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4th March 1977, Page 52
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

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Terry Goldrick is critical (CM letters, February 18) of John Darker's suggestion that a competent fitter can safely inspect his own work. I suspect Terry goes too far in saying "most organisations have some form of separate inspection arrangement.

Large organisations can afford to employ one or more inspectors, paid as such, but the vast majority of road haulage firms, many doing their own maintenance and repairs, do not employ full-time inspectors. Instead, fitters certify that requisite maintenance or servicing has been done by initialling standard schedule forms. Perhaps major items are subjected to a double check by a foreman or senior fitter.

No doubt a good case can be made that inspectors justify their cost by finding faults in workmanship. It remains true that better trained fitters would make fewer errors.

Although there is no way of proving it, I suggest that the best inspectors come from the ranks of time-served craftsmen. Because such people are scarce and because there may be more job satisfaction in doing the whole job rather than inspecting it at crucial stages, not all craftsmen wish to join the ranks of inspectors.

The "tensionbetween fitters and inspectors to which Mr Goldrick refers is

accentuated if the fitter knows, or believes, that the inspector himself (or herself) could not rectify unsatisfactory work.

This is a natural reaction. Lorry drivers usually have more respect for a "boss" who can drive and load if need be. Platform/warehouse operators prefer a foreman who will take his coat off if need be. A fitter who is corrected by an inspector would wish to say: -You do it, chum; show me how to do a better job!'' PHILIP PARSONS,

Wakefield.


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