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The end of the oil and gas gigs?
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dragonpiwo



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 3:14 pm    Post subject: Hod Reply with quote

And Hod it's hard to write a log book report if the guys don't know the names of the equipment, work locatons etc etc...this is about contextualized teaching and is both industry and company specific at times.
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Hod



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 11:17 pm    Post subject: Re: erm Reply with quote

Hod wrote:
I think ESP is hard work. You can’t just turn to chapter 7 of Headway,


I was only asking.

dragonpiwo wrote:

"Teacher, what is foaming in an amine absorber?"

"Dunno, ask the tech teacher."

Etc etc etc

See where I'm going?

Which teacher would you hire/want? And which teacher is worth more?


Don’t ask me. The opinion of that $2000 a month school is more important.

I can only respect 17 years of hard work, but I have to say that until the planet’s oil and gas supplies deplete, the industry will go on regardless of its employees’ and contractors’ language skills, English or otherwise.

As I said, companies are under pressure to do things on the cheap, within reason. Paying an experienced geologist £1000 a day is a bargain as their expenses will soon be turned into massive profits. Getting a lemon in to do the job would end up wasting millions. Paying a consultant commissioning engineer the same is a no brainer for the same reasons.

But how can poor English cost millions? It won’t. Be realistic.

The opening poster (you) expressed concerns. No one can rest on their laurels.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 2:18 am    Post subject: erm Reply with quote

The good days are over for sure.
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