Oh my god!
- Dont ~ Put all your hand. - Oh!
Aiya gone. Gone case.
Hi everyone! I'm Xenia.
Welcome to another episode of Hired or Fired!
I am in Jurong island for the first time in my life.
Because today I'm going to be a maintenance technician here at Pacific Light.
Right now, I just feel like a very small lost human being in this upsize lego land.
My goal for today is...
Just don't be a bimbo. Yup.
Just look smart.
And I'm ready to meet my mentor.
My name is Abu Bakar.
I'm the deputy general manager of operations here.
- Hello Xenia. - Hello!
-Welcome to Pacific Light. - Thank you.
- This is the control room cool area. - Yes very cool and umm..
Very scary.
We're not going to send you to sit down here and operate the plant.
Oh ok.
We're going to send you out in the plant.
Where you need to do three tasks for you.
The first one is the carbon brush in the generator side.
Where you need to change the carbon brush.
Then the next one is, you have to go to the sampling system.
You have to change the resin.
The last one is at the CW intake site.
Where there is a wash plant that you need to change the filters.
- Mmm! - So all these job you need to do.
To be very honest with you I..
I didn't understand anything that you just said.
What is resin?
So are you going to do the first task?
Now?
Yes.. but.
Before you go you have to change. You can't wear like that!
- Huh cannot? Hot mah.
* laughter * - Yea hot.
- Ok. Let's go change. - Ok.
Hi boss.
* awkward laughter *
Hi Xenia. Welcome back to the control room.
- Thank you! - I'm Neo from Pacific Light.
Hi Neo. Are you my mentor for the first task?
Yes. Later I will bring you to the turbine hall.
- To inspect the carbon brush. - Ok.
- Ok so what do I have to do. - Later will be a bit noisy.
- So we have prepared a helmet and earmuff for you. - Mmm!
Mmm!
Oh so this is the.. * breaking sound*
* Alarm sounds *
- Are they going to catch me cause I.. - Nope. It's just a normal routine alarm.
- Ohh! Ok so it's just for safety. - Yes.
Oh I see I see. So do I have to do for the carbon brush?
If the carbon brush isn't checked monthly.
The carbon brush will get shorter.
- Yup. - And then it'll have some friction onto the slip ring.
And it will explode.
Ok.. Then let's hurry go clean it before it explodes.
So we'll wear the helmet now and go to the turbine hall. And meet my colleague, Razak.
Ok! Sure! Let's go.
Anticlockwise.
No no. Anticlockwise.
That's...
The other way round. The other way round.
- The other way round? - Yes, the other way round.
You need help?
Ok let me help you.
Wow.
Alright we are done and we're back.
Half the time when you were telling me, I just kept doing this.
Right?
- Yes. - So how do you all even communicate back there?
Normally we just use hand signals because..
Basically we are all very familiar with the job.
So we just use hand signals and that's it.
Then so how do you think I fare? I was a bit careless.
I put the carbon brush the wrong way in.
As a beginner, you're doing great.
A few more weeks here, I think you'll do much better than me.
- I cannot! I don't have a few more weeks Razak!
Only end of the day! But ok.
- Hi Xenia. - Hi!
My name is Kelvin. I'll be mentoring you in this station.
Ok.
- We are here in the steam and water analysis system. - Ok.
Where we actually measure the water and steam purity.
Why do we have to measure water purity?
Firstly, we use the waste heat to generate the steam.
And the steam to power a steam turbine to generate electricity.
The steam must be in high purity.
To avoid the corrosion for the system.
- Cause it's expensive? - Yes..
- Oh ok. - It cost S$1.2 billion.
Wow! That's crazy! Ok so..
So many things to do. We're going to start off with measuring the water purity first.
- Umm ~ Yes. Alright. - Let's go!
- As you can see.. - Wow.
This is the good condition where it is purple in colour.
And the orange one will be the exhausted resins.
Ok.
So the task for you today will be changing the resin columns.
Ok.
Ok are you ready?
Yes!
Let's say you will choose this column.
You put one spanner to hold.
Another one to open.
Same goes for the bottom one.
I think I didn't catch any of that.
