30th August 2012, 09:03 PM
david.petts Wrote:On a practical note, I'd love to hear how people think University training can be *realistically* improved? What do you wish you'd learnt at University when you started your first commercial job? And perhaps more tendentiously, if Universities won't / can't provide extensive field training, who should? How might it work financially? CPD, training post etc etc?
Make everyone where hard hats, steelies and hi-viz all the time and make them stay out in all weathers. Have massive excavators driving about constantly so they get used to the noise and how to keep out of their way. Get a couple of people to come and moan and complain at them about how much it's costing or slowing things down. Basically take away much of their dignity and willingness to do the job. The ones that are still left after a few weeks will go a long way. Will university budgets stretch to plant hire?