All that stuff you mention was HNC level (at least, it was back in 1979).
Meanwhile, composition, spelling, grammar, punctuation and capitalisation was something us low-level drones learned in Primary School and the few years that followed.
Then I guess we were lucky in that there were proper engineering apprenticeships available.
Don't get me wrong, I am in no way "against" young folk. Quite the reverse, in fact. But the facts remain that everyone needs to go through the mill, walk before they can run ... and
learn from their mentors.
That was the great thing about apprenticeships, and I'm pleased to see such being offered at one or two NHS biomed departments.
As I've mentioned many time before, what I like to see can be summed up in a single word:- namely
attitude. Personally, I am able to forgive many a
snafu if the willingness (to learn, to improve, to be the best ... whatever) is there, regardless of what is claimed on fancy bits of paper.
The
real problem with having people around with degrees is that they're never going to be content with being a
mere hands-on technician, are they?