Ok then you can take out the column.
Got water eh!
Oh it's ok one?
- It's ok. This water is not toxic. - Ok.
Ok.
Try to open. Be careful.
1 liter. $55 USD.
- Ok.. - Then you dump all the resin down.
- Wah you dump here? You try. Ya dump into the red bucket.
Woah!
It's like slurpee!
- Ok fine. - There you go.
Ok hold on. We need to put on the gloves.
This will be very sticky.
So you see there is water inside.
The water level is above the resin.
- Yup. - So you're fine.
- Then you see one of my finger is actually pressing at the bottom so water will flow up. - Yup correct.
Then you use your finger to clean the remaining..
Any residue over here. Tighten it.
- Ok? Alright. - Ohh ~ Ok.
So now is my turn to try.
And no pressure at all. Kelvin just said the most I pay $55 USD.
They have the ability to interact with the ion.
The water!!
Don't panic! Don't panic.
Ok. Ok lah. Nevermind lah. We just take some water.
This is your first try.
- I know I know. - Take it easy!
Ok now you can tighten back the cap.
- Can or not? - Ya can.
Now we will install back the column.
- Ahh ~ Ok. - Tighten the bottom first.
You want to use your hand to tighten ah?
- Oh if not you all use what to tighten? - The tools. The tools behind you. The spanner.
- Tools. - Behind you.
- I never use this before. - Ah good. Now you try.
Ahh ~ Brother this one.
- Sorry! - Ah ok.
- Ok now you know how to use a spanner already. Congratulations. - Yay!
My first time using this tool.
- Xenia, just now you have tried one column. - Yup.
So now you try another one on your own.
I'll be timing you.
- Normally you do it alone also? - Yes correct.
It takes me about 5 minutes.
Per column?
Ready? 3.. 2.. 1.. Go!
Don't be nervous.
Yeah!
Bend upwards. Yes. Done.
Then release.
My hands are shaking.
Thanks.
No! You see every time they sink down then I realize like..
Actually I don't have much.
Ok I don't want talk to you all already.
- Ok. - Do you recall which one to tighten first?
- No. Oh ok put below first. - Yes. Correct. Because below will drop off.
Ok.
Wait.
- Stop! - Ok! 8 minutes 55 seconds.
Weirdly enough. The toughest part for me is this.
I'm not used to doing this you know. On a daily basis.
To me, clockwise, anticlockwise, I still need to think of the clock and visualize.
So how do you find my performance so far?
As a beginner, a first-timer, I'll say you are doing quite well.
- Oh ok! - Using 9 minutes, slightly less than half my time.
You just need more practice.
- Then you'll be great. - And you think everything will be fine.
- Yes correct. - Like you will trust me with the $55 USD resin?
You think that I won't spill it?
Totally no issue. You can get it done.
Nice!
I think that's the best compliment already.
Alright you can start with this exhausted resin.
It will not stick to your hand. You can try.
- So i just put my hands down. - Yea. Just dip.
- Oh it's just. It's just like sand. - Good.
Yea. Now you try the second one.
For this, you just use one finger. It'll be very sticky.
Take out.
* gasp *
- That's why you need to wear a glove. - You see! You see!
This is like a science experiment.
Oh my god.
Don't ~
Put all your hand. Aiya gone. All gone.
Okay fine you can wash over there.
- 50 cent. - 50 cent?!
I won't charge you.
Wah it's really sticking man. - It's not coming off.
Before he could stop me, my finger already inside.
On to the next one!
- Hello Xenia. Nice to meet you. - Hi!
- Hi Gopi! - Hi.
This is our sea water intake.
- Our PLPC water intake. - Ok. Yup.
Basically, the sea water intake pulley system is very important to every power plant.
It pulls some of the equipment down in the power plant
So after our first line of defense, as you can see some of the dead horse shoe crabs get washed in
-Oh, then if they alive how?
-Throw them back in the sea? -Ya we throw them back in the sea
This is our traveling band screen system.
Whatever which doesn't get caught in the (Seawater Pulley system), gets caught in here
So this is our filter system. If you want, you can see how dirty it is
So this is one of our small filters
And on a good day, this is quite clean
-This is quite clean?!
