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Well the new apprentice does charity work. And not any old voluntary charity
work - he has paid to take a course to be allowed to do this work. Does anyone else find this impressive? -- Adam |
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On Saturday 07 September 2013 10:11 ARW wrote in uk.d-i-y:
Well the new apprentice does charity work. And not any old voluntary charity work - he has paid to take a course to be allowed to do this work. Does anyone else find this impressive? Very. A rare find. -- Tim Watts Personal Blog: http://squiddy.blog.dionic.net/ http://www.sensorly.com/ Crowd mapping of 2G/3G/4G mobile signal coverage Reading this on the web? See: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Usenet |
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ARW wrote:
Well the new apprentice does charity work. And not any old voluntary charity work - he has paid to take a course to be allowed to do this work. Does anyone else find this impressive? Yes, very. -- Tciao for Now! John. |
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On 09/07/2013 10:11 AM, ARW wrote:
Well the new apprentice does charity work. And not any old voluntary charity work - he has paid to take a course to be allowed to do this work. Does anyone else find this impressive? JOOI, how long are these guys apprentices and how are they qualified at the end of it? You seem to have a very high turnover. Andy C |
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writes Well the new apprentice does charity work. And not any old voluntary charity work - he has paid to take a course to be allowed to do this work. Does anyone else find this impressive? Most impressive. You sound as though you may actually like this one? -- Bill |
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On 09/07/2013 10:11 AM, ARW wrote: Well the new apprentice does charity work. And not any old voluntary charity work - he has paid to take a course to be allowed to do this work. Does anyone else find this impressive? JOOI, how long are these guys apprentices and how are they qualified at the end of it? You seem to have a very high turnover. Fully qualified (AM2 passed) if they make it to the end. And the turnover is due to their own makings in most cases. Three have gone in the last two months. The reasons were - one for refusing to sign or adhere to the mobile phone behaviour contract [1],one for drink driving, and the last one for lying, being lazy and answering back. [1] We now have a contract due to some of them spending all day texting or facebooking. Basically this says their phones should be left with the electrician they are working with unless otherwise approved. Apprentice said "It's my phone and you cannot take it off me and you cannot make me sign that contract". No, but we can fire you:-). And his precious was more important to him than his job. -- Adam |
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In message , ARW writes Well the new apprentice does charity work. And not any old voluntary charity work - he has paid to take a course to be allowed to do this work. Does anyone else find this impressive? Most impressive. You sound as though you may actually like this one? I prefer the one that can do funny impressions (both voice and mannerisms) of people just after meeting them. He did one of the headmistress at a school the other day - and halfway through the impression she appeared behind him from a classroom door and watched him. And he must be good because she was amused. -- Adam |
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"ARW" wrote in message ... Well the new apprentice does charity work. And not any old voluntary charity work - he has paid to take a course to be allowed to do this work. Does anyone else find this impressive? Depends on his reasons and motives I suppose. At face value, very impressive. |
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On 09/07/2013 01:00 PM, ARW wrote:
Three have gone in the last two months. The reasons were - one for refusing to sign or adhere to the mobile phone behaviour contract [1],one for drink driving, and the last one for lying, being lazy and answering back. [1] We now have a contract due to some of them spending all day texting or facebooking. Basically this says their phones should be left with the electrician they are working with unless otherwise approved. Apprentice said "It's my phone and you cannot take it off me and you cannot make me sign that contract". No, but we can fire you:-). And his precious was more important to him than his job. What a nightmare ! |
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On 09/07/2013 01:00 PM, ARW wrote: Three have gone in the last two months. The reasons were - one for refusing to sign or adhere to the mobile phone behaviour contract [1],one for drink driving, and the last one for lying, being lazy and answering back. [1] We now have a contract due to some of them spending all day texting or facebooking. Basically this says their phones should be left with the electrician they are working with unless otherwise approved. Apprentice said "It's my phone and you cannot take it off me and you cannot make me sign that contract". No, but we can fire you:-). And his precious was more important to him than his job. What a nightmare ! And we will just get another three and start again. -- Adam |
