Looking for ONE assistant for PART time work in a busy guitar workshop. Hours of employment are negotiable. Leading up to full time after you have proven yourself.
Ok, blunt, but to the point....
Roles include:
General guitar tech duties (setups, electronics, etc), sanding, cleaning, general housekeeping, etc. Looking to the future, expect to be trained to assemble, then build parts from scratch. If you have previous musical instrument building experience, you will move up the ladder very quickly.
Experience/Pay:
No experience required (although experience is definately preferred), training will be provided. Award rates (negotiable). Bonuses for efficient/clean/fast work. Tools and machinery provided. Access to my workshop for afterhours private building is ok (and encouraged). Initiative is rewarded. Thoroughness, and excellence is rewarded.
Hours:
No early starts (9:30ish, some days 10:30ish). No overtime or late nights, although some/all Saturdays would be nice. Days of work flexible, start and finish times flexible.
EVERY Monday off. No Sunday work. You might get invited to meet someone special afterhours though
Location:
Beaconsfield, Western Australia. Two minutes from the beach, one minute to local shopping centre, three minutes to Fremantle, WA. Local applications only please. I will NOT be taking applications from interstate unless you already have plans to move here, or have extensive experience in this field.
The Work:
Ultimately, you will be my direct assistant. It will be you, and me. Thats all. You will eventually assist me in building guitars. Rough shaping necks. Sanding lacquer. Fret work. Gluing. etc etc. My right hand man! Also difficult repair work. Headstock breaks. Bracing issues. Refrets. Refinishes.
You'll have to do all the basic stuff too like keeping the place clean, putting tools away, etc. You'll be trained as a setup wizard, to make sure we get through all the setups and repair work, and you'll be in charge of winding all our pickups.
You'll become another me. Hopefully. My dream is for my clients to come to me, and REQUEST a specific builder. You'll build that guitar from start to finish. Thats the dream. You want that too? It might take some time to get there... but you'll stick it out, right?
In the past, my assistants have travelled with me on business to the east coast or Aust, and to the USA to meet clients. Two of them are doing well for himself running their own musical instrument businesses now. Good luck to them.
The Business:
We handle ALL warranty work for every brand, EXCEPT Fender, Gibson and Yamaha (Fender is already covered by a great tech, and Gibson/Yamaha never pay their bills). We do all repairs for two major stores, and handle a lot of more difficult work for 7 others. Everything from a simple restring, to a full retoration of a 60's Fender or Gibson. Our pickups currently outsell the majors in each store that stocks them. The custom guitars have a 6-9 month waiting period just to place a deposit, then a 18-24 month wait for the build. There is a lot of variation in work you'll do, and heaps of it. This is not a "at Maton, we learn how to sand the sides of one type of bracing, and perfect that over two years..." kind of job.
How to Apply:
Send an email covering letter AND a relevant resume to guitars at ormsbyguitars.com
Include contact details, etc. Include a SEPERATE list of previous experience, photos of instruments built, etc. Do not apply if you do not have any references. Do not send fuzzy out of focus photos. Last time I advertised, I had more than sixty applicants. Make yours stand out. Resumes etc must be in either WORD, or PDF format. Do not write your resume in an email... ATTACH IT to an email. Make an effort! I will look at your application for 30 seconds, before deciding if I think it warrants reading. MAKE IT COUNT. Hell, get this part wrong, and I'll just delete your application. You wouldn't believe how many people don't heed these simple requests.
Do not phone. Do not visit the workshop. Do not send a PM or SMS. Please, Im busy. I dont need distractions, I need help!!
Email ONLY!!
QUESTIONS??? Please ask them in this thread or (prefer) email, please don't phone/walkin etc
08 9336 5861
http://www.ormsbyguitars.com
