OK you’re the moderator over a “chat room” for trainees. There must be some training goes on in there, otherwise what is the point of it?
And this is where the difference comes between you and I.
I believe in a formal system of training. Therefore I firmly believe people involved in it should have undergone formal training to pass knowledge on.
One of the best things about teaching is when the question comes that stops you in your tracks, eeerr, hang on, I’ve got to look in to that and get back to you.
If you want to learn, teaching is the best way. You’re constantly running just a couple of steps ahead and it often happens that you’re overtaken. You’ll feel proud when that happens.
When I went to engineering collage the “regulations” were never mentioned they don't come in to electrical theory.
It was in the main pure theory with the added fun of being let loose in the power and electronics laboratories along with the opportunity to blow yourself up if you were daft enough to do it. Sorry to say the HSE and litigation put paid to that learning opportunity.
I’ll add, I’ve not killed an apprentice yet. Singed a couple with practical experiments but not killed any.
A practical experiment with an overloaded transformer turned in to a fire fighting exercise. I don’t have those resources now, mores the pity because on that occasion the two lads learnt far more than they would ever learn in a lecture theatre.
The best lecturer we had was an ex coal board R&D mechanical engineer. The guy was crazy but you never forgot that days subject.
Anyone that went though the old EITB system toward the end of their time would be taught how to pass knowledge on. As a final year apprentice you would be expected to mentor first year lads. I think Geordie went down that route, I know he was a trainer before coming out of his time.
Later I had to gain formal qualifications.