manual assessment at Jag/Land Rover

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Great news Minty, lets hope you don`t have to wait too long for a start date.

Got my manual assessment 3pm today--can`t wait

minty_fresh

Thanks buddy

And good luck

Cov_kid

Hi

I starting on Tuesday any advice and some info what I can expect. I do not why but i feel like I am going back to school and being the new kid.

minty_fresh

You have applied and been accepted for a job but don't know what to expect.

Plus it's your first day so I think they will take that into consideration

Cov_kid

I probably didn't explain that very well I understand that I am going to be working hard but also getting payed well for so that bye the bye. I menat what is the atmosphere like and apporacabilty of managers and what they think if come up with and idea to improve things not saying i am going to change the world but I come a back ground of C.I and like to think outside the box

Prothet_of_Doom

Cov_kid wrote: »

I probably didn't explain that very well I understand that I am going to be working hard but also getting payed well for so that bye the bye. I menat what is the atmosphere like and apporacabilty of managers and what they think if come up with and idea to improve things not saying i am going to change the world but I come a back ground of C.I and like to think outside the box

I so need to get back into automotive, as too long in aerospace.

My understanding based on working in the supply chain, making brakes, solenoids, turbos, switches etc, is that a) there might be a suggestion scheme, b) there might be a daily standup kaizen meeting, c) there will be an industrial engineer devoted to your bit of the process, d) as long as it's a well thought out idea, and not a whinge, your line manager will welcome it.

Remember that takt time and quality yeild are equally king, so if you make a time improvement in one bit, you need 1000 other people to make the same improvement to get more out, but make a quality improvement, so you reduce rework and mistakes, and you might save £1000's very quickly.

Prothet_of_Doom

Have to add that I've just priced myself out of a potential contract at MINI in Hams Hall because I quoted too high. .:mad:

(12 month ltd company contract as an Industrial Engineer)

RichardD1970

Cov_kid wrote: »

I probably didn't explain that very well I understand that I am going to be working hard but also getting payed well for so that bye the bye. I menat what is the atmosphere like and apporacabilty of managers and what they think if come up with and idea to improve things not saying i am going to change the world but I come a back ground of C.I and like to think outside the box

The culture for C.I. should be firmly entrenched, but obviously some areas will be more proactive than others.

Don't know if you will be going straight on jobs or if you will be starting on the two week Pera Training.

Either way you should eventually be put through the Pera training which leads to an "Intermediate Apprenticeship in Business Improvement Techniques" and requires you to submit at least 3 kaizens when you are out on the shop floor.

Having been in production manufacturing for 26 years, I have been on lots of this type of course and this is one of the better ones.

Cov_kid

I will be doing my 2 weeks training then put where I am told. Just wondering if its best to keep my ideas to myself as I am only temp or speak and hopefully get seen by the right people. I am aware that there will be people who get paid a lot of money to get the track as streamlined as possible but fresh eyes are always a good thing on RR processes

RichardD1970

As said, submitting (and having them implemented) 3 kaizens is necessary for completion of the Apprenticeship (think it's within 12 months so whilst you are still a temp with Manpower).

You will (eventually) have a Pera assessor come and visit you on the shop floor who will go through your kaizans and have a recorded "professional discussion" with you and observe you working.

I know people who have submitted over 20, some good some err...not so good .