Checking In

It's been a little bit since I posted but I'm extremely happy to say I am done with my motor control project. We handed them in yesterday and every time I got next to the computer that thing was just staring me in the face. Just felt like I was being harassed by relays and floats and solenoids. As far work goes somethings have changed I think my mechanics are starting to see and respect my abilities more. I just been taking the initiative whenever I'm given a task. When I'm told to pull the mc for fixtures I'll do that plus wire all the 3 ways and junction boxes and just starting completely the whole task rather than focusing on the piece. I try to make sure by the time the foreman comes back to tell me what's next he gets lost in what's been done so he either has to talk to me and give me the whole picture or give up and leave the rest to me. It's a risky strategy because if things don't work you take all the blame but it's been paying off and time goes by a lot faster plus I either learn from my mistakes or become more confident. I try to take more risk while I'm an apprentice in the learning process because I have a little more job security right now and if I mess up they'll just say well your only an apprentice. When I'm a mechanic I think I'll probably stop just jumping in random equipment that I don't know how to operate yet and jumping into work I'm not completely comfortable with, but the way I see it if I do all that now when I'm a journeyman I won't have to.