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Show Page The National Enterprise, May 11, 1977 twenty-tw- o Minings now a craft worth learning Planning separates wishful For the first time in U.S. history, miners are being trained in a formal apprenticeship program. proval of the program, and That is the question addressed by Austin and Lindberg, Ltd. in its latest edition of The Management Counselor. Preparing for a huge increase in the demand for coal, expected as a result of President Carters recently announced energy policy, miners and mining companies have thrown full support behind the innovative training end the to program, hoping chronic shortage of skilled miners with which the industry has been plagued since its inception. He pointed to President Carters recently announced energy policy as a prime mover behind the training program, but said the Labor Departments job is not formally linked to the Presidents plans. "1 deal with the human aspect of the delivery system of minerals, he said. The trade was never considered a craft worth apprenticing, until the U.S. Department of Labor passed a regulation in February which redefined the time limits for a Tracks may come out this season 18-mon- th training program. Under the old law, a training program had to run two years in order to be considered a genuine apprenticeship by the department. Within a couple months after the effective date of the new regulation, Kennecott Ted launched its program. Johnson, a KCC spokesman, said the first training class will consist of workers already employed, mining lead, zinc and silver in the Mammoth Mine. Johnson said after the program gets off the ground, recruits would be sought. They would start the job, learning safety, personal hygeine, company rules, housekeeping, etc., earning $5.32 an hour. By the end of the program they would learn how to operate sophisticated machinery, how to drill and blast and support the ground, and would be earning $5.91 an hour. Concept borrowed from Africa The concept behind the training program was developed by Lee Scott, state director of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training of the U.S. Department of Labor in Salt Scott said he Lake City. created the concept after working for many years as a representative of the United Nations, training Africans to mine. The apprenticeship class is divided into what Scott calls which define each task by its function, brought down to the lowest As common denominator. each module is completed, the student can progress to the next one, each student moving at his or her own pace. modules, We are hoping to use this concept to train for all mining occupations, Scott said. He is meeting with representatives of the United Steel hopes to launch the training program in ten western states within a few months. wishful The authors claim most managers do not know the difference between hoping and planning, and, as a result, their companies end up limping along or dying, rather than innovating and prospering. They list several measures of a good plan, beginning with its primary function: to cause All plans cause change, they write. Plans cannot be laid to keep things the same... If you want to keep things as they are, change. leave them alone. Should improve results worthwhile plan improves results, they continue. It introduces change in an orderly, systematic and practical fashion. A company can best measure the effectiveness of its plans in dollars: the cost of implementing the plan should be less than the amount it aims to 'produce. Furthermore, the money being used to implement the new plan should not be cash that is needed elsewhere, to fill a more primary need. Integration ties in with other plans of the company. A plan that stands alone, that lacks connection with other plans, is pretty near worthless, the authors write. A good plan A plan's scope is also an important measure of Is it reaching down to the operational level, making itself felt where the company meets the customer? its worth. plan can be defined in one sentence, and does not use broad words like It has morale, or climate. "attitude, laser-lik- e qualities, the authors write, defines a target and pinpoints its intended accomplish- ment. A worthwhile A Tracks along 2nd West, between 5th South and South Temple, may be removed this summer. According to Jim Calabrese, assistant city engineer, the city has engaged Bush & Gudgell to design the project. He expects drawings to be ready for bid by mid-Jul- more than a statement of It is a intentions, the authors continue. commitment to action. It not only determines where we are going, but also spells out how A respectable plan always we will get there. Continued on page 23 A y. The $450,000 project would include repair of the street, after the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad removes the tracks, and repair of curb and gutter and sidewalk where its necessary, Calabrese This job would not said. include any beautification, he added. funded by money generated by the new law, the project has run into an obstacle, however. The area serviced by tax increment money does not include 2nd West north of South Temple, where the tracks extend about 200 feet. To be tax-increme- nt . Cam at We now feature Basque Style Cuisine on MONDAYS Join us, either Sunday or Monday, for this popular dinner Our regular French Country menu continues Wednesday through Saturday . . . Brunch Sunday A.M. Phone 942-175- 1 for Reservations plan is Building Briefs Continued from page 21 2200 South State under the auspices of the Boyer Co. The three story brock office building will be completed in August at a cost of $300,000. The contractor is Zwick Const. Architect is Ronald L. Molen. Pride Homes is building its y office building own at 7720 So. 7th E. Company officials say much of the $150,000 building will be rented but a leasing program Comhas not yet begun. two-stor- pletion of the Lyle Schene-man-design- ed building is scheduled for early June. SUPERVISION AND QUALITY EMPLOYEES MAKE THE DIFFERENCE! TRI-LEV- EL COMPLETE JANITORIAL SERVICE WINDOW CLEANING ONE TIME CLEAN-UP- S WALL WASHING CARPET CLEANING FLOOR STRIPPING RESTROOM SERVICE YARD CARE OFFICE BUILDINGS H FACTORIES a STORES INC. Since 1958 3532 So. West Temple One of eight rental units has office y been sold in a two-stor- building commissioned by the Melvin E. Thayne Co. at 2060 E. 33rd So. Horne Const. Co. will finish the project within a few weeks at a contract price Salt Lake City Corp. is expecting a Sept. 30 completion date for its new executive passenger terminal on the O BANKS CONTR ACTOR 5, G.J. Lupo Co. will be the sole occupant of a $60,000 office building the company is building at 2482 So. 3270 W. Irvine Const. Co. plans to finish the project in the fall. of $250,000. DEALERSHIPS United Mine Workers and Operating Engineers to ask for their ap- Workers, What is the difference between thinking and planning? general aviation portion of the Salt Lake International Airport. The $721,000 building was designed by Fowler & Ferguson. The contractor is Lawrence Const. Co. City officials say the old terminal will be demolished upon completion of the project. |