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I used to be a driver trainer for a large trucking company. We got three types of applicant. Those that could learn, those that would never learn and the natural born driver. Machinists are the same way. A natural born machinist will far exceed any training he or she ever gets. Some can be trained every day till they retire and still not "get it" one who is trainable will get it after a few lessons and a few tries. Unfortunately there is no apprentice ships like there were back in my youth and my fathers time. He learned to print as an apprentice and so did I. It was tough but good. I also learned to be an auto mechanic as an apprentice. I bled a lot, I changed a lot of oil, but I learned and never messed up a car in 30 plus years working on em either. Just shows how a trade is being replaced by a button pusher and nothing more. There is no loyalty to the companies or from the companies to the employee any more. Hypertherm is one company who still does it the old fashioned way, and they have an average of 19 years across their employee pool. Speaks volumes doesn't it?
Bob
Bob