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28-02-2021, 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Besoeker ->
Along time, ago one of my colleagues used to smoke a fag in in one hand and a pocked in the other. That avoided electrocution...........
Yes, I've heard of that.

The best way of electrocuting yourself is to hold an earthed item with one hand and touch a live wire with the other!
That's why electricians all walk around in rubber soled shoes with one hand in their pocket.
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01-03-2021, 12:03 AM
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It used to be canaries, then it was corgis, now its just safe, no animals involved anymore.
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01-03-2021, 04:41 PM
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When I was doing my degree in Rubber Technology, I ended up teaching our lecturer about modern tyre production practices because he was lecturing us on methods used in previous decades (mostly pre-WWII).
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01-03-2021, 09:14 PM
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When I was doing my degree in Rubber Technology, I ended up teaching our lecturer about modern tyre production practices because he was lecturing us on methods used in previous decades (mostly pre-WWII).
Not a very impressive lecturer!
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01-03-2021, 09:25 PM
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University used to be about education, not training. Sadly no longer.
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01-03-2021, 09:45 PM
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But not all that many fatalities. About 26 a year I believe. In the industrial sector where I worked I know of one fatality and one serious injury. That was in fifty years.
I totally agree with you. It could be a shocking experience for little Sparky!
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01-03-2021, 11:17 PM
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Yep, all he wanted to do was play his Magic Piano.
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02-03-2021, 10:09 AM
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Experience every time. I have come across so many University people with degrees that don't have a clue about the job. Example A female level 4 manager with BT walked into the stores with a bag of tools that were gas fitters tools so found in an enclosed area on the street. or another that walked across a grass verge and walked dogs mess into a persons carpeted hallway.

You have to know the job via hands on to be able to do it.
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02-03-2021, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by realspeed ->

You have to know the job via hands on to be able to do it.


But you also have to have head knowledge....so both are needed.
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Originally Posted by The Artful Todger ->
University used to be about education, not training. Sadly no longer.
Some courses have placements to do, for practical work experience. However when I did mine....they told me to chuck the books and learn the job properly! Its true....academics are so far removed from the field, their teachings can be a bit behind the times.
 
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