[ICanHas]

But it's not just reading the manual. It's actually taking the time to understand what your reading. I grew up with a dad that taught me about basic electrical and basic mechanics. Plus I loved to mess with stuff when I was a kid and figure our how they worked.

I'm talking about stuff like "what is the blinking green light supposed to mean?"..

 

[maxster]

if you go on interview after interview ......it's not YOU that they don't take too???? it is the past guys they went thru that makes them gun shy hiring. just another guy looking for experience which is typical S O P in this industry.on a positive it is a trip for a young guy when the lead tech wants you all the time with him cause you work along,and show a true genuine interest in the field...they can tell the BS'r

 

[Nuclrchiller]

While on this subject, when I ask for a reading, and this typically applies to pressures and superheat readings, "Good" is NOT a reading. When I ask for a superheat, I expect a numeric value, not "good"

Sometimes I want to scream this one from the mountaintop! Especially when it happens on this site. And when I see it in a "pro" forum? Well, don't get me started...

 

[ICanHas]

While on this subject, when I ask for a reading, and this typically applies to pressures and superheat readings, "Good" is NOT a reading. When I ask for a superheat, I expect a numeric value, not "good"

What terminal number and wire color do I hook up the volt meter to read the super heat?
Huh, what in the world is a pee tee chart?

 

[btuhack]

on a positive it is a trip for a young guy when the lead tech wants you all the time with him cause you work along,and show a true genuine interest in the field...they can tell the BS'r

Yup, i worked for an outfit 10 years back where i was doing a lot of off hours work and needed a helper. I always snagged 1 particular guy and the SM jammed me up wanting for me to spread out the prime helper jobs to make his apprentices more rounded. The SM, who was never a qualified mechanic, couldn't connect the dots that off hours jobs required an apprentice that was smarter, had a truck full of tools, and plenty of parts.

That apprentice is now the SM and the old one is addicted to unemployment.

 

[jpsmith1cm]

Sometimes I want to scream this one from the mountaintop! Especially when it happens on this site. And when I see it in a "pro" forum? Well, don't get me started...

I absolutely exploded on a "senior" tech at my company about 4-5 years ago for this one.

Sent him on a call for a 10 ton split AC unit down. He called me from site, we talked a little about the troubles the unit had been having and hung up.

Store called back about 2 hours later, no cooling and the guy had just left.

Rather than call him and send him back, I went. I figured that I'd already "paid" him once to do the job, time to get it done right.

When I removed the cap on the suction service valve, the pressurized oil shot 18" out of the service valve. Want to tell me he'd hooked a gauge to it in the past couple hours? That was the only available suction port, too.


Next day, he kept repeating that the suction pressure was "good" It had been running in about a 10" vacuum because the belt was broken and the coil was iced up. :gah: :beat:

 

[John Culpepper]

He probably went home to wash the oil off.

 

[zw17]

Never talk bad about another tech, company, or customer no matter how horrible they are.

Let each of the above show their true colors without your assistance.



Never be afraid to stand up for yourself if faced with a dangerous situation. Your safety comes before any repair, job, or deadline.


Find your "niche" in this trade and make the most of it. Become a boiler guy, chiller guy, controls, RTU's, heat pumps, etc... Once your master one of more of those "niches" you will have a job for life.


Family first, always, no matter how important your job may seem there are others out there. You will only get one family and they are forever. (This especially applies to safety)

 

[mr_guy]

Never talk bad about another tech, company, or customer no matter how horrible they are.

Let each of the above show their true colors without your assistance.



Never be afraid to stand up for yourself if faced with a dangerous situation. Your safety comes before any repair, job, or deadline.


Find your "niche" in this trade and make the most of it. Become a boiler guy, chiller guy, controls, RTU's, heat pumps, etc... Once your master one of more of those "niches" you will have a job for life.


Family first, always, no matter how important your job may seem there are others out there. You will only get one family and they are forever. (This especially applies to safety)

It's sometimes very difficult to not talk about another tech, especially if you go to their callback and they're not available to explain what they did there already. I always give other guys the benefit of the doubt and say "s*** happens". You are 100% right about the safety part.

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[btuhack]

It's sometimes very difficult to not talk about another tech...

If it's actually worth discussing, it's the easiest thing to do if done fairly. Get everybody involved in the same room at the same time, speak frankly, and let the chips fall where they may. A constructive outcome and everybody walks away with their dignity still in tact.

If it's not worth discussing, don't, not even with a "s*** happens".
I look at it this way: Why should I agonize over trying to justify telling someone that they have an ugly baby.....it won't improve my life or theirs.

 

[mr_guy]

If it's actually worth discussing, it's the easiest thing to do if done fairly. Get everybody involved in the same room at the same time, speak frankly, and let the chips fall where they may. A constructive outcome and everybody walks away with their dignity still in tact.

If it's not worth discussing, don't, not even with a "s*** happens".
I look at it this way: Why should I agonize over trying to justify telling someone that they have an ugly baby.....it won't improve my life or theirs.

Words to live by

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