Chapter 717 New Regulations Promulgated
As a senior worker in a shipyard, Wislow has been working in this position for twenty years. He has grown from a strong and energetic young man to a stubborn old man with wrinkles on his face.
For Wislow, these are also traces left by the years.
After all, when he was bragging to people in the tavern that he had witnessed with his own eyes how the Victoria Empire had grown from an ordinary kingdom to a world hegemon, his old face was more convincing.
Although Wislow is not as old as he looks, he still likes to appear as old as possible.
In addition to getting some care at work, doing so can also better enhance your 'authority'.
For Wislow, he has a very deep understanding of this in his daily work.
The shipbuilding industry is an industry that has relatively high requirements for workers. Compared with workers in other ordinary industries who only need to work hard, workers in shipyards need to know some skills.
Workers with rich experience are valuable assets for any shipyard and are also one of the shipyard's core competitiveness.
And an old worker with rich experience and work experience is even more valuable to the shipyard.
After all, before the information explosion and people could easily acquire knowledge, the world had always been an empiricist society. In addition to learning, people could only rely on the accumulation of personal experience to acquire knowledge.
It is precisely because of this that Wislow has been regarded as an experienced skilled worker since he was young with a face that looks older than his peers. He can find a job more easily, get higher wages, and at the same time, he can work It is easier to persuade others to listen to you.
Later, as he continued to accumulate experience and became a skilled worker, his older face also brought him more benefits.
After all, "old" means experience and experience, which is often easier to gain respect and trust than other factors.
Because of this, Wislow, who is only forty years old but looks like he is in his fifties, is one of the few candidates in the shipyard who can win the trust of both workers and the shipyard.
The shipyard appointed him as foreman. Although he was only one of many foremen, with his older-looking face, he became the vague leader of all foremen.
Although he may actually be younger than others, his face that is older than his actual age still makes others more willing to listen to him.
Wislow enjoyed this special treatment, but he also knew that he actually did not have that much experience.
So although he often boasts that he is experienced and has witnessed how the Victoria Empire has grown to glory step by step, he only brags in the tavern and does not do the same at work.
This somewhat cautious approach earned him a reputation for humility and made workers more willing to trust him.
"Good morning, Lao Wei!" A young man greeted Wislow, approached him with a mysterious face, and whispered to him: "Have you heard? The regent has promulgated a new policy. To implement new production standards, all parts must comply with unified new standards! The old set of things no longer works.”
The young man didn't mean anything malicious, but his words sounded like a mockery of the old guy's failure.
Wislow didn't care about this, but he still replied: "This is a good thing. Only people who are truly knowledgeable can formulate such a policy. You have to know that in the past, each company used its own standards for parts, which was very troublesome. Things!
The parts used on the deck are from Tom's, the boiler room needs to be from York, and the hull installation needs to be from Good Helper! Just remembering where these different brands of parts are used is a very tedious task.
If they could be unified into the same specifications, this would be better than anything else! ”
Although Wislow is not as old as he looks, he still has many years of work experience after all, and he can see the benefits at a glance.
"Although that's true, doesn't it mean that previous experience is useless?" The young worker seemed to have a special emotion and tried to stimulate Wislow.
However, Wislow did not answer the question, and just snorted and said: "If this is the case, then the previous experience is useless! Technology needs to improve! Now go to work, don't Chat here!”
With that said, Wislow slapped the young man and signaled him to go to work quickly.
The young man seemed to find it boring, so he could only mutter and go to work.
Although Wislow said it nice, he was still a little worried in his heart, worried that he was not qualified for the new job.
In recent years, with the activity of a certain talented girl, the application of new technologies in the shipyard has been changing with each passing day.
The original construction of surface ships was upgraded to airships. Although the two have some things in common, a large number of new technologies are still put into use.
This is not good news for older workers like Wislow, who are limited by their inherent experience and are not as receptive to new technologies as younger people.
Coupled with the fact that they cannot learn new technologies quickly enough due to their age, many older workers have shown that they are not adaptable to new technologies.
Although they are still qualified for their jobs with years of work experience and accumulation, more and more new technologies still make many older workers feel inadequate.
After all, the application of new technologies often means the elimination of old technologies.
The skills that I have spent a lifetime learning and using are no longer needed. For many old workers, the blow is huge.
There are always only a few who can adapt to this change, which also makes more and more young people in the shipyard begin to become the new technical backbone. Although the old workers will not be eliminated, their proportion is obviously declining.
Wislow is considered an old worker who is relatively capable of learning new technologies. After all, he is not that old, so he can still learn some new things.
But he did feel inadequate, after all, he didn't learn so fast.
This made him somewhat anxious.
Regarding the new regulations this time, although he said that unified standards would make construction more convenient, he also understood that the new standards meant that he needed to re-memorize new work content. "Lao Wei, the supervisor is looking for you!" Just when Weislow was worried about this matter, a worker called him.
When he heard that his supervisor was looking for him, Wislow didn't dare to neglect him, and he quickly took the initiative to find his supervisor.
"Supervisor, are you looking for me?" Wislow greeted the supervisor, and at the same time noticed an unusual-looking small wooden box beside him.
