Interesting Change in career....

[ruggedscotty]

I just completed six months in the job and enjoying it very much, made the change earlier on in the year and now
working for an organisation that looks after the aids to navigation around the Scottish coast and includes the Isle of Man
too.

The pictures are of the Lighthouse on Sanda, an island located off of the Mull of Kintyre. Its a really interesting job and has
a lot of interesting work to undertake, not just the actual job itself but the preparation that goes along with the job, ensuring that you have
all the items and tools with you to do the required tasks and also as you are living on the lighthouse you will need to store up the required
items to sustain yourselves while based there.

Its enjoyable and there is never boring day.

Edited by ruggedscotty on Friday 20th December 23:16

[greygoose]

That does look good, I didn't realise there were inhabited lighthouses still, thought they were all automated. The three tower affair looks different, are the first two towers just stairs inside?

[ruggedscotty]

These are now unmanned but they need to be maintained. The remote ones have accommodation I them that need to set up when you arrive.

the tower arrangement contains stairs to take you up to the top.

[FocusRS3]

ruggedscotty said:

I just completed six months in the job and enjoying it very much, made the change earlier on in the year and now
working for an organisation that looks after the aids to navigation around the Scottish coast and includes the Isle of Man
too.

The pictures are of the Lighthouse on Sanda, an island located off of the Mull of Kintyre. Its a really interesting job and has
a lot of interesting work to undertake, not just the actual job itself but the preparation that goes along with the job, ensuring that you have
all the items and tools with you to do the required tasks and also as you are living on the lighthouse you will need to store up the required
items to sustain yourselves while based there.

Its enjoyable and there is never boring day.

Edited by ruggedscotty on Friday 20th December 23:16

Oh wow looks an amazing job something I’d love too although I’m way down south so probably not much call for it.

How did you find that role ?

Many congrats btw super envious in a nice way of course

[Europa1]

What did you do before, OP?

[Kev_Mk3]

How would you get into that role?

[ruggedscotty]

Been on holiday so only checking back into the forum...

I have been involved in maintenance with an electrical bias, before this job I was 17 years working for a bank and then 30 months at a new hospital, saw the writing on the wall and this position came up. advertised and I applied went for the interviews and was offered the roll.

there are three light house boards in the UK Scotland and the Isle of Man, England and Ireland

[ruggedscotty]

The business side - the beacon at the top that flashes at night to do the lighthouse duties



Still think that these are majestic and very photogenic structures...



When you pull up to your hotel and see this parked in the carpark, a supplier exhibition in a trailer pulled by a kenworth. The plates on it were german,



Cape Wrath lighthouse most nother westerly point on the UK mainland.



Chanonry Point Lighthouse up on the black isle, i could see Fort George across the water.



Isle of May light house



Classic spiral stairs, some are open and some are round a centre column.



Access to the island sites can eithe rbe helicopter or boat, isle of May was fast rib access and that was fun.



Isle of May is a solar site in that the solar panels charge a battery farm that is used to power the light.



Mull of Galloway light house on the most southern point in Scotland.



Corsewall lighthouse, one of our lighthouses that still has the mechanical plate with a proper glass lense on it that rotates.



The lamp assembly.

These are amazing buildings and amazing history surrounds them.