Caravan Quality Control today is a disgrace!

[Dustydog]

I came across this video today.
What do you think?

View: https://youtu.be/KvvTAOXIk1I

 

[toad a caravan]

Umm,sign of the times,overpaid management with to many perks,skilled persons not treated with respect for their skills and regarded as a necessary evil,high production levels without an effective Quality control,plus the intake of youngsters being correctly trained it's a case of if you can't do the job teach

 

[toad a caravan]

How do you train for experience especially handed down experience?

 

[Jcloughie]

Umm,sign of the times,overpaid management with to many perks,skilled persons not treated with respect for their skills and regarded as a necessary evil,high production levels without an effective Quality control,plus the intake of youngsters being correctly trained it's a case of if you can't do the job teach

Yet I became a teacher because I could do the job.

John

 

[PTA]

Umm,sign of the times,overpaid management with to many perks,skilled persons not treated with respect for their skills and regarded as a necessary evil,high production levels without an effective Quality control,plus the intake of youngsters being correctly trained it's a case of if you can't do the job teach

I went into teaching, became a headteacher and then Schools Inspector because I WANTED to.... and worked hard to get the necessary qualifications.
it really is time that insulting cliche was abandoned.
A week teaching in any classroom would soon cure people of that silly prejudice.

 

[otherclive]

I went into teaching, became a headteacher and then Schools Inspector because I WANTED to.... and worked hard to get the necessary qualifications.
it really is time that insulting cliche was abandoned.
A week teaching in any classroom would soon cure people of that silly prejudice.

Fully agree, I had some amazing teachers both at school and college. In particular two come to mind. One a grammar school provided extra tuition work in my fifth year ( GCE) in maths. Up until then I hadn’t passed a maths exam, but managed a bare pass at O level thanks to the extra effort by the teacher. Four years later I took my ONC Engineering exams. As the results came out I received a call from the Mechanical,Engineering lecturer to get over to Loughborough to talk with him. Oh crikey I thought have I blown it. But he commended me on my results, which were outstanding, and told me no need to do an HNC, or HND, just go for university clearing if I wanted to. I followed his advice and that set me off on my career as a professional engineer. So teachers DO play a key role in their students development.

 

[Sam Vimes]

Slight Fred Drift.

During a quiet time when, as a consultant work dried up a bit, I did some teaching of Digital Photography at a local private school.

Never again... Doing just a couple of hours a week to kids who weren't the least bit interested and with bad behaviour stressed me out.

My daughter is a TA for special needs children. Many tales of woe from her, not really about the children but the whole SEND issues. At least 50% of staff at her school are off sick due to stress, which just stresses out those that have to cover.

My hat goes off to any teacher these days.

 

[toad a caravan]

I respect the input from the teaching community it is a pity that there aren't more dedicated professionals taking up the profession to alleviate the problems various trades e.g plumbers,bricklayers, electricians,joiners roofers, engineers etc are undergoing due to difficulty in employing staff.I wouldn't have obtained my qualifications but for the time and knowledge afforded me by my tutors.

 

[winelove]

Yet I became a teacher because I could do the job.

John

There are not enough teachers and they're not paid enough. Education is important. My neighbour said the same thing "those who can do, those who can't teach" but he's been a photographer most of his life and he now teaches it occasionally 😏

 

[GaryB]

Umm,sign of the times,overpaid management with to many perks,skilled persons not treated with respect for their skills and regarded as a necessary evil,high production levels without an effective Quality control,plus the intake of youngsters being correctly trained it's a case of if you can't do the job teach

Not in my experience (admittedly NOT the caravan industry). My role is as Technical and Training Manager, the training part involves teaching folks how to install and joint High Voltage cables. In my industry the installers are commanding 6 figure salaries (way more than any Manager), while I have no problem with that, there are some on those salaries that are lazy, arrogant and have the worst attitudes I've ever seen.

My wife is a Teaching Assistant at the local primary school and the aggro she has to put up with is unreal, some of those kids (sadly) are unteachable in todays environment.

 

[Jcloughie]

I started teaching in 1982. In the Skiillcentre network teaching qualifications were not a requirement, new entrants were trained in the appropriate methods. There were many applicants, the pass rate was low. I had to do a 2 hour written exam, then a panel interview with about 6 people firing questions, but the main thing was an 8 hour practical exam.

I was then interviewed again at my chosen centre when a vacancy became available.

Initial training was a 2 week residential at Letchworth, (Known as the Letchworth treatment). followed by a third week in “how to be a Civil Servant’. They trained people from all over the world. And from UK industry. Most of my group were like me, assigned to a Skillcentre, but we also had one from Land Rover.

It was intense and highly informative. Then followed 6 months probation then a further week advanced training. It was very pleasant teaching self motivated students and we had a 6 month waiting list.

I chose to do a City and Guilds teaching course for my own satisfaction.

I later moved to a local College 1987. Totally different with reluctant students with many personal problems and much motivation needed. Due to a change in the law, I then needed to attain a CertEd. So this meant a 2 years University course.

The management was dire. Staff were bullied by clueless directors. I was rebellious and fought back. The tried to sack me 3 times and I won my tribunals each time. After one, the chair of governors told me I was the reason behind the principal being sacked. I also think I was instrumental in another one loosing his job. I am not sorry for them. They were useless at their job and caused misery to so many.

Around 2002 we got new management. Female, after two years she moved to a bigger college and we got another female. Both were brilliant. And changed the college around for the better.

(Partly because they promoted me onto their management). At least that is my thinking.

To return to the topic. Good informative video. I had a couple of small reservations, but well done them. I am left wondering what the motivation of the makers, BritGrid, might be.

John

 

[winelove]

@Jcloughie - Some of my college lecturers are good, some are bad. The good ones seem to have decades of experience where as the bad ones just don't care and only want to pick up the pay cheque. Arthur said he thinks education quality in the UK has gone downhill over the last couple of decades. Not sure how true that is as I'm only 19 but I doubt I'll go to University after college. A lot of expense and I may just get bad lecturers or professors.

By the way I'm in Gloucester too.

Janine