On Sat, 18 May 2019 12:27:05 +0100, ARW
wrote:

On 17/05/2019 23:55, Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp Esq wrote:
On Thu, 16 May 2019 18:30:36 +0100, ARW
wrote:

A simple job. I left him in a pub car park to measure the length of two
fences for an outside socket.

30 minutes later he came into the pub (where I was fixing the CCTV and
not drinking) to tell me that his tape measure was not long enough.

What qualifications are needed for the position?

I would have thought O level standards in maths and a science subject
would be a must.


O level standards went 30 years ago.

???

What does an apprentice need then?

I knew Ohms law before leaving secondary school.

Never really needed much more. Just an appreciation of I^R effects
and an ability to factor in reactance.


Never had problems with the theory on mechanical measurements.

Used to measure twice, cut once. Sadly these days after the second
measurement I can never find the paper I put the first one on.

By the third Measurement I have lost the pen :-(

AB