desy Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Are there any such people as Work Study Engineers now? At one time there were dozens about employed by the likes of the following: James Neill Sheffield Twist Drill & Steel Company(Dormer Tools) Stanley Tools Spear & Jackson Easterbrook & Allcard (Presto Tools) Rothervale Joinery(John Carr)(Rugby Joinery) and many more. I worked and trained originally at Sheffield Twist Drill for 9yrs then Moved to Rothervale Joinery in it's many guisers for 20 years. Please get in touch if you were an engineer there I am certain we can connect a few old friends. Here are a few names: Michael Pennington, John Hinch, Richard Hardy, Brian McGrail, Derek Yeardley, Lewis Thompson, Alex Marsden, Ken Smith, Geoff Wood, Michael Bruck, Barry White, Barry Black, Maurice Owens, John Beeley, Ron Allen, Eddie Wing, Denis Dunne, Gareth Jones, Ken Wilson, John Dix,Terry Andrews, Tony Cowley, Roy South, Les Perkington, Peter Wright, Ken Mountain, Jim Allen, Pat Hopwood, George Hill, Gary Bullivant. Davi Hague, Julie Farrington, Malcolm Storey, Jim Hallam. Steve Cade, Keith Horner, Jim Patton I am sure there are others I can remember the faces but the names have gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopT Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 I should imagine you and I are two of a dying breed these days with the state of Engineering in this country. I was told the other day that there are 3 or 4 engineering cincerns closing each week. The secondhand dealers are awash with unwanted machinery and sadly it is mostly going abroad. Happy Days Gone By! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desy Posted October 30, 2005 Author Share Posted October 30, 2005 Originally posted by PopT I should imagine you and I are two of a dying breed these days with the state of Engineering in this country. I was told the other day that there are 3 or 4 engineering cincerns closing each week. The secondhand dealers are awash with unwanted machinery and sadly it is mostly going abroad. Happy Days Gone By! This job was not just limited to engineering any type of manufacturing production. I know which in Sheffield is a great deal less now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docmel Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Spooky cus I was only thinking of the same question the other day. I was a WSE at Woodhead Components, James Neil and then Sanderson Kayser during the '70s I spent my last year in the 'profession' as a contractor at Bramah Engineering - then the recession hit and I was unemployed for six months until I changed career completly and went into Telecommunications which has paid my wages ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desy Posted October 30, 2005 Author Share Posted October 30, 2005 Crookesmoor and careers converge god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desy Posted November 2, 2005 Author Share Posted November 2, 2005 Remember when Tidmans recruited WSE to go and work in the US with promises of great wages. When I was made redundent in 1998 it wasn't till 2003 I saw the first job advertised at Birds in Derby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HateTesco Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 My Dad was a Work Study engineer for Rolls Royce. He died in 2000 following Hospital complications for an inguinal hernia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docmel Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Originally posted by HateTesco My Dad was a Work Study engineer for Rolls Royce. He died in 2000 following Hospital complications for an inguinal hernia. I knew a couple of the Rolls Royce WSE's when I did a contract for them in the Turbine Blades division - if you dont want to go public, HateTEsco, would you PM me his name - long chance but I may have known him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendygs Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Isnt this now known as systems re-engineering aka downsizing, ie make as many people redundant as possible so that the company becomes leaner, fitter and more cost-effective? Or is that me just being cynical? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desy Posted November 20, 2005 Author Share Posted November 20, 2005 Originally posted by wendygs Isnt this now known as systems re-engineering aka downsizing, ie make as many people redundant as possible so that the company becomes leaner, fitter and more cost-effective? Or is that me just being cynical? cynical Making the company cost effective, more efficient, improving methods,better product efficiency. Also you did not have to have a paper degree, that when you went into a company, with a load of Bu** S*it in the head and muck it up on the shop floor as I have seen before. That's why people are made redundent +Accountants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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