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Re: How does one find employees, including trainees?
Agreed. I do the hiring, and any one who wants on the list needs to
know some basic electronics or be teachable, and have decent mechanical
skills.
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JoeRaisin wrote:
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> Tommy wrote:
> > Why would knowing ohm's law make one overqualified? that sounds
> > like a comment from an unnamed (RLB) person who already says that
> > alarm installtion can be done by "trained monkeys."
>
> Absolutely not. I have worked with some guys who were not much
> better than monkeys and they couldn't install worth a damn.
>
> Perhaps I overstated when I made the "overqualified" remark. I know
> Ohm's law, however I have never calculated anything out on paper to
> troubleshoot an alarm system. Therefore I can understand folks
> saying that one need not know it.
>
> Would I hire someone who didn't at least know what it was? No.
>
> Ohm's law is such a basic aspect of electronics that someone who
> doesn't know it doesn't know enough about electronics to work with
> alarms (IMHO).
>
> But unfortunately interviewing and hiring techs is not in my job
> description.
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