...The use of apprentices is good not only for your businesses but also for the industry as a whole. Entrepreneur Julie White tells her experience of employing them Times are tough in the construction industry, of that there is no doubt. The chancellor, in his autumn statement, has promised £5bn in infrastructure spending and I only hope that the money does not filter through but comes cascading through the system in order to get our industry moving again. When times are tight, everyone is looking at where they can cut back and save but it would be of huge detriment to our industry if the axe started to fall on apprenticeships. I am a massive believer in apprentices. Around 45% of my overall workforce has been through, or is currently going through, our apprenticeship scheme. I've even put myself through the scheme because I want to know what the guys go through on a day-to-day basis. The question is often put to me: why bother? People who ask this will say that apprenticeships are pointless because you end up spending money on training someone up and then they leave when you have invested a great deal of time and money into them. I have a couple of answers to that. Firstly, if every company takes that attitude where is the new blood going to come from in our industry? Don't get me wrong, I am not on a selfless quest, but I would much rather train an apprentice and lose them to the industry now and again, than to see the construction industry slowly eroded because we never...
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...Kevin McPheeters Instructor’ Choice Assignment Fall2012-ECO2023-Princ Economics II-372686 November 3, 2012 Plumbing In my current position, I have the chance to dabble in many of your typical industrial trades such as electrical work, carpentry, welding and plumbing. As much as I enjoy this type of work, my job requirements create limitations to my knowledge and experience. I work in a maintenance capacity; therefore it is helpful to know a little bit about a lot, as opposed to being experienced in exclusively one trade. All of the aforementioned trades are suffering a shortage of qualified employees, so the opportunity exists to get into any of them and succeed, career wise as well as monetarily. It just amounts to how hard one is willing to work on what are generally considered unglamorous trades. For the purpose of this assignment I am going to focus on opportunities in the plumbing trade. Plumbers are tradesmen that are generally qualified for a wide range of responsibilities, and also need some experience in other trades such as carpentry and welding. Plumbers can handle jobs as simple as one man unplugging a toilet all the way to an entire company dedicating its workforce to constructing a skyscraper. They can handle everything from plastic pipe and glue to cast iron pipes and a welding rig. If they are working on a house, they would need some carpentry skills for plumbing installation. Plumbers have an advantage over some of the other construction related trades...
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... 1. Describe Johnny's apprenticeship. /10 Johnny’s apprenticeship is training to become a silversmith/blacksmith. an apprenticeship is a trade that was taught by a skilled employer and you agree to work for a fixed period of time at low wages. Johnny works for Mr. Lapham for a fixed time and not much money, when he does his silver and blacksmithing. 2. Think of a company where you could be a valuable apprentice and create a job description for that position. Include the following: name of company /5 industry /5 duties and responsibilities of the apprentice /10 What qualities would the ideal apprentice posses? /10 The name of the company I would be a valuable apprentice at is the U.S. Government. This industry is an economic industry. The duties and responsibilities of this apprentice is to make laws, pass them and make money. They also express their opinions toward the designing of buildings. 3. If you were in a position to hire an individual proven to be hard working and intelligent, but he or she had a criminal record for theft, would you hire that person to work for you? Explain your thoughts. /10 If an individual that had a criminal record for theft wanted to work for me, I would not hire that individual. The reason behind my opinion about this, is because if he has a theft record then he could maybe steal some object from my company or work and I do not want that to happen. 4. Describe the meaning of workman's compensation in the 21st...
