What's your Most Painful Task day to day as an Electrician

[gwiz]

Hello,

Not the usual question probably posted in this sub-forum but I believe this could be beneficial for some of you as well as myself, maybe.

Anyways, I’m 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] year software engineer at Uni and next year I’ll be doing my third and final year project. For my final year project we have to find a given problem in any area and solve it using software.

Now as some of my friends are electricians by trade I thought it would be a lot easier to get feedback about potentially solvable problem, but as well as them I’d like to get feedback from other electricians.

My hats off to all of you in this industry as it seems way harder than anything I’ll ever have to put up with as a software engineer.

Would really like any input regarding the questions below and I'll be sure to follow up and keep everyone involved as a part of whatever may or may not result from this conversation. So here goes nothing (flame retardant suit on):

Can you walk me through a typical day for you?
What’s the most painful task you have day-to-day?
What takes up most of your time?
What are you currently doing that frustrates you?
What tasks are you doing that you believe can be made easier or less tedious?

Btw - I’ve tried contacting companies and not surprisingly I got little response.

 

[bigbaddave]

Forgeting to move my finger away from the snips...

 

[JoeDurky]

Capping nails + hammer + fingers = A bad day

 

[Guest55]

sy flex braiding is one sharp son of a bitch.
;-)

 

[SirKit Breaker]

Kneeling on carpet gripper when you have forgotten to put the knee pads in OUCH

 

[Heroicc]

ouch. had that a few times. another one is grips slipping on a gland nut and pinching my hand at the base of the thumb.

Why would you not used the correct sized spanners you incompetent buffoon !

 

[Marvo]

Why would you not used the correct sized spanners you incompetent buffoon !

A sterling first post Heroicc.:winkiss: Welcome to the forum.

 

[Heroicc]

A sterling first post Heroicc.:winkiss: Welcome to the forum.

Thanks mate.

 

[Liam12]

Screwing in a dry lining fixing with my cordless and forgetting they always catch my gloves and wrap my finger in... Il never learn.. Ouch

 

[Stroppy]

[Stroppy's -------- sitting]Made me wince just reading that

After I'd stopped crying I could see the funny side of it - it was like using a tiny space-hopper. Sadly there was no-one else around to laugh at my misfortune - I always prefer to get some comedy mileage out of my little accidents.

 

[KFH]

Spending most of the day preparing for and doing an annual part P assessment. I even had to tidy the office so that the assessor could get in. Not much left to notify under new rules unless you are in Wales.

 

[MarkieSparkie]

Why would you not used the correct sized spanners you incompetent buffoon !

A very brave post, Heroicc by name, Heroic my nature. Tin hat time! Trying to ingratiate yourself with the champion poster (Tel) like this will obviously pay dividends when you require advice in the future...

 

[telectrix]

A very brave post, Heroicc by name, Heroic my nature. Tin hat time! Trying to ingratiate yourself with the champion poster (Tel) like this will obviously pay dividends when you require advice in the future...

i like the lad's cheek. he should go far. north korea, perhaps.

 

[Heroicc]

i like the lad's cheek. he should go far. north korea, perhaps.

Purely banter

 

[trev]

Purely banter

Aye that was a canny film that. It was filmed in the North East you know

 

[moose]

LoL last time I had spanners I had a full set then they went missing, bought another set, Bloody stolen again, then, back to the old Buffon idea Squash your hand in some very nice plyers or Eagle Beaks, gave up buying tools now i use sticks and stones, LMAO so I need to squeeze this blood blister at some point...

 

[moose]

What’s the most painful task you have day-to-day? Am i getting payed enough for the rest of the jobs im doing now
What takes up most of your time? Paper Work< Test sheets etc
What are you currently doing that frustrates you? Drilling through Asbestos then thinking damn another life gone
What tasks are you doing that you believe can be made easier or less tedious? A pipe bending threading like the plumbers come on whats the crack

Nearly forgot to do test Paper did i pass...

 

[Phillcbr400]

I Wonder what sort of software will come of these legendary posts

 

[moospark]

I Wonder what sort of software will come of these legendary posts

a phsycological analysis in the workplace for health and safety one. We're all doomed.

 

[Andy78]

When you cut down a T+E with snips and accidentally cut the CPC into a point, then part the sheathing with your fingers and stab yourself on aforementioned sharp point in the thumb.

Or when you have had the carpet up, go to stand up and put your palm down on the carpet gripper.

Or general hammering of thumbs.

Or rolling off a large drum of hefty SWA, and the end comes off the wooden drum and smashes you in the nadgers. Come to think of it, I'm quite a clumsy bugger really !