-Oh boy. Okay, so what am I supposed to do today?
Let's try lifting this basket
and then we'll try cleaning the basket
So you can move to your right
I press ah? I really press ah. -Yes! Go ahead!
Did I move?
Can you see it moving? Ahh~
If you really want some sound, you can move it forward
-Oh wow this is like a claw machine leh!
Cause it might hit your head -huh no no, stop
Slowly Slowly
There you go! -Good job!
uhhh -Down a bit more
Alright! So now we are going to wash this
Stand back ah.
- Do you want to try? - Okay, Yes! So fun
Waaa, its a lot leh!
Oh! Be careful, you'll get wet
I think it's clean, and now we are going to put the lid back on
Gopi was telling me it's really heavy I think it's clean, and now we are going to put the lid back on
Gopi was telling me it's really heavy
And i was like, i want to try it. -Here you go!
hehe!
You sure? -Yup!
You alright? -Yes
Don't put it on my feet -But i cannot move leh Hahahaha
Can carry but cannot move!
Thank you Gopi, I feel like I learned a lot
of things that I wouldn't know as a normal human being.
Okay, the filter will clean the water right, then you need to clean the filter
because the filter will filter the water. Get it?
You got it spot on! Thank you very much Xenia!
Anyway for a starter's first day, you did quite well!
Plan Coordination was there - I also never do anything...
I can see that you are very (professional) at washing Ya it's a very good job you did today!
Now I feel like when I go home, I will appreciate the fact that I can charge my phone
so freely every single night
-Thank you so much! - I feel so small as a human being
It's good to hear that you guys actually recognize what we do
and not just simply think you switch on and off a button you get energy - Yup!
Thanks a lot! - No problem!
One thing that I learnt the most is...
as much as this industry relies a lot on technology,
it still requires manual labour
You know just now when i was talking to Gopi, and I was just saying
"Wa last time I was just a normal human being, I turned on the switch and don't really think about what goes on behind the scenes
And after that, he was just like "thank you, thank you so much"
So I thought he was a bit PC (politically correct)
But after that as I continued talking to him, then he told me that
his motivation to come to work is knowing that whatever he does here
can provide Singaporeans with a steady flow of electricity
I was like, "wah you really damn passionate"
I really admire him. I think it takes
a lot out of him to think in such a big picture
and to find meaning in what he does daily.
Safety in their job scope is top priority
Even everything that they let me do today, it was
after rounds and rounds of safety checks
making sure that Xenia is able to do this. And Gopi is looking at me
I feel like something bad is about to happen
What?!
Ah... we have a job at this tank- What tank?
This is our fire water tank - Okay...
We can go up and have a look alright
Exactly what the job is about
I need you to do me a favour -Huh what favour?
Just go up and wait at the top of the tank for me while I get the tool bag
Can don't take so long? haha -Okay, I will try
Hurry still walk so slow!
Later must hurry come back
Don't leave me alone at the roof top
Wah Bolin (Videographer) not scared ah! -No~
Why... Why they build the tank so high, why cannot be flatter leh
Hey! Hi Bakar!
Hi Bakar, Gopi lied to me
I'm still happy to see you here. Any human beings up here, i am happy enough
So how's your day! - Er...
It has been very...
educational
Today I feel like I learnt a lot. Really feels like
I am on excursion. - How do you feel about this now?
Now ah? - Hahaha I am on excursion. -How do you feel about this now?
Now ah? -Hahaha
Nervous, because you're going to tell me whether you want to hire or fire me
I feel like i already have an answer in my mind
But Bakar, will you Hire or Fire me? I feel like i already have an answer in my mind
But Bakar, will you Hire or Fire me?
Definitely, we will...
hire you
Okay, why!
The three guys that you are following they informed me that...
Yeah! You are a good learner, a good listener and you asked them questions
So we like that type of attitude
where we employ people who are keen in learning these things
Wow! Thank you!
My answer was Fire Simply because
I know i barely scratched the surface
but well, that's very heartening to hear Thank you so much!
Thank you Pacific Light, for giving me the chance
to be a maintenance technician for a day!
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