"Ah, Lao Wei, you're here! I do have something to ask you." The supervisor nodded to Vislow, then pointed to the small wooden box and said: "You must already know about the recent implementation of new production standards by the government.
According to the latest regulations, the size of bolts will adopt new unified standards in the future. These are the new size bolts. You can organize the workers to familiarize themselves with them. When the new regulations are officially implemented, all the bolts in the factory will have to be replaced. ”
"Okay supervisor, I understand." Vislow nodded in agreement, and then asked curiously: "Supervisor, are only the bolts subject to the new standard, or does everything have to be replaced? The previous drill bits in the factory were Don’t you have to change to a new size too?”
"Yes, these all have to be replaced, but there is no rush right now." The supervisor nodded, feeling satisfied that Wislow could realize this: "After all, the higher-ups also understand that the implementation of the new regulations is not a matter of one sentence. Each company A large amount of old parts accumulated in the factory need to be used first
Many supporting items also need to be replaced, which is a big project! Without enough time as a buffer, big trouble will occur! ”
Wislow fully agreed with this. After all, he had experienced similar things. It was when the shipyard had just transitioned from producing sail warships to ironclad ships. The application of many new things made many old workers uncomfortable, so that during the shipbuilding process Something went wrong, causing a problem with a new ship, which had to be towed back to the dock for rework to solve the problem.
Although the supervisor had not experienced that period, he still read about it from the information preserved by the shipyard, so he gave Weislow an extra warning.
Although in his opinion, Wislow should have experienced that incident, in fact, he did not need additional reminders.
6◇9◇Book◇Bar
However, Wislow didn't actually experience that, he just knew and heard about it.
But one good thing about Wislow is that he can be stable. Even if he doesn't understand, he can still pretend to understand by relying on his familiar parts.
After all, an old face here is still very convincing in many cases.
"I know the supervisor, I will let the boys familiarize themselves with the new regulations." Vislow assured the supervisor, and then returned to his work station with the small wooden box in his arms.
What is currently being built in the shipyard is an airship that is not the latest model. After all, they are only a small shipyard and are not large enough to become part of the air battleship plan.
They couldn't get orders for the latest airships, so they didn't expect to get orders for airships.
"Old Wei, what is this?" Seeing Weislow coming back with a box, several workers gathered around him curiously.
Their group of workers are all under the supervision of Wislow. They have not started work today, so they naturally have time to satisfy their curiosity.
Wislow didn't say anything more. He just called a wrench and opened the box, revealing the parts wrapped in oil paper.
Looking at some parts, Weislow said: "These are parts produced under the new standard. The supervisor said that all our parts and supporting tools will have to be replaced in the future. Now let me bring them over so that you can familiarize yourself with the new parts. size.”
After hearing what Wislow said, everyone looked at the parts in the box and showed similar expressions.
Although there are some people who complain, "It's really nonsense, what are the new regulations for good parts?", but for more people, they only care about whether they can adapt to these new regulations.
"Lao Wei, what are the changes in the new regulations? Has the supervisor explained to you?" A worker also picked up a part wrapped in oil paper and looked at Wislow.
"According to the supervisor, everything related to size must be replaced. These bolts are produced according to the new standard. Go get a box of previous parts. Let's compare them and deepen our impression." Weislow asked Everyone answered the news they heard, and at the same time opened one of the oil paper packages, revealing the dark parts inside.
"Why are the new parts rusty as soon as they are brought in?" Someone didn't see clearly and pointed at the parts in Wislow's hands.
However, Wislow just wiped the surface of the part with his finger, and then said to everyone: "It's not rust. It should be that other materials were added during production, so it looks like it is burnt or rusted."
After hearing what Wislow said, everyone also picked up a part, took apart the oil paper outside, and casually marked the dimensions.
Immediately, a box of old parts was brought over and also placed on the table in front of Wislow.
Vislow took out a batch of old parts with relatively accurate dimensions from the box and put them together with the new parts, thus obtaining a quite intuitive comparison.
Although the old parts are also uneven in thickness, Wislow can clearly see that the new parts have uniform size changes. It seems that they have been carefully processed to have such a uniform and regular size.
Although the old parts are also carefully processed and usually don't seem to have any problems, when the two are placed together, the difference can be seen at a glance.
The old parts vary in thickness and length. Although they are also arranged according to size, it can be seen that there is no regular pattern in the changes between them.
"Is the gap between old parts and new parts so big?" Looking at the parts on the table, Wislow picked up a bolt each and weighed it in his hands. He felt that the gap between the two might be bigger than what he could see with the naked eye. Be obvious.
"This new part looks so beautiful!" Someone praised, but also asked curiously: "Is there anything particular about the size of this new part? Isn't it just made to look good?"
"I know this! I heard that the new regulations require that parts such as bolts must be designed according to standard sizes and numbered according to the size. There is a standard value for the reduction in size between the two specifications!" The young man who slapped me stood up and said loudly: "After the implementation of such a unified standard, all bolts will be of the same size, so there is no need to count so many different parts that need to be used in different places."< br>
The young man is learning and selling now. After speaking, he looked at Wislow proudly.
Wislow didn't care about this. He just said to the others: "Come up and take a closer look and remember the details clearly!"
(End of chapter)