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On 07/09/2013 15:33, ARW wrote:
And we will just get another three and start again. I find it hard to believe that it makes commercial sense to have such a high turnover. It takes time to train them, and even just having to process the payroll for them costs money. Selecting fewer, better ones, and nurturing them more, would make more sense to most organisations. |
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On 07/09/2013 15:33, ARW wrote: And we will just get another three and start again. I find it hard to believe that it makes commercial sense to have such a high turnover. It takes time to train them, and even just having to process the payroll for them costs money. Selecting fewer, better ones, and nurturing them more, would make more sense to most organisations. Are you an expert on choosing 16 year olds suitable for the trade? -- Adam |
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Are you an expert on choosing 16 year olds suitable for the trade? Sounds a bit dodgy... Bill |
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On 07/09/2013 17:46, ARW wrote:
GB wrote: On 07/09/2013 15:33, ARW wrote: And we will just get another three and start again. I find it hard to believe that it makes commercial sense to have such a high turnover. It takes time to train them, and even just having to process the payroll for them costs money. Selecting fewer, better ones, and nurturing them more, would make more sense to most organisations. Are you an expert on choosing 16 year olds suitable for the trade? Nope. Does your firm take all comers? If the firm is actually selecting the ones you moan about, maybe you should alter the selection process. Or motivate them more in some way? |
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"ARW" wrote in message ... GB wrote: On 07/09/2013 15:33, ARW wrote: And we will just get another three and start again. I find it hard to believe that it makes commercial sense to have such a high turnover. It takes time to train them, and even just having to process the payroll for them costs money. Selecting fewer, better ones, and nurturing them more, would make more sense to most organisations. Are you an expert on choosing 16 year olds suitable for the trade? Who interviews these kids? |
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"GB" wrote in message ... On 07/09/2013 17:46, ARW wrote: GB wrote: On 07/09/2013 15:33, ARW wrote: And we will just get another three and start again. I find it hard to believe that it makes commercial sense to have such a high turnover. It takes time to train them, and even just having to process the payroll for them costs money. Selecting fewer, better ones, and nurturing them more, would make more sense to most organisations. Are you an expert on choosing 16 year olds suitable for the trade? Nope. Does your firm take all comers? If the firm is actually selecting the ones you moan about, maybe you should alter the selection process. Or motivate them more in some way? It might be that these lads have heard how much a qualified sparky earns and get a shock (no pun) when they realise how much work (and how little pay) it takes to get there, get bored or disillusioned and can't be arsed. You can't tell most 16-year-olds that if they dedicate themselves & put up with the **** now, they'll be laughing at the end of it, most of them can't even see past lunchtime. |
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GB writes: On 07/09/2013 17:46, ARW wrote: GB wrote: On 07/09/2013 15:33, ARW wrote: And we will just get another three and start again. I find it hard to believe that it makes commercial sense to have such a high turnover. It takes time to train them, and even just having to process the payroll for them costs money. Selecting fewer, better ones, and nurturing them more, would make more sense to most organisations. Are you an expert on choosing 16 year olds suitable for the trade? Nope. Does your firm take all comers? If the firm is actually selecting the ones you moan about, maybe you should alter the selection process. Or motivate them more in some way? Jamie Oliver was recently saying it's very difficult to find students with a suitable work ethic. What sort of interview or vetting do you do before you accept them? What sort of qualifications do they need before they start? -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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writes In message , ARW writes Well the new apprentice does charity work. And not any old voluntary charity work - he has paid to take a course to be allowed to do this work. Does anyone else find this impressive? Most impressive. You sound as though you may actually like this one? An apprentice who joined in my year turned out to be a member of the Plymouth Brethren. He wasn't allowed to do anything *worldly*. Someone didn't ask enough questions. -- Tim Lamb |
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On Saturday, September 7, 2013 1:09:16 PM UTC+1, wrote:
