Posted by s.crum on June 13, 2009 at 04:47:49 from (4.156.231.68):
In Reply to: OT Mechanics posted by John B. on June 12, 2009 at 20:52:11:
I finished high school along with 3 years of tech school. I'm saddened everyday to hear of kids dropping out of high school, but agree there are a few valid reasons for doing so. I'm a shift supervisor that certainly does not have a college degree as a back up. I've seen literally dozens of "college educateds" come and go, many being "too good" for that kind of work, some being very good and moving up, and the rest you must wonder "how do they function"? I entered my current job with 14 years of shift management experience, that was after a half dozen job interveiws where I was told ' man we could really use your skills but without a degree we cannot use you'. My current plant manager hired me based on the 'hit the floor running' skills I had. He stated that a degree would be nice but somebody that can come on line in days rather than months or years is considerably more valuable. As far as mechanicin' I've seen a lot of wrench benders that didn't have the 'education' and $20,000 Snap-on tool box that I'd stake my life on. On the otherhand I've seen the opposite. I've had a new hired industrial electrican in a non-union shop stand there and tell me that lugging wires together in a motor box was a millright's responsability. You may wonder what an old school shift boss has to say to him right after said shift boss just helped muscle the 200 horse motor in to place and tie it down. I agree you have meatheads at all education levels, but I've seen just as many "educated mechanics" stand there and hammer a wheel on a car with a thundergun so tight it will never come off (or run true again) as I have dropouts. Most interveiwers toss out applications that don't have at least a GED listed on them these days.
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