Tomorrow is my last full day at the office.

[SirKit Breaker]

Well the end is nigh, and thankfully I have cut my last 3 back boxes ever into engineering bricks today. Tomorrow is a nice steady day helping mate fit a shop out, Thursday off, then Friday Morning finish off what I started today,Friday afternoon golf, then its all over. Its a bit of an ordeal carting most of the contents of what was in my van into the back of a Mondeo Hatchback even with the seats down. I will be honest i will miss the freedom, the crack onsite, and i will miss most giving piumbers and plasterers a good crack with the Insulation resistance tester.

I wont miss, brick dust, rock wool, roof spaces, crawling under floors, chasing money, working in the cold, being up till all hours doing paperwork, paying £500 a year to Elecsa, and cigarettes.

Weekend on the beer, then off to work i go........That sounds really strange, not had to go to work for ages, just roll out of bed and I am there.

Cheers............Howard

 

[cbw]

Good bloomin luck with the new job!

Understand 100%!

 

[brucelee]

Good luck mate sounds like you deserve the easy life

but your not a real worker if you wear shirt and pants then your just a pen pusher hehe

all the best with the new job mate hope all goes well for ya

 

[SirKit Breaker]

Good luck mate sounds like you deserve the easy life

but your not a real worker if you wear shirt and pants then your just a pen pusher hehe

all the best with the new job mate hope all goes well for ya

Nobody told me that i had to anything as strenuous as pushing a pen! i was told that the hardest thing i would have to do was hold a pen. Will i really have to do so much? I am worried now

 

[Paul.M]

You'll be bored after 3 weeks and you will be doing jobs on the side at weekends . All the best Howard, I'm sure you will be a great teacher.

 

[brucelee]

Howard so are you going to be teaching well thats a diffrent matter you wont even have to hold the pen just get the students to do so what may i ask are you teaching floristry or something similar

 

[Paul.M]

No Bruce he is doing the AM2 so he will concentrate his megger on the students instead of the plumbers.

 

[brucelee]

nice just what they need lol Hope they dont gang up on him and megger him back lol

 

[Paul.M]

nice just what they need lol Hope they dont gang up on him and megger him back lol

I'm sure that Howard can handle himself against a room full of spotty teenagers.

 

[brucelee]

yeah sure he can lol

Am2 what does that involve I know its something to do with testing but do you have to create a rig then test it??

 

[Paul.M]

I think its the equivalent of a level 2-3 practical for young adults that are unable to complete a nvq3 due to their own experience.

 

[brucelee]

cheers mate heard it mentioned a few times just hoping thats not another cost i need to undertake

 

[brucelee]

GOOD LUCK HOWARD with the students lol had to do it as its my 2000th post

 

[johnboy6083]

I think that we need more experienced lecturers in our industry. Howard sounds like just the bloke. In my opinion there's a massive difference between droning on and actually being enthusiastic, and inspiring the next generation of electricians. Good luck mate, and give it your best.

 

[brucelee]

yeah whoever howard will teach will benefit greatly from his experience wish he had been one of my tutors insted of the idiot i had who just kept spieling reg numbers so we would all have to jump to that reg and read rapidly beofre he was spouting the next one out

 

[SirKit Breaker]

Howard so are you going to be teaching well thats a diffrent matter you wont even have to hold the pen just get the students to do so what may i ask are you teaching floristry or something similar

after reading some of the posts on here from apprentices and the like, i think i will start by showing them how to drive a sweeping brush, and the secrets to making good tea and coffee.

Cheers..........Howard

 

[Johnny-G]

Good luck with your new direction mate

 

[alarm man]

first lesson,dangers of electricity..

 

[Paul.M]

after reading some of the posts on here from apprentices and the like, i think i will start by showing them how to drive a sweeping brush, and the secrets to making good tea and coffee.Cheers..........Howard

At that 'learning center' (and I use that term very loosely) that you attended for your 2391, I saw some lads doing their AM2. I was shocked at the level of their competence. Not a single clipped cable was straight or sockets, t+e cable twisted and then clipped, holes big enough to put your fingers in on the c/u, loads and loads of things that would never pass a DIYers level and these lads are working for housing association companies! Just like others have said already, thank god you are teaching this and these lads can become a better tradesmen.

 

[Spudnik]

How was your last day then Howard?