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...Olivia S. Legette Mr. Mortensen Carpentry 1 13 May 2014 Construction research paper: Carpentry The carpentry trade has been around since before 8000 B.C. This trade has more than developed since that time. From using chisels, and iron, to now using heavy equipment to build house, offices, any kind of structure of buildings. Carpenters are in high demand, without these skilled workers, the buildings wouldn’t be built. In this paper I will discuss the History, Compensation, Current demand, and the Qualifications for this trade. History Carpentry career is one of the oldest professions. Carpentry dates back to the early days of man using crude tools. Ancient Greeks showed the skills in carpentry through the temples that they have built to show reverence for their gods and goddesses. While in Asia, ancient Japanese also showed their skill in carpentry through the buildings they have constructed. These buildings dates back to 7th century and some of these buildings are still standing up to this day. We can trace the history of carpentry back to 8000 B.C. During this time, early people are using stone axes to construct their shelters. Several studies and researches showed that early Stone Age Europeans were building rectangular timber houses more than 100 feet long. Egyptians were already using copper woodworking tools as early as 4000 B.C. These copper made tools evolved into bronze tools used in 2000 B.C. Egyptians were very proficient in drilling, dovetailing, mitering...
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...If the old saying, ‘If I only knew then what I know now’ applied to anyone more than me I would be shocked. Here I am a thirty-three year old apprentice starting yet another career. I have had a long and hard road to get to where I am today, but I am very fortunate to be able to become an electrician. I know my success in local three rests upon my own shoulders, and I intend to take full advantage of my current situation as an apprentice. I know that my hard work and dedication to becoming a good electrician will pay off at the end of this apprenticeship. My success and failures are the reasons that have led me to join local three Although my back round is not in construction, I will be able to rely on certain traits that I have picked up and learned throughout the years to succeed in it. I started out by having odd jobs as a young man. When I became a Firefighter for New York City, I had to learn many skills like teamwork, being reliable, and thinking on your feet to preform my duties. I believe that these skills will prove to be very valuable in my success as an apprentice. Being a realiable worker is probably most bosses biggest concerns. If a boss can’t rely on you to get the job done, then your are no longer an assett to him and can become expendable. As an apprentice you have to show good skills in teamwork as your on the job training will have you work with multiple people. Your ablility to get along with your co-workers and bosses will only enhance your chances for...
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...Accounting 311 Company Project Part 1 – Company Survey 1. Industry of company surveyed: Landscape 2. Type of Managerial Accounting Used: Job Order: X Process Costing Other: Explain 3. List 3-5 of the most significant direct Materials from a cost basis: Vehicles/Trailers Equipment Fuel Repairs Deprecation 4. List 3-5 of the most significant direct Labor elements from a cost basis {list skill level – e.g. journeyman mechanic, apprentice painter, master carpenter, journeyman welder, etc, etc, etc.} Contract Labor Payroll Taxes Uniforms 5. How does the company decide whether a cost is direct or indirect? A direct cost is related to the job in which we are working at the time we incur the direct expense, then we allocate our other cost as overhead. 6. List 3-5 of the most significant Indirect Cost elements from a cost basis Supervisor Admin Office Supply Expenses 7. How many overhead rates does the company use? Single X Multiple 8. What is considered the cost driver (denominator) of the overhead rate(s)? List in the space provided: The cost driver for the company is direct labor hours 9. How often does the company revise its predetermined overhead rate? Annually 10. In 500 characters or less: Describe the company’s budgeting process; include: Does the company have a written strategic plan; how operating and planning budgets...
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...provided. This small business was established since September, 22, 2014. The owner of this business is a USBI (Universitas Siswa Bangsa Internasional) student named Gusti Agung Komang Jaya Putra. Agung got an idea to create this business because he sees good opportunity that he can manage. The opportunity here means there are lots of students especially for USBI students’ intake 2014 who need help to print, copy, and scan their school task. So base on these situations he tries to collect his money as his first capital to run the business. Fortunately on that time he got money with total Rp1.000.000 from Koperasi Siswa Bangsa also from his pocket about Rp200.000. After he consider if his first capital has been collected enough then he buy one printer and three pack of paper A4 as his equipment and supply. Although sound simple, but in fact Agung feel difficult run his business because he a students also so he cannot focus on his business only. Then he decides to give service only for printing and scanning, which the price for printing is Rp300 for each page and Rp2000 for the scan service. Furthermore, to make his printing business different with other competitors, he decide to available every time the costumers need his help and also his friend can send the data’s through his email so they can still print their data even they cannot come to his living room. Amazingly by this additional point Agung has good costumer’s relationship and for two month he can earn Rp600.000 for his business...