Bill wrote: In message , ARW writes Well the new apprentice does charity work. And not any old voluntary charity work - he has paid to take a course to be allowed to do this work. Does anyone else find this impressive? Most impressive. You sound as though you may actually like this one? I prefer the one that can do funny impressions (both voice and mannerisms) of people just after meeting them. He did one of the headmistress at a school the other day - and halfway through the impression she appeared behind him from a classroom door and watched him. And he must be good because she was amused. -- Adam Have you heard the impressionists impression of yourself yet Adam? Remember to smile. |
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On 07/09/2013 17:46, ARW wrote: GB wrote: On 07/09/2013 15:33, ARW wrote: And we will just get another three and start again. I find it hard to believe that it makes commercial sense to have such a high turnover. It takes time to train them, and even just having to process the payroll for them costs money. Selecting fewer, better ones, and nurturing them more, would make more sense to most organisations. Are you an expert on choosing 16 year olds suitable for the trade? Nope. Does your firm take all comers? If the firm is actually selecting the ones you moan about, maybe you should alter the selection process. Or motivate them more in some way? Well one went because he chose his mobile phone over work, there is not a lot I can do about that. One left because he lost his driving license and could no longer get to work. Other than the mobile phone I had no issues with them Now the third one. I did not work much with him. But how do you motivate someone who deliberately does half a job, lies, refuses to do what you ask him and answers back. Well I got sick it so I grabbed him by the throat slammed him against a wall put my fist to his face and shouted "answer back to me once more and I'll smash your face in". Well that stopped the answering back but he still had no interest in the job so he was fired. You cannot force them to be interested. -- Adam |
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most of them can't even see past lunchtime.
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"ARW" wrote in message ... GB wrote: On 07/09/2013 15:33, ARW wrote: And we will just get another three and start again. I find it hard to believe that it makes commercial sense to have such a high turnover. It takes time to train them, and even just having to process the payroll for them costs money. Selecting fewer, better ones, and nurturing them more, would make more sense to most organisations. Are you an expert on choosing 16 year olds suitable for the trade? Why does one need to be an expert in something to be allowed to suggest, from anecdotal evidence, that someone else might be doing something wrong. There must be a way of filtering out some of the no-hopers here. People who aren't interested when they get the job usually aren't convincing when interviewed about why they want it (I accept that there are some false positives and negatives). tim |
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In article , GB writes: On 07/09/2013 17:46, ARW wrote: GB wrote: On 07/09/2013 15:33, ARW wrote: And we will just get another three and start again. I find it hard to believe that it makes commercial sense to have such a high turnover. It takes time to train them, and even just having to process the payroll for them costs money. Selecting fewer, better ones, and nurturing them more, would make more sense to most organisations. Are you an expert on choosing 16 year olds suitable for the trade? Nope. Does your firm take all comers? If the firm is actually selecting the ones you moan about, maybe you should alter the selection process. Or motivate them more in some way? Jamie Oliver was recently saying it's very difficult to find students with a suitable work ethic. What sort of interview or vetting do you do before you accept them? What sort of qualifications do they need before they start? Maths and English are normally a must. They are all pretty much the same at interview. 16 years old and wishing they were still in bed and that their Mother could take the interview for them. These are not the A* students you have to interview:-). You only find out what they are like when they start. The obvious rubbish can be spotted and rejected at interview but generally you are looking at clones. Remember the 35 year old apprentice? He passed all his exams but after a year on the tools he was no better than when he started. He could not be left on his own unless it was simple tasks and you were constantly covering old ground eg if he had not wired a timed fan up for 2 months then you would have to show him how to do it again. And there those that have already done a year at college, they seem to be the worst when it comes to work ethic. -- Adam |
