M/F |
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Hook - "I Built It- GREEN" |
| M | Building California green definitely feels good. |
| F | I really, really love this job |
| M | Family gets annoyed with me as I drive down the freeway |
| M | And say lookit – I built that building, I built that building |
| M | This solar panel behind me |
| M | This brand new green hospital |
| M | That turbine there |
| M | I built it |
| F | I built it |
| M | I built it |
| M | I built it |
| M | I built it |
| M | With these hands |
| F | I could say if you flushed it, I worked on it (Laugh) |
| M | Oh boy |
| M | I built that bleep (laughter) |
| M | My kid always says “Daddy you built that?” |
| F | I sure did |
| M | And it’s green |
| F | It’s really green |
| M | Really green |
| F | very green |
| M | Super green |
| M | I did it |
| M | Awesome (laughs) |
| M | I used to work at a grocery store |
| M | Fast food concessions |
| M | And I was working at a warehouse |
| F | I was a security guard |
| M | I did some truck driving for a while, that was, |
| M | That was just a job that drove me nuts. |
| M | I was spending a lot of time away from my family and I wasn’t getting paid for it |
| M | Making six dollars an hour |
| M | Come to the point where I wasn’t going to go any further |
| M | I really didn’t have a direction |
| M | And ah, I wanted to go somewhere, I wanted a career, not just a job |
| M | I entered the apprenticeship about eighteen months ago |
| M | I saw a big difference |
| M | Turned my life around |
| M | Cause it actually gave me focus and direction |
| M | This is a career, this is not a job |
| F | Let me lead a really good life |
| F | When I first started, I was, scared |
| F | Number one first you’d have to be interested in this and not be afraid to get dirty |
| F | You really need to jump in and grab the bull by the horns |
| M | It was tough when we first started |
| F | But my operator, taught me the ropes |
| F | They taught you the tools, how to use them, how not to get hurt |
| M | You’re hands on, you’re learning exactly what you’re going to use |
| F | It’s quite stimulating, as a profession, learning how to work with your hands, in a way that you know, text books aren’t (laughs) |
| F | I mean I learned more in a year and a half than I did in college and highschool |
| M | People come out of college, they don’t have a job |
| M | People come out of apprenticeship, you have a job |
| F | Now I’m in a five year schooling program, but it’s different, in you work you get to earn money at the same time |
| M | I do learn about ah green constructions |
| M | We never stop learning |
| M | There’s never been a dull moment |
| M | The 2010 outstanding academic achievement award goes to Jeremiah Hashmore |
| M | When I became a journeyman it was a huge accomplishment |
| F | You realize hey, I have something – I have something to give |
| M | It’s changed me tremendously |
| M | It really has |
| M | It’s given me, a way to support my family for the rest of my life |
| M | This is a much better job for me as a father |
| M | You know I can relax at home, see them more often |
| F | I do have medical for myself and my son, glasses |
| M | Get to have the vehicle you actually want |
| M | I have several cars |
| F | I bought my own house |
| M | Vacation, holiday pay |
| F | Pension, Life insurance |
| M | Basically every year you’re getting raises |
| M | I just had a boy, he’s ah, four months, and I feel really secure working here |
| M | It’s a tough trade, it’s made for tough people, ah, but once you learn the trade you have a job for life |
| M | Because everybody always needs things built, so you’re constantly working |
| F | I can take care of myself and my family without anybody’s help |
| M | It’s a beautiful paycheck but the paycheck isn’t why I do it |
| M | I do it because I like being outside, I see the sun rise every morning |
| F | The views are great, spectacular |
| M | Scenery is always changing |
| M | We don’t go to the office, we build the office |
| M | It’s been an adventure for me |
| M | Unbelievable, and you get paid to do it |
| M | There’s a camaraderie that comes with ironworking, its like no other trade |
| M | Tons of friends |
| F | And I get to work with a great bunch of people |
| M | We’re all family |
| M | We take care of eachother |
| M | Taking care of me, so I’m taking care of them |
| M | There are people that use this as a starting block |
| M | There’s a lot of room to grow in the field |
| M | I became a journeyman, went out into the field, ran work, and now I’m a superintendent running multi-million dollar jobs |
| M | We take a lot of pride in the work we put in |
| M | We always make sure it’s top notch |
| M | Everything I do will live longer than I will |
| M | The wind turbines that we’re working on right now on this project are approximately 265 feet tall |
| F | Right now we’re preparing to lift a blade, a single blade |
| M | I want my son growing up, in a clean environment without all the smog and that’s what these green projects do |
| M | Fifty six thousand homes that won’t be burning fossil fuel |
| M | This is a solar generating tracker |
| M | Every one of these units that goes into the ground, reduces our need for fossil fuel |
| M | We are in an energy revolution |
| M | I feel like I’m part a new wave, like part of the future of construction |
| M | The future here is pretty much, going green |
| M | It brings new work, new ideas, new development |
| M | This means a lot of jobs for California |
| M | Green construction is definitely here to stay |
| M | As our kids get older |
| M | Green practices |
| M | Are gonna be, just the norm |
| M | I love coming to work |
| M | I wake up knowing that I got an important job to do |
| M | I’m very energetic |
| F | I love my job |
| M | I keep coming back, I like what I’m doing |
| F | And especially when it’s being part of something so important |
| M | It’s leaving something of myself long after I’m gone |
| F | And we were a part of of history here |
| M | My kids will benefit from this |
| M | It makes you feel really good inside |
| M | I’m happy |
| F | So happy |
| M | My daughters are extremely proud of me |
| F | It’s empowering, as a woman, to be in this |
| F | I’m very proud of myself |
| M | My dad and everybody they’re very proud of me, it almost brings me to tears just saying that right now, I love, I love my job, and I’m very, I’m very proud of it |
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