Hello Everyone
I'll try and be concise and clear in my question.
How long would you say it takes to learn: all the ins & outs; tricks; CORRECT controls; secrets of handling & maneuvering; digging & demo and all the little tricks you learn with experience?
To clear up that questions I'll give a fast example: Tile Setting. In school we learn in one month how to install tile and spread cement on the floor. But when you are in the field there are millions of variables that you run into everyday and only experience can get you out of it. I know tile setters who've been doing it for 20 years who know all the tricks from lifetime of experience. And I know guys doing tiles for 5 years who just learned from on site experience and school but they can't solve problems and don't know how to do certain installs. They just know the general rules of thumb that everyone learns, 80% proficient you can say. Like I said there are tons of variables to learn like type of substrate and what type of cement to use for it (there are 20 different types of cement for different applications). Weather conditions, drying times,
amount of water, temperature of water, cleanliness of water, temp of substrate, size of cracks in substrate, moisture, how much a cement can build up before it cracks, modified or non modified for porous tiles, etc. Just tons and tons of variables in tiles, and if you don't learn them all you won't be able to solve problems that come your way so it takes many years to truly pick everything up and be a professional. Not to guess results and give it a whirl, but to really know the outcome of your actions.
I just want to know in excavating and demolition, are there tons of variables as well? Or it is pretty much common sense. I'm not saying it's easy to learn the controls,. What I'm saying after I take the 3 months of schooling and learn all the controls, are there still tons of little tricks and secrets that you learn along the way that they don't teach in school that only the old timers know because they've seen most strange circumstances and events unfold in front of them? Or is it pretty much basic, learn to control the machine and you're good to go.
My worry is if I commit to this occupation is it going to take me 10 years to learn all the tricks (I am super smart and learn super fast) but learning and running into new problems that you haven't encountered are 2 different things. Are the problems at the job site with excavators easy to deal with, it's common sense? Or does it require knowledge that you have to pick up from someone who has gone through it?
Thanks for your input in advance. This is coming from a person who is going to make a permanent career decision and wants to hear it from the source what they think.
I'll try and be concise and clear in my question.
How long would you say it takes to learn: all the ins & outs; tricks; CORRECT controls; secrets of handling & maneuvering; digging & demo and all the little tricks you learn with experience?
To clear up that questions I'll give a fast example: Tile Setting. In school we learn in one month how to install tile and spread cement on the floor. But when you are in the field there are millions of variables that you run into everyday and only experience can get you out of it. I know tile setters who've been doing it for 20 years who know all the tricks from lifetime of experience. And I know guys doing tiles for 5 years who just learned from on site experience and school but they can't solve problems and don't know how to do certain installs. They just know the general rules of thumb that everyone learns, 80% proficient you can say. Like I said there are tons of variables to learn like type of substrate and what type of cement to use for it (there are 20 different types of cement for different applications). Weather conditions, drying times,
amount of water, temperature of water, cleanliness of water, temp of substrate, size of cracks in substrate, moisture, how much a cement can build up before it cracks, modified or non modified for porous tiles, etc. Just tons and tons of variables in tiles, and if you don't learn them all you won't be able to solve problems that come your way so it takes many years to truly pick everything up and be a professional. Not to guess results and give it a whirl, but to really know the outcome of your actions.
I just want to know in excavating and demolition, are there tons of variables as well? Or it is pretty much common sense. I'm not saying it's easy to learn the controls,. What I'm saying after I take the 3 months of schooling and learn all the controls, are there still tons of little tricks and secrets that you learn along the way that they don't teach in school that only the old timers know because they've seen most strange circumstances and events unfold in front of them? Or is it pretty much basic, learn to control the machine and you're good to go.
My worry is if I commit to this occupation is it going to take me 10 years to learn all the tricks (I am super smart and learn super fast) but learning and running into new problems that you haven't encountered are 2 different things. Are the problems at the job site with excavators easy to deal with, it's common sense? Or does it require knowledge that you have to pick up from someone who has gone through it?
Thanks for your input in advance. This is coming from a person who is going to make a permanent career decision and wants to hear it from the source what they think.
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