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"Tim Lamb" wrote in message ... In message , Bill writes In message , ARW writes Well the new apprentice does charity work. And not any old voluntary charity work - he has paid to take a course to be allowed to do this work. Does anyone else find this impressive? Most impressive. You sound as though you may actually like this one? An apprentice who joined in my year turned out to be a member of the Plymouth Brethren. He wasn't allowed to do anything *worldly*. and what do you mean by that? Does it stop the person doing the job? Someone didn't ask enough questions. It's a question that if you did ask (and act upon the answer) could see you on the wrong end of a discrimination suit tim -- Tim Lamb |
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Tim Lamb wrote: An apprentice who joined in my year turned out to be a member of the Plymouth Brethren. He wasn't allowed to do anything *worldly*. Someone didn't ask enough questions. The Plymouth Brethren manage to fish on the high seas doing all the jobs on board (and on land) required for that. Their restrictions tend to be confined to what would be broadly called leisure activities. Since Adam seems to complain most about his 'lads' not concentrating on their work, is this a bad thing? It would be if you want a companion down the pub to talk about last night's TV, etc, I suppose. -- *Errors have been made. Others will be blamed. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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scribeth thus "Tim Lamb" wrote in message .. . In message , Bill writes In message , ARW writes Well the new apprentice does charity work. And not any old voluntary charity work - he has paid to take a course to be allowed to do this work. Does anyone else find this impressive? Most impressive. You sound as though you may actually like this one? An apprentice who joined in my year turned out to be a member of the Plymouth Brethren. He wasn't allowed to do anything *worldly*. and what do you mean by that? Does it stop the person doing the job? Someone didn't ask enough questions. It's a question that if you did ask (and act upon the answer) could see you on the wrong end of a discrimination suit tim -- Tim Lamb Place where we go sometimes has a young lady there who's miss industry herself, an excellent worker and just gets on with the job no problems at all. Her guv'nor speaks very highly of her and can't praise her enough. But don't expect her to join in with any outside work activities she just won't do that at all .. Shes in the witnesses .. -- Tony Sayer |
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On 08/09/13 10:16, stuart noble wrote:
most of them can't even see past lunchtime. That's it in a nutshell Those who are interested should google 'time-span of discretion' Essentially how far ahead people think or can be trusted to think, in terms of theoractions and decisions. Interestingly., people who routinely lie have very short time spans of discretion. They are not concerned about anything beyond the moment, and getting through it. -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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On 08/09/13 10:25, tim..... wrote:
"ARW" wrote in message ... GB wrote: On 07/09/2013 15:33, ARW wrote: And we will just get another three and start again. I find it hard to believe that it makes commercial sense to have such a high turnover. It takes time to train them, and even just having to process the payroll for them costs money. Selecting fewer, better ones, and nurturing them more, would make more sense to most organisations. Are you an expert on choosing 16 year olds suitable for the trade? Why does one need to be an expert in something to be allowed to suggest, from anecdotal evidence, that someone else might be doing something wrong. There must be a way of filtering out some of the no-hopers here. very hard. Most of them do it because they can get a bit more benefit f it looks like they are trying to get work. People who aren't interested when they get the job usually aren't convincing when interviewed about why they want it (I accept that there are some false positives and negatives). tim -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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On 09/08/2013 12:48 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
There must be a way of filtering out some of the no-hopers here. very hard. Most of them do it because they can get a bit more benefit f it looks like they are trying to get work. Why not ask them some simple questions about electricity, wiring, use of tools etc. If they had any genuine interest, they would have surely turned their hands to something along those lines. If they know nothing, I wouldn't give them the time of day because it's just a waste on time and money. As for the phone contract, that should also be explained and accepted during the interview. But the bottom line is that they're raised on a diet of entitlement and not responsibility but addressing that is like trying to turn the Titanic. Andy C |
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On 2013-09-07, ARW wrote: Well the new apprentice does charity work. And not any old voluntary charity work - he has paid to take a course to be allowed to do this work. Does anyone else find this impressive? Yes. Keep him. He might be qualified, but he has not actually done any charity work yet. He relies on call outs to use his skills and he has not had a call out yet. Still it's good to know that if needed he will be there. -- Adam |
