answer is...
In its simplist form, 2 out of 2 voting means that both inputs/signal/logic must be true for the consequence/result/effect to happen.
"Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater."
Albert Einstein
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