Saturday, January 21, 2006

Field Training

I have come to the determination that some jobs need further training. I have been dealing with engineers, contractors and inspectors for months now, in all aspects of building, and it has become obvious that field training is vital. Just as a teen has to get a learners permit, I am beginning to think engineers and contractors should do a minimum of 2 years in the field, building what they design, before they can graduate in their field. How many times does a job have to be redrawn before it is right? Is this a prerequisite to make more money? Draw it wrong so we can charge for the redesign??? What a scam. As for inspectors, I am finding that while they hold a degree in their field, they either failed in their field, or they never worked in their field before becoming and inspector. While this is not true for all, I do find it applies to many. The kicker is, they don't know the job. They fail for all the wrong reasons and pass for even worse. Give me an old school builder every day of the week. These youngun don't know a truss from a tiebeam. What ever happened to trade schools and apprenticeships. We are seeing the quality of construction go down the drain and soon I fear all that we build will be second class. How to fix this????
any suggestions??