However, I detect a very slightly perceptible low expectation generally of
your apprentices and this can be picked up by people even if not voiced.
I get this all the time due to me now being blind, it does not mean one has
to speak slowly or shout as the public think you are either stupid or deaf
as well!

To teach people things several things need to happen.
The person has to have an interest in doing well and learning the subject,
threats do not work, praise does.

They need to understand the world does not owe any of us a living, but that
does not mean its a mean old world. Its fair pay for a fair days work. only
experience can tell you of which type of employer you are working for. If
they are generally good to you if you do well fine but if they are hovering
about watching for the odd mobile phone interaction or sloping off early
then no the best thing to do is work for somebody else..
Nobody is a robot after all.
Brian

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On 15/09/2018 18:52, mechanic wrote:
On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 17:42:20 +0100, Pamela wrote:

On 09:06 15 Sep 2018, ARW wrote:

OK, so he is 16 and only been with us 8 weeks.
His task was to put a 13A plug onto my blue extension lead. He was
given both the plug and the extension lead and told not to put the
plug top on until I has inspected his wiring.

Did he

1. Fit the plug to the extension lead correctly and leave the plug
top off for inspection

2. Fit the plug to the extension incorrectly and leave the plug
top off for inspect.

3. Have some sort of brain seizure and fit the plug top to a roll
of 1.5mm white 3 core flex that he found in the van AND fit the
plug top so that his wiring could not be inspected.

Answers on a post card to PO BOX W4NK3R.

That is a significant misunderstanding. Without joking, do your
apprentices have a learning disability?

Doesn't say much about the training does it? I expect the poor lad
was nervous of the reaction to any mistake so didn't absorb the
instructions properly. Treat them like monkeys and monkeys are what
you get.


And your reasoning for that?

All I did was give a thick **** an extension reel, a 13A plug and a simple
task.



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