taz24
26-08-2010, 11:00 AM
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In my opinion the best way to learn is to be with people who know what they are
doing and watch them.Then you get to do the simple jobs like sweep up and make tea ;)
After a while you get to hold a spanner and hit things with a hammer, then after a lot longer
some snotty nosed yooof is with you watching you work and making you tea.
If all that can be done and include formal education like college and training schemes all the better.
So how do people cope when they are given a van and an A to Z and told to get on with it, no
backup no training and no hope of knowing what is what.
A bit of an open endded question realy but why do companies think mentoring a young one
(or not so young) is not cost effective.
Is that why Refrigeration is family based, you know sons of engineers or uncles or friends of
mates dad, type things. Are they the ones doing apprenticships??
I've no answers... Maybey I'm too old in my ways and thinkings :confused: :confused:
All the best
taz
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In my opinion the best way to learn is to be with people who know what they are
doing and watch them.Then you get to do the simple jobs like sweep up and make tea ;)
After a while you get to hold a spanner and hit things with a hammer, then after a lot longer
some snotty nosed yooof is with you watching you work and making you tea.
If all that can be done and include formal education like college and training schemes all the better.
So how do people cope when they are given a van and an A to Z and told to get on with it, no
backup no training and no hope of knowing what is what.
A bit of an open endded question realy but why do companies think mentoring a young one
(or not so young) is not cost effective.
Is that why Refrigeration is family based, you know sons of engineers or uncles or friends of
mates dad, type things. Are they the ones doing apprenticships??
I've no answers... Maybey I'm too old in my ways and thinkings :confused: :confused:
All the best
taz
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