Re: How does one find employees, including trainees?

["Bob Worthy" <securinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Michelle" <newsgrps_REMOVE_@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:AdYhg.27013$S61.24759@xxxxxxxxxxx
> I was lucky as an electrician. Although I had wide varying experiences,
> whenever "finer" tasks came up that required "neatness" my bosses
> usually asked me to do them. Construction sites are definitely the worse
> though for harassment.
>
>
> What is systems integration?

Simply put, taking combinations of different systems, ie, CCTV, Access
control, security, energy management systems, lighting control etc,
networking them together so they act as one large system working together
and usually controlled through computer software. Home automation is another
name for the same in the resi market.
>
>
>
> Bob Worthy wrote:
> > "Michelle" <newsgrps_REMOVE_@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:gGXhg.27010$S61.25838@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> The reason I haven't gone into it as a full time career, is because I'm
> >> female and and I didn't know how well it would work having me wander
> >> into unknown customers homes... but then again maybe I am just a bit
> >> cautious. On the commercial side, I'd have no problems.
> >
> > Being cautious is smart, but that is with anything. I have employed
female
> > techs in the past. It is not uncommon, anymore, to see females in the
> > trades. If you worked on construction sites as an electrician, you would
> > have been in a far more sexually discriminatory atmosphere than any
alarm
> > job. In *most* residential installations, you are dealing with the lady
of
> > the house anyway. If there were to be any question, the employer should
team
> > you up with a working partner anyway. Systems Intergration maybe an area
> > that would suit you and your comfort level. Pays well too.
> >
> >> Bob Worthy wrote:
> >>> "Michelle" <newsgrps_REMOVE_@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>> news:4aXhg.26922$S61.20478@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> What kind of hourly rate can a competent security technician earn
these
> >>>> days?
> >>>>
> >>>> I always got the impression, they don't earn much.  ( < 35K/yr)
> >>> What part of the country are you from or are outside the US?
> >>>
> >>> Installers make more than 35K. Some piece workers can make up to
70-80K
> > if
> >>> there is enough building going on and they are willing to work alot of
> >>> hours. A "Competent" service technician, for burg, on a 40 hour week
can
> >>> earn around 50k with benefits. A fire technician will probably earn
> > more.
> >>>>
> >>>> cs_posting@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>>>> Tommy wrote:
> >>>>>> I don't see it as confusion, i just feel that if you are using a
> > meter
> >>>>>> to find resistance, you are instinctively using the formula. but
then
> >>>>>> maybe i am equating memorization with understanding.
> >>>>> No - for starters you have to know TWO variables before you can use
> > the
> >>>>> formula.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> And for finishers, you have to need to know the remaining third.  If
> >>>>> what you need to know is right there on the meter display, you
aren't
> >>>>> using the formula.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If you want to know the current, and you read the resistance and
know
> >>>>> the voltage, then you are using ohms law.  But most people would
> > simply
> >>>>> measure the current, unless it would be difficult to do so.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If you look at the meter, see 2 ohms, and decide that given the
length
> >>>>> of the wire runs that's reasonable - YOU ARE NOT USING OHMS LAW.
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >
> >