Hello, everyone.
This is Enta.
The other day, I snapped a great shot of Mount Fuji from the Chuo Expressway while traveling from Nagano to Shizuoka lol
Mount Fuji really is cool, isn't it?
By the way, I was talking to the president of a company in Shizuoka, and—
If the number of engineers keeps dropping like this, the general contractors will disappear too.
That's what we were talking about.
While it is possible to serve as a site representative in a dual capacity under certain conditions, in practice, this rarely happens.
It seems like there are a lot of times when people ask, “So what am I supposed to do?” lol
I wonder how things will actually turn out?
When a general contractor secures a job and a subcontractor does the work, is it sufficient for the general contractor to send a representative?
Does that mean it’s okay as long as the subcontractor’s representative has certain qualifications and experience??
It's a difficult problem, but I suppose some kind of solution will be found in the near future.
In fact, the number of qualifications required for chief engineers has been increasing.
It's the same with the "○○ Meister" certification, isn't it?
Is this certification perhaps intended to address the prediction that the number of Chief Engineers will decline even further in the future unless they hold a specialized certification—one that is likely easier to obtain than civil engineering construction certifications?
After all, having a certification specific to that type of work ensures a certain level of quality.
It really seems likely that the shortage of engineers will only get worse in the future.
Just having a certification doesn't make someone an engineer.
That's probably what makes it so tricky, lol.
Lately, I've come to feel that over 10 years of practical experience alone is probably enough.
There are people who still can't do it even after 10 years, lol.
I've started to wonder what good the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's career development system—which was launched this year—is supposed to do.
Is this really how they plan to increase the number of engineers? Or is this just another agency for