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...Josh Maynor Bradford vs Franklin American Literature, in its early period, had a great deal in common with the settlers of America in its beginnings. Authors and settlers alike both were teaming with new ideas and thoughts of change to this new world. Starting with the earliest authors, most wrote on the spiritual and divine way of life, but as the years passed more and more writers seemed to direct their focus toward logic and reason. William Bradford was a very influential writer in during the time of Early American Literature and maybe even perceived as the greatest in the early period despite his differences of style when compared to others writers such as Ben Franklin. Among the many successful writers of this period, these two historical figures played a major role in early American literature. Although both Franklin and Bradstreet were closely related when speaking of time periods, they were different when it came to views on certain topics, one of which including knowledge. William Bradford, who was a leader of early English settlers, was born in 1590. He, along with many others, wanted to leave the English church and be able to get to the new world where freedom of religion reigned. Bradford and countless others were now known as the Puritans and also known as “Separitists” for leaving “The Church”, as to say it was viewed to be the one and only right church to be a part of. These so called “Separitists”, didn’t like the views of the Church of England and...
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...product increases or decreases it will have an impact on the demand for complementary products, in this case resulting in lower sales of those products. In the example above the desired meal is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The elasticity in the price of peanut butter will force the consumer to spend more money and buy the peanut butter with its complementary products of jelly and bread. If the elasticity of the price increase is too great for the consumer and the consumer chooses to purchase tuna fish, jelly manufacturers will see reduced sales. Manufacturers and retailers must understand the relationship between their products and the complementary products of their product. Another example of complementary products is an ink jet printer and the ink cartridges (Living Economics, 2013). The...
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...Business Technology – How has it improved or not improved business needs Alicia N.Swann University of Phoenix TEC/401 – Human Factors in Technology Tynia Landry September 12, 2011 Abstract This research paper will discuss how the ever changing technology has or has not helped out the business needs within my company. The discussion will be on the computers, to printers, to ordering supplies, and even how employees sign in and out for payroll purposes. Business Technology – How has it improved or not improved business needs Computers The technology division at my place of employment is currently looking at ways to replace our current computers with energy efficient computers. In the past employees were asked to shut the computers down completely, however, that didn’t work for numerous reasons. The idea was brought up to replace our existing computers with energy efficient computers but still the computer must perform with high performance as the computers we currently have. As an administrative assistant it is sort of a benefit because assistants are the first line of employees who receive the newest or latest upgrades, however, it can also be a downfall. Many times with the new software it simply does not meet county expectations. When the expectations do not meet the standards it often times holds up the administrative work progress. This is due to the removal of the software that was installed, or the software didn’t work correctly, some computers we...
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...drives Exercise 2.2.1 If an organization has 30 users, each with his or her own PC, what is the comparative cost of buying a $120 printer for each user versus the cost of buying a single, higher-capacity $500 printer that can be used by the entire office? What is the drawback to having only a single printer? What is the cost of having two additional backup printers for the office compared to having individual printers? How many shared printers can be purchased and still be less expensive than individual printers? It would cost $3,900 if each user had their own printer V.S. buying a high capacity single printer for $500. On top of that if ink cartridges cost around $32.00 dollars apiece for each printer cartridge. It would cost a total of $960 for ink cartridges for all 30 printers. If a single printer was connected to a single workstation then it would be only tied to that workstation. No other users would be able to use printer connected to the workstation. The cost of having two backup printers would depend on what type of printers. There are two known types of printers one LaserJet or standard color ink printers. LaserJet printers can run around $500 each V.S. $120-$150 for a standard color printer. Still the cost of having two additional backup printers is less than having each workstation have their own. You can buy up to four printers costing $500 apiece and still come out money ahead. Even if you spent $100 dollars on LaserJet Refill ink cartridges you still would...
