21 Jul
2006
21 Jul
'06
2:57 p.m.
My point is that an electrician has formal training
for the trade,
and a handyman type maintenance person does not.
Which, of course, does not necessarily mean anything about their
relative skill levels. (I would be very interested in any work that
looks at skill levels of formally trained professionals, self-taught
professionals, and "interested amateurs". But I've seen enough
"professionally"-done things that make me go "eeeyeek, I don't know if
that's code, but I sure hope not" and rip it out *now* before it causes
trouble...I've seen enough such horrors that I actually wouldn't be
surprised if there were a *negative* correlation between formal
training and skill level.
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