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On 09/08/2013 12:48 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote: There must be a way of filtering out some of the no-hopers here. very hard. Most of them do it because they can get a bit more benefit f it looks like they are trying to get work. Why not ask them some simple questions about electricity, wiring, use of tools etc. If they had any genuine interest, they would have surely turned their hands to something along those lines. If they know nothing, I wouldn't give them the time of day because it's just a waste on time and money. As for the phone contract, that should also be explained and accepted during the interview. But the bottom line is that they're raised on a diet of entitlement and not responsibility but addressing that is like trying to turn the Titanic. I probably have not made clear how many are ****ed off at the interview stage. Turning up with trousers hanging down their arse, hands in pockets, slouching and absolutely nothing to say. One of them burst into tears when asked why he wanted to become an electrician. FFS what chance did he have?. Now the mobile phone contract is new, this one already worked for us when it was brought in and he refused to sign it. Other than that he was a good worker and learner, but he is paid to do 8 hours work a day not 6 hours work and 2 hours ****ing about on facebook. -- Adam |
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"ARW" wrote in message ... Andy Cap wrote: On 09/08/2013 12:48 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote: There must be a way of filtering out some of the no-hopers here. very hard. Most of them do it because they can get a bit more benefit f it looks like they are trying to get work. Why not ask them some simple questions about electricity, wiring, use of tools etc. If they had any genuine interest, they would have surely turned their hands to something along those lines. If they know nothing, I wouldn't give them the time of day because it's just a waste on time and money. As for the phone contract, that should also be explained and accepted during the interview. But the bottom line is that they're raised on a diet of entitlement and not responsibility but addressing that is like trying to turn the Titanic. I probably have not made clear how many are ****ed off at the interview stage. Turning up with trousers hanging down their arse, hands in pockets, slouching and absolutely nothing to say. One of them burst into tears when asked why he wanted to become an electrician. FFS what chance did he have?. Now the mobile phone contract is new, this one already worked for us when it was brought in and he refused to sign it. Other than that he was a good worker and learner, but he is paid to do 8 hours work a day not 6 hours work and 2 hours ****ing about on facebook. Hmmmm, when I got my first job as an apprentice I would probably have floundered if asked why I wanted to become a heating engineer. Who interviews them Adam? Somebody hands on or somebody sat all day in the office? |
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On 08/09/2013 09:48, ARW wrote:
Now the third one. I did not work much with him. But how do you motivate someone who deliberately does half a job Bonus for doing the job right, even if that's just you digging into your pocket to buy him a Mars bar? Or even just praise for doing well? It does sound like you (maybe the whole firm) haven't got the hang of how to deal with these kids. , lies Maybe because you are down on him like a ton of bricks every time he makes a mistake? , refuses to do what you ask him I have given up having staff, as they never did what I wanted. It turns out that I was lousy at managing staff and giving clear instructions .... and answers back. Ohmigod! Never! What's the point, anyway, as you probably don't listen? Well I got sick it so I grabbed him by the throat slammed him against a wall put my fist to his face and shouted "answer back to me once more and I'll smash your face in". I'm quite surprised that he didn't get his phone out and dial 999. Well that stopped the answering back but he still had no interest in the job so he was fired. You cannot force them to be interested. No, you can't make them interested. Well, you can't. Other people might be able to. |
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On 08/09/2013 14:33, Mr Pounder wrote:
Hmmmm, when I got my first job as an apprentice I would probably have floundered if asked why I wanted to become a heating engineer. Who interviews them Adam? Somebody hands on or somebody sat all day in the office? It's a daft question, really. Some jobs are a vocation - missionary, teacher, doctor, etc. But nobody has a vocation to be an electrician. It's just a way to earn a living that's quite interesting and involves a mixture of mental and manual skills. |
