I'd think one of the biggest things is ability to avoid issues like stuck head or whatever and ability to resolve issues on the fly.
Around here (dont know about drilling) skilled equipment operators are hard to come by. Tons of operators, but not talented. I like watching skilled excavators operate the claw like it's their hand. On Fri, Oct 30, 2020, 9:20 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > How long does it take to train a fully competent drill operator or fiber > splicer? > > > > And what is the difference between competency levels? More miles per day > or splices per hour? Or are we talking broken drill rods and bad splices? > > > > Not trying to make a point, just asking. > > > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Friday, October 30, 2020 9:11 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT compensation > > > > Not around here. Good operators start at $19 if they are lucky. If > someone walks in the door with all of these skills we will pay them $20 or > $21 to start. But we will never see that person walk in. They are already > working somewhere else for more. This is just list showing the zeros that > we hire how they can make more money. Obviously learning is involved. How > else to incent them? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Oct 30, 2020, at 7:15 AM, Chris Fabien <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Chuck, I like your idea but I think the pay for each category is too low > for some of them. A competent drill operator or splicer should be worth > much more than $16/hr. Likewise a guy that can literally do any job in the > company is probably a $30/hr guy not $20/hr. > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 7:16 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I am considering telling all new interviewees that we start at $15/hour > but they can make more quickly according to this schedule. And we also do > COLA and Merit increases every 6 months. > > > > Love to have feedback on this idea. > > > > Please note my new email address: [email protected] > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
-- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
