Grumpy, as a teacher for 34+ years I take exception to your comment. Every occupation has there 5-10%, but to lump everyone into the same boat is a disservice to the good ones out there. Maybe all the bad ones live near you.
As someone who worked as a service rep for a conpany for 40 years and have been to dozens of training classes i can tell you there are good instructors and bad instructors. The bad ones were either "ladder climbers" or diversity hires or equal opportunity hires. I went to a class once on a machine using 220v and the equal opportunity instructor had never worked on anything 220v. He didn't know a hot and frame gave you 110v. In another class a diversity hire instructor didn't know how to use feeler gauges or an inside micrometer and tried to show a bunch of old service reps how to use them. We laughed them out of the class. Got lots of these stories. Most classes had good instructors but some were idiots or just an ass hole.Grumpy, as a teacher for 34+ years I take exception to your comment. Every occupation has there 5-10%, but to lump everyone into the same boat is a disservice to the good ones out there. Maybe all the bad ones live near you.
Not always true.I retired,47 years of small engine repair.Still doing it from home.Would love to have someone to teach, to keep from going insane.Just hate that when i'm gone, all this knowledge is just ..poof.I heard a saying a long time ago.. "Those who can't do, teach"
Yes when I worked for a fortune 500 company they would send me to training classes after I done been in the field on my own for two-three years. I usually knew more than the instructors did by then as I had real field experience of doing the repairs. One class I didn't even pay attention and pass the written test at the end of the class with a grade of 98 out of 100 questions.As someone who worked as a service rep for a company for 40 years and have been to dozens of training classes i can tell you there are good instructors and bad instructors. The bad ones were either "ladder climbers" or diversity hires or equal opportunity hires. I went to a class once on a machine using 220v and the equal opportunity instructor had never worked on anything 220v. He didn't know a hot and frame gave you 110v. In another class a diversity hire instructor didn't know how to use feeler gauges or an inside micrometer and tried to show a bunch of old service reps how to use them. We laughed them out of the class. Got lots of these stories. Most classes had good instructors but some were idiots or just an ass hole.