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WORK ETHIC AND ATTITUDE: THE BASICS... |
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WORK ETHIC IS ESSENTIAL TO SUCCEEDING IN ANY JOB. HERE ARE SOME
HELPFUL TIPS ON DEVELOPING A SUCCESSFUL WORK ETHIC.
GET TO WORK EARLY EVERY DAY. TARDINESS AND ABSENTEEISM ARE REASONS FOR TERMINATION. ALSO, THE TIME BEFORE WORK BEGINS IS WHEN INFORMATION ABOUT THE JOB IS INFORMALLY EXCHANGED, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS ANY OF THAT. REMEMBER THAT REPUTATIONS ARE MADE EARLY AND LAST A LONG TIME, SO START OFF BEING PERCEIVED AS SOMEONE WHO IS WILLING AND ANXIOUS TO LEARN, WANTS TO GET THE JOB DONE, AND IS SERIOUS ABOUT WORK. YOUR REPUTATION TRULY DOES PRECEDE YOU. LEARN THE TERMINOLOGY OF YOUR TRADE AS SOON AS YOU CAN. A CLAMP IS NOT A "THING-A-MA-JIG" AND A GAUGE IS NOT A "DO-HICKEY". CALLING THEM SUCH WILL ONLY MAKE YOU APPEAR TO BE TRIVIALIZING KNOWLEDGE YOU SHOULD BE VALUING AND WILL SERVE TO SET YOU APART FROM YOUR CO-WORKERS. |
IT'S
TRADITIONAL FOR SOME GOOD-NATURED JOKES TO BE PLAYED ON THE "NEW
ONE ON THE JOB". TRY TO KEEP AN UPBEAT ATTITUDE AND GOOD
HUMOR ABOUT IT.
TAKE YOUR TRAINING SERIOUSLY. STUDY HARD, AND PUT THE SAME EFFORT, DEDICATION, AND ATTITUDE WITH WHICH YOU TREAT YOUR JOB INTO YOUR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND FIELD TRAINING. THE IRONWORKERS UNION HOPES TO ATTRACT MEMBERS WHO ARE HARD WORKING, DEDICATED PEOPLE. AND A GOOD WORK ETHIC IS THE CORNERSTONE OF WHAT MAKES A PRODUCTIVE UNION IRONWORKER. IF YOU RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE TIPS AND APPLY THEM, THEY MAY HELP YOU SUCCEED IN YOUR CRAFT AS A JOURNEYMAN IRONWORKER.
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