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Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/books/action/view/entry_id/973061
by Sum1
Rated: E · Book · Travel · #1779685
I travel the country on business, sometimes the world. Come see where I've been.
#973061 added January 9, 2020 at 8:41pm
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Cross Training Co-Workers
Locale: Schaumburg, Illinois


         Well, I'm stuck in Schaumburg this week and next.  It's supposed to get cold, and a bit snowy maybe.  We'll see.

         How did I suddenly (it was suddenly at all really), become one who has enough knowledge to cross-train other instructors?  It's not really that I have enough knowledge, though I know I do.  It's that a few of the course I teach, I'm the only one who's qualified.  Better yet, I've qualified myself on them, because I WROTE the course...  The instructor manager wants more qualified on these courses because the schedulers can't schedule me much more than they already are.  This make customers wait months for a class, when other instructors are idle, not near as busy as I am.  I'm not smarter than anyone else if you ask me, I've just carved a niche out at work.  Speaking of my schedule, other than having a week off after International travel 3 times, and one week of vacation in late May, I am booked solid between now and mid-June!

         So I've spent this week cross-training two newer instructors, and while cross-training them on this course, have 'exposed' them to system type stuff, since right now they only deliver classes on a specific radio(s).  It doesn't bother me, it's training after all, something I love doing.  It's been a good week too, they seem to have gotten a lot out of it.  We'll know more tomorrow when I give them the 56 question test I've written for this class.  That's 56 Essay questions, not multiple choice or fill in the blank.  Why 56?  Because I kept finding questions that needed to be answered to consider them qualified to deliver this course.  I wanted 60-75, but also got caught up in editing another course for an April delivery, and didn't have time to think of more questions.

         So where is 2020 taking ol' Jim Dorrell?  In calendar order:  Schaumburg, Algiers, Schaumburg, Helena Montana, Schaumburg (so I can qualify another course), Yokota AFB near Tokyo Japan, Washington DC, Folsom California, Algiers, Fort Lauderdale Florida, Schaumburg, Vacation for a week, and suddenly we're at Memorial Day!  Too many days/weeks in Schaumburg if you ask me.


In Closing

         I will spend the weekend at home before being back here next week to deliver a Networking Class.  Til next time, be good to yourselves and those you love, and WRITE!



Jim Dorrell

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