Getting a promotion

[DanielGemmell]

My uncle works at the same company as me as a contracts manager and I would someday like to have his job. I would find it helpful if any contract managers on this forum could tell me more (in detail) about the position.

Also can anyone tell me skills I could learn that would improve my chances of being kept in work

 

[johnboy6083]

Teaches them how to install metallic containment systems, it's something you don't forget in a hurry!!

it does, but i think that far too many blokes get given menial jobs that no-body else wants to do, not given jobs that will enhance their skills and knowledge. if n aprentice gets 6 months doing cable tray, 6 months pulling cables, then thatsa year of his aopprenticeship gone. only 3 more to go! i think that the jobs an apprentice goes to should be dictated by their needs if the situation allows.

 

[alarm man]

it does, but i think that far too many blokes get given menial jobs that no-body else wants to do, not given jobs that will enhance their skills and knowledge. if n aprentice gets 6 months doing cable tray, 6 months pulling cables, then thatsa year of his aopprenticeship gone. only 3 more to go! i think that the jobs an apprentice goes to should be dictated by their needs if the situation allows.

a years nothing,its all part of the apprenticeship,then learning how to pull cables into trunk and conduit,sounds easy,maybe one circuit at a time is but rack up those singles on a couple of pipe benders and pull in several circuits at the same time,takes time to master but once mastered save loads of time on a job,too many apprentices what to be testing by week 4,daft thing is loads of Electrical Trainee's would love a year doing trunk/tray/conduit,forget the term metal munching,its a skill that seems to be dying..imo ..

 

[UNG]

To be honest quite a chunk of my first year was brewing up and going to the paper shop, pie shop or chip shop all the usual gofer things that was all part of being a first year apprentice to actually get on the job and learn something was a bonus