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Well I got sick it so I grabbed him by the throat slammed him against a wall put my fist to his face and shouted "answer back to me once more and I'll smash your face in". Probably .. If someone else or more then the someone else had tried to drum a few things into him when he was younger then you wouldn't have to be doing that now;!... I'm quite surprised that he didn't get his phone out and dial 999. Well that stopped the answering back but he still had no interest in the job so he was fired. You cannot force them to be interested. No, you can't make them interested. Well, you can't. Other people might be able to. Well from what I've seen of young people I can see where Adam is coming from. There're not all spoilt poorly bought up and unmotivated 'tho a lot are sadly .. they have sod all idea of what its like being out at work and having to get of their arses and earn their own money... -- Tony Sayer |
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On 08/09/2013 14:38, GB wrote:
On 08/09/2013 09:48, ARW wrote: Now the third one. I did not work much with him. But how do you motivate someone who deliberately does half a job Bonus for doing the job right, even if that's just you digging into your pocket to buy him a Mars bar? Or even just praise for doing well? It does sound like you (maybe the whole firm) haven't got the hang of how to deal with these kids. , lies Maybe because you are down on him like a ton of bricks every time he makes a mistake? , refuses to do what you ask him I have given up having staff, as they never did what I wanted. It turns out that I was lousy at managing staff and giving clear instructions .... and answers back. Ohmigod! Never! What's the point, anyway, as you probably don't listen? Well I got sick it so I grabbed him by the throat slammed him against a wall put my fist to his face and shouted "answer back to me once more and I'll smash your face in". I'm quite surprised that he didn't get his phone out and dial 999. Well that stopped the answering back but he still had no interest in the job so he was fired. You cannot force them to be interested. No, you can't make them interested. Well, you can't. Other people might be able to. Can't believe what I'm hearing. These kids certainly *look* like a waste of space, but to have it verified from the coal face is a little disturbing. I wonder if they know how close they are to the scrap heap, which won't be much fun in 10 years time. Perhaps they'll be penned in on reservations, along with anyone else society doesn't need. |
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GB wrote: On 08/09/2013 14:33, Mr Pounder wrote: Hmmmm, when I got my first job as an apprentice I would probably have floundered if asked why I wanted to become a heating engineer. Who interviews them Adam? Somebody hands on or somebody sat all day in the office? It's a daft question, really. Some jobs are a vocation - missionary, teacher, doctor, etc. But nobody has a vocation to be an electrician. No wonder manual skills are so much looked down on in the UK. It's just a way to earn a living that's quite interesting and involves a mixture of mental and manual skills. Plenty of teachers just fall into the job because it's one they think they understand - after all everyone goes to school. That, and the short hours, holidays and pension. -- *He who laughs last has just realised the joke. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Sun, 08 Sep 2013 11:53:41 +0100, tony sayer wrote:
Place where we go sometimes has a young lady there who's miss industry herself, an excellent worker and just gets on with the job no problems at all. Her guv'nor speaks very highly of her and can't praise her enough. But don't expect her to join in with any outside work activities she just won't do that at all .. Shes in the witnesses .. When I've wanted building work done that's outside my area of ability/ time, I try to get one local building firm (but they're very booked up). All Witnesses. -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org My posts (including this one) are my copyright and if @diy_forums on Twitter wish to tweet them they can pay me £30 a post *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On Sun, 08 Sep 2013 15:08:03 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Plenty of teachers just fall into the job because it's one they think they understand - after all everyone goes to school. That, and the short hours, holidays and pension. I'm not sure what short hours they would be. -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org My posts (including this one) are my copyright and if @diy_forums on Twitter wish to tweet them they can pay me £30 a post *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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Bob Eager wrote: On Sun, 08 Sep 2013 15:08:03 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: Plenty of teachers just fall into the job because it's one they think they understand - after all everyone goes to school. That, and the short hours, holidays and pension. I'm not sure what short hours they would be. The myth that all teachers work many hours in excess of actual teaching ones is just that, -- *The longest recorded flightof a chicken is thirteen seconds * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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