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...allows any application on any device to print to any connected printer, anytime and anywhere in a simple manner. If this fascinating product had been in the market 10 years back it would for sure have turned out to be revolutionary. * FEATURES: Generally, when one has to print a document or a file through his friends’ printer, he would either have to e-mail it to himself or install drivers compatible with their printer but Google Cloud Printer overcomes this issue along with many others: * Using GCP, home and work printers can be made available to you and anyone you choose, from the applications used in daily life. For instance, if I am in a coffee shop and my friend sent me important notes via email, I could easily print it through my home printer. * It works on multiple platforms i.e. it works on your phone, tablet, PC, and any other device you want to print from. The only required feature is a web connection, printer and a Google account. * Since GCP works over the web, one can easily print from the same room as their printer or in the other way round. * GCP also works with non-clouded printer aswell which is most commonly used these days.It provides access to over 1000 printers spread across . * From the Google Cloud Print management page, it only takes a single click to share printers that you own with trusted individuals. You can also track print jobs on your shared printers, and modify or revoke sharing rights at any time. * DISADVANTAGES...
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...demand for complementary products, in this case resulting in lower sales of those products. In the example above the desired meal is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The elasticity in the price of peanut butter will force the consumer to spend more money and buy the peanut butter with its complementary products of jelly and bread. If the elasticity of the price increase is too great for the consumer and the consumer chooses to purchase tuna fish, jelly manufacturers will see reduced sales. Manufacturers and retailers must understand the relationship between their products and the complementary products of their product. Another example of complementary products is an ink jet printer and the ink cartridges (Living Economics, 2013). The law of demand states that when the price of an inkjet printer falls, then...
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...Troubleshooting Computer Hardware In this worksheet, you must identify solutions to four separate computer printer problems. For each solution, you must prepare an answer of at least 150 -words within the Answer boxes. Part One: Wireless Printing Problem The computer will not connect to the printer wirelessly. Details Julie has just purchased a Canon® Pixma™ iP6220D inkjet printer for her house. She connected it to her laptop computer using her USB cable and it works fine; however, Julie regularly uses her laptop in different locations throughout the house, so using a USB cable for printing is not an option. She tried sending a document to the printer wirelessly, but it did not work. Questions 1) What type of wireless technology does the printer use? What optional part(s) do you need for the printer to make it work wirelessly? 2) Julie’s notebook does not support Bluetooth. Suggest a device that she can purchase that will use a USB port and allow her to connect to her printer wirelessly. Hint: Use the Web to find answers and solutions to these questions. Answer The wireless technology that the Canon Pixma iP6220D uses is Bluetooth 1.2. The optional part required to use the printer wirelessly is the Canon Bluetooth Unit BU-20 or BU-30. With the optional Bluetooth Unit connected to the computer through a USB port, Julie will be able to send files to the printer wirelessly. One device that Julie may purchase to enable Bluetooth connectivity on her laptop is an ASUS...
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...must identify solutions to four separate computer printer problems. For each solution, you must prepare an answer of at least 150 words within the boxes below. This assignment is due Week Three. ------------------------------------------------- Part One: Wireless Printing Problem | Printer will not print wirelessly. | Details | Julie has just purchased a Canon Pixma™ iP6220D inkjet printer for her house. She connected it to her laptop computer using her USB cable and it works fine; however, Julie regularly uses her laptop in different locations throughout the house, so using a USB cable for printing is not an option. She tried to send a document to the printer wirelessly, but it did not work. | Question | 1) What type of wireless technology does the printer use? What optional part(s) do you need for the printer to make it work wirelessly? 2) Julie’s notebook does not support Bluetooth® technology. Suggest a device that she can purchase that will use a USB port and allow her to connect to her printer wirelessly. Hint: Use the Internet to find answers and solutions to these questions. | Answer | | ------------------------------------------------- Part Two: Cleaning an HP LaserJet™ Printer Problem | LaserJet™ printouts are faded and show smeared toner. | Details | Users are complaining that the office HP LaserJet™ 5200 printer is showing signs of wear. Printouts are faded and...
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