Dont know if this is the correct section but here goes....
Addressed to Si and the users of our forum...
Today I posted bit of a long rabble about safety in the workplace and the home garage, etc in the topic section
All too often i meet people with the remains of a scar or second prize sustained in the working environment, etc.
I have noticed a lot of younger guys(or younger than me) coming onto the forum (basically through the type or content of some questions asked, etc) interested in the hobby and its great, it shows to me that the hobby IS alive, however you cannot buy the experience of people on here and how do we get that experience down on paper ?
The newbies are the future to sustain the history and all that surrounds British rodding, racing or whatever part of it floats yer boat, long may it continue, i hope some of the dinosaurs dont scare them away....
With this I think some of the skills which are handed through generations dwindle as times and career opportunities in our country (UK) change.
Nowadays the "hands on trades" are becoming minority in favour of the desk type jobs, result = skills shortage = attracting workers from elsewhere, wont go there.........
the younger team who used to find it easier paying people to modify their cars are now having a go themselves during recession times and coupled to the fact that tools are generally more available eg, basic welding set up for 150 quid, grinder for 30 quid, compressor for 150 quid, etc etc enough to get going, not counting what we can get from ebay...
So nowadays the possibility of self tuition is on the up. If someone shows someone else, maybe they are passing on the skills but not neccessarily the hazards associated with the activity.
Few people take notice the warnings on the side of the packet.....makes ye a poof......eh ????
Im wondering whether something like posting good basic safety information along side the tech features (some of which are superb) would be of any benefit.
What do you all think ?
Maybe the tech feature with a sub folder for the pitfalls to go with the perils.
I have access to a lot of info through my industry, how to lift correctly, how to change a cutting discs correctly, basic equipment checks amintenance advise, eye safety, etc etc
I dont want to load out a section amongst some good tips from professionals of a running feature (Big Yins Fly press for example), maybe a sub folder of the tech features ...how to and more importantly how NOT TO would be good.
I dont mind starting this off with what I have, for sure there are more experiences than mine.
Comments please ?? :wtf: or :hit:
Stuart
Addressed to Si and the users of our forum...
Today I posted bit of a long rabble about safety in the workplace and the home garage, etc in the topic section
All too often i meet people with the remains of a scar or second prize sustained in the working environment, etc.
I have noticed a lot of younger guys(or younger than me) coming onto the forum (basically through the type or content of some questions asked, etc) interested in the hobby and its great, it shows to me that the hobby IS alive, however you cannot buy the experience of people on here and how do we get that experience down on paper ?
The newbies are the future to sustain the history and all that surrounds British rodding, racing or whatever part of it floats yer boat, long may it continue, i hope some of the dinosaurs dont scare them away....
With this I think some of the skills which are handed through generations dwindle as times and career opportunities in our country (UK) change.
Nowadays the "hands on trades" are becoming minority in favour of the desk type jobs, result = skills shortage = attracting workers from elsewhere, wont go there.........
the younger team who used to find it easier paying people to modify their cars are now having a go themselves during recession times and coupled to the fact that tools are generally more available eg, basic welding set up for 150 quid, grinder for 30 quid, compressor for 150 quid, etc etc enough to get going, not counting what we can get from ebay...
So nowadays the possibility of self tuition is on the up. If someone shows someone else, maybe they are passing on the skills but not neccessarily the hazards associated with the activity.
Few people take notice the warnings on the side of the packet.....makes ye a poof......eh ????
Im wondering whether something like posting good basic safety information along side the tech features (some of which are superb) would be of any benefit.
What do you all think ?
Maybe the tech feature with a sub folder for the pitfalls to go with the perils.
I have access to a lot of info through my industry, how to lift correctly, how to change a cutting discs correctly, basic equipment checks amintenance advise, eye safety, etc etc
I dont want to load out a section amongst some good tips from professionals of a running feature (Big Yins Fly press for example), maybe a sub folder of the tech features ...how to and more importantly how NOT TO would be good.
I dont mind starting this off with what I have, for sure there are more experiences than mine.
Comments please ?? :wtf: or :hit:
Stuart