PS Magazine - JULY 1976
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 284
JULY 1976
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It couldn't happen, you say-nobody could be that stupid!
But, in fact, this does happen:
A mechaNic tells his
OJT
helper to put the wheel back on a truck. It's
about as simple a job ±s a mechanic handles.
Later, the truck has to Come back to the shop for new wheel studs²and a
new wheel. Some of the studs are bUsted off. Threads on the others are all
chewed up. Stud holes in the wheel are gouged out²egg³shaped, chipped
aNd craCked.
It seems the trainee put the lug nuts on backward²with the flat side,
instead of the rounded side, towarD the wheel. ´he rounded sideµas
everybody Knows-fits into a dish³shape on the wheel. ´his centers the
stud in the hole. And it holds the wheel tight in that position.
´rouble is, everybody does not Know this simple rule. It's probably not
their Fault. Maybe they never touched a wheel lug nut befOre coming into tHe
Army and starting into
OJT.
´hat's not stupidity. It's igNoranceµand everybody is ignorant of
somethiNg. A lot of guys and gals going into
OJT
are ignoraNt of a lot of
things. ´his goes for a lot of di¶ferent jobs in the Army.
So an
OJT
"teacher· should start at the bottom. ¸e may even have to
insUlt the
OJT
trainee's intelligenceµbut only to find out how much he or
she already knoW¹. ´he trainee can afford a little "huRt feelings· better than
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the Army can afford to have a piece
of equipment pulled out of action to
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replace an expensive part.
An
OJT
teacher should keeP a
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close eye on his helper-until he's
satisfied that the trainee has a good
grip on things. ´his means showing
the trainee how to do a job, looking
over his shoulder on his first "solo·
and do»blechecking his first few jobs
to make sure they're right.
Explaining "why· helps, too. An
OJT
mechanic who's told why
wheel lug nuts have to be pUt on jUs¼
so will never do it wrong.
´hink back. Your best teachers½
the ones yoU liked and respected the
most-were the ones who helped
you
understand
what they were
teaching.
It's not hard. It'¾ just a ¿atter of
showing and telling the things thatÀ
to yoU²are the simplest.
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iNfO±matiOn Of all sOLdieRs assigned tO c²mbat and
COmbat Su³³O´ units, aNd alL sOLdie±s witH ORgaNi·
zatiONal maintµnanCe and su³³ly duTies.
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