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| Thread ID: 22205 | 2002-07-14 10:16:00 | off topic- what did you think of ........ | tweak'e (174) | Press F1 |
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| 62450 | 2002-07-15 10:25:00 | don't talk to me about apprenticeships (lack of) X-( | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 62451 | 2002-07-15 11:20:00 | Hi Terry Graduate Electrical Engineers were and still are exempt from registration, as were Registered Engineering Associates, now abolished more or less. Alan Martin's issues were commercially driven. He didn't want to pay the Award rates or comply with award conditions. To be fair, he did pay well in dollar terms. It was only necessary to go through an apprenticeship if starting from scratch. When colour TV came to NZ in 1973 local companies (principally Tisco and DTR) brought in hundreds of English TV techs. Many were company trained (Granada, Rediffusion etc if I recall correctly) and few had any formal training as we would recognise. They were all granted provisional registration on arrival, submitted their work history and references for a "Ruling on Experience" and were granted full Registration as Radio-Electronic Servicemen on completion of the Regulations, Practical and first aid tests. Yes, first aid was necessary even then. Few electricians migrated in that way, but all had the same options available. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 62452 | 2002-07-15 12:23:00 | I posted, in another thread, about the sloppiness of general service in NZ today. Watching target shows you about 95% of the time, serviceman or tradesman performing a lously job and / or overcharging for it. It's not just electricians. I also find it hard to believe that Target do not weed out the bad. It's just too much of a coincidence to me that 95% of the people they show doing a job, do it poorly, and the other 5% only do it barely adequately. After all, the program viewers like watching stuff like builders rifiling through customers' draws, electricians zapping themselves, and plumbers sniffing the bed.... It's the entertainment factor that sells a show - not information. |
Elwin Way (229) | ||
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