Hello, everyone.
This is Enta.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the downsides of hiring technical interns.
We also employ technical interns to help address the labor shortage among Japanese workers, but,
I thought about the negative effects that are resulting from this.
People who aren’t familiar with the details of the Technical Intern Training Program tend to think it offers nothing but benefits to companies, but in reality, that’s not quite the case, is it?
I mean, money isn't really a benefit at all, lol.
Many people still think that way, but let’s set that aside for now and focus on the downsides.
Even Japanese people aren’t perfect, but when you consider factors such as communication and how easily technical terms are understood,
Using technical interns rather than Japanese workers is
Overall quality is decliningThat's the point.
I'll write this up quickly and briefly.
We'll discuss this as a team of five sprayers.
An all-Japanese team
Japanese People Who Excel in One Trade: 100%
Japanese People Who Excel in One Trade: 100%
Japanese workers: 80% can handle almost any type of construction work
Japanese People Who Work in Half a Trade: 50%
Japanese People Who Work in Half a Trade: 50%
Average percentage: 76%
A team that includes technical interns
Japanese People Who Excel in One Trade: 100%
Japanese People Who Excel in One Trade: 100%
Japanese People Who Work in Half a Trade: 50%
Interns who came yesterday: 10%
Third-year interns: 60%
Average percentage: 64%
Furthermore, in the case of interns, the percentage of those who can do this job does not reach 100 percent.
This is because they cannot understand technical terms, specialized knowledge, specifications, design documents, or drawings.
While some people come here to work as engineers, they are classified as foreign workers.
If you're Japanese, you should be able to understand and recognize this to some extent.
So, while we can carry out construction while maintaining overall quality, how can we continue to ensure quality in areas where it’s difficult to improve with the addition of trainees?
Not only the quality, but the finished product is the same as well.
As anyone who has traveled abroad probably knows, in cultural contexts outside of Europe and the United States, as long as it works, that’s good enough.
That's the gist of it.
As long as there are things and shapes, that's enough.
It feels a lot like China used to be.
That’s a world where there’s still plenty of that.
However, given that this is the reality of the situation, how can the Japanese people take a close look and verify the facts for themselves?
It all comes down to this.
Especially now, as the construction industry is in a transitional phase in many ways, the burden on Japanese people is particularly heavy.
I think everyone is having a really hard time.
We Japanese don't want to compromise on quality or appearance, do we?
It would be great if there were some way to ease that, even just a little bit, wouldn't it?
If only there were something that would help us improve quality and achieve precise results.
I like that idea too, so I'll be releasing it little by little—please bear with me for a little while longer lol
Well, if you take a look and don't like it, I can always change how I do things, so please be kind and bear with me—I'm just doing this on my own.
See you later.
