journeyperson

fitter

locator

pipefitter

fire protection specialist

The Gisborne Group

Learned alot very quickly there as you need to keep up with estimated hour KPIs. Very competitive but if coworkers seem rude, short, or not friendly don't take it personally as the work environment is meant to be fast paced to maintain profit for the bids. You will need to learn quickly, talk little, be safety aware. There is a totem pole based on time there so be aware of those politics. I have respect for the people I worked with and training I received. Harsh but fair treatment when necessary but beware you will get laid off for things slowing down. Expect to not last long if you are slow and too cheap to get at least a few necessary tools early on. I recommend on day one having a tape and torpedo level, a cressy doesn't hurt either; and get tools (at least a few) every paycheck. Pay is very fair which is why you must be decent at learning the trade. I was in fire protection, there is also a pipe-fitting side. Most of the work will be on the larger side of things and if you want to learn the hard more thinking oriented stuff and show promise, you will get to see how stressful yet educational that experience can be at this company.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The pay scale was decent and there were a number of really good people working for the company at the site I was employed.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Dealing with egotistical and an incompetent site management and supervision. It got so bad that the client removed a number of those individuals from the site.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The culture among the workforce was excellent, despite many of them coming out of the hall. Typically a good culture takes time to form. However, the union members were professional and reasonable.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Start off for the morning meeting in which the competencies of management were clearly evident. Their ability to secure tools and equipment to perform the work was inadequate. Typically we did not have the materials or tools needed to perform a days work.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Gisborne’s site superintendent was petty and temperamental. There was nothing good about gisborn. The best part was being in the mountains

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The site superintendent and the other managers on site had double standards and were hypocrites. There seemed to be an insistence to keep morale low.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very poor. The office administrator has withheld apprenticeship hours from me for no reason. Or at least refuses to give a reason

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
The work was typical for a tradesperson. It was dealing with management that made life so stressful.

Gisborne pays good but the work environment itself is fairly toxic. If your an apprentice it’s not the best place to get the most out of your training.

 Over the two years I worked for them the majority of guys I met all commented on upper management not caring about training apprentices and just being a number to a company that doesn’t appreciate their employees.

Told this was going to be a water treatment plant at fording river for teck.  Surprise! Here we are in sparwood at elkview doing labourer work breaking concrete with jackhammers. All trades doing demolition.No mine dry, people sharing coveralls, absolutely filthy with coal dust.  1920's working conditions.  Sub standard  wages, so-so camp food and 1.5 hours on bus on your time.  Almost unbelievable turn over of people.  Big safety talk but just lip service








 of bus time a day on your time.

Would definately work for them again, the wage is alright; not the best but the option to sub contract is deadly. The supervision I had on nights was great. Guys were solid. They told us what needed done and we made it happen. Fairly loose in most aspects of safety and micromanaging which is nice for a change. I would do it again

What is the best part of working at the company?
Pay is good, workers are alright.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Trying to get some information and confirmation. Things are communicated last second.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very messy and unorganized when things start to get hot. While there is a chill work stage everything seems alright.

Enjoyed my time with Gisborne, the people you work with are awesome, the management was pretty decent.  Learned a lot in the short period of time I was there.  All the workers were great, helped, they were not afraid to give you instruction if you asked. The tradesman were very knowledgeable and willing to show you the tricks.  

These cocksmokers lied about this job being a water treatment plant.. and tricked us and now were here at a live coal mine... demolition.. labour work. Only trade doing  there work is iron workers and welders doing structural because the building is about to collapse. Millwrights .. and red seal pipefitters jackhammering floors..  guys in management all share 1 brain and couldn't make it out in the real industrial work...

Worked for them for 5 years and ran multiple projects. Raised concerns during Covid and was told to throw my union in the garbage and get back to work. Was terminated after requiring a two week quarantine due to the site Foreman contaminating the entire crew. Can't say I'd recommend working for them unless you're willing to throw away your values for a few extra dollars.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Journeyperson 1 salary reported	$37.19 per hour
Fitter 1 salary reported	$28.51 per hour
Locator 13 salaries reported	$35.69 per hour
Pipefitter 1 salary reported	$45.25 per hour
Fire protection specialist 3 salaries reported	$51.28 per hour

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