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I'm Corporal Peter Bailey
from Gibson Woods, Nova Scotia,

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and I'm a Plumbing
and Heating Technician

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currently posted at CFB Trenton.

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And I'm Corporal
Kyle Schmidinger,

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from Bowmanville, Ontario.

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I'm a Plumbing
and Heating Technician

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currently
posted to CFB Kingston.

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Whether you're in the
Regular Force or the Reserve,

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being a
Plumbing and Heating Technician

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in the Canadian Armed Forces
means doing your work

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wherever you're needed,
whether on base in Canada

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or on deployment overseas.

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We install and
maintain both water supply

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and drainage systems,
and we also work with gas-fired

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and oil-fired heating systems,
as well as low-pressure steam.

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You know, it can
be anything from a broken tap

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to a 12-inch water main
in the ground.

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Usually, those ones
are more of an emergency call,

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not a work order, but
big projects like that come up,

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actually quite often, and
they're a lot of fun to work on.

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Here in Canada, Plumbing
and Heating Technicians

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are usually assigned
to a base and most of our work

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involves routine in-house
maintenance and construction

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of new facilities.

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First thing in the morning,
we'll come in,

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sign for a work order,
speak with the supervisor,

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see if
anything happened overnight,

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like a water main break
or a no-heat call,

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or something like that.

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We'll scoop up our tool bags,
hop in the van, and go to a job.

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I've had days where I came in
and I had to go fix

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a water line break
at a photo lab.

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And I've had other days where
I've had to do a scouting report

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for a new washroom
that was going to be built.

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You're always
doing something different

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and your hands are
always on better and new things.

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It's definitely nice to be able
to go in and work on something,

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stand back, look at the finished
product and be proud of it.

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The motto of the Engineers
is we're the first in

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and the last out.

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So before other troops
can do their jobs,

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we have to set up the camps
and provide the basic needs like

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water and heat to make things
as comfortable as possible.

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There's nothing more fulfilling
than being able to deploy

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somewhere in the world and being
able to actually do your job

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day-in and day-out.

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It's a big sense
of accomplishment.

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It's your job to support
the mission that is ongoing.

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So whoever is at the
pointy end on the deployment,

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that's your main focus
is to make sure that they have

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running water and food to eat -
all the logistics, everything

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has to be in place for
the mission to be successful.

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On large projects,
all the trades work together,

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from the carpenters to the
electricians to the plumbers.

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You learn other trades:
you cross-train.

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You might go work
with a carpenter one day

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because they need a hand.

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Guess what?
You're gonna learn.

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You might go with an electrician
one day because he needs help:

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you're gonna learn.

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You don't have to be
a qualified Plumber to join us

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as a Plumbing
and Heating Technician.

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The Canadian Armed Forces
will provide all the training

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you need to become
a qualified professional,

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and they'll pay you a
good salary with great benefits

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while you're
learning your trade.

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After basic military training,

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you'll go to
Gagetown, New Brunswick,

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to the Canadian Forces School
of Military Engineering.

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When you complete your course
in Gagetown, you'll be assigned

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to a Canadian Armed Forces base
for some on-the-job experience.

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That could mean working with
the Army, Air Force or Navy.

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You're always
learning something new.

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So you have to keep
your mind open to new ways

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of doing things.

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We have a good crew of guys
and they're more than willing

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to help you out if you
show that you want to learn,

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you show the initiative.

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Then, yeah, there's definitely
guys that will take you

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under their wing
and help you learn the trade.

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You get to work on
so many different things

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and different projects
with different people who have

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lots of knowledge,
and I would say that

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my most memorable
thing so far would be,

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being able to just tap the
knowledge of all the people

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that I work with in the trade.

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I got to a point in my life
where I really figured out,

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you know, a job is one thing
but a career is another.

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So, not until I got in
the boots and actually on ground

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to do things -
that's when it kicked in,

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that you had
a little bit more self-pride,

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you walked around
with more self-esteem.

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I can't imagine myself
doing anything else.

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This is a career for me and
I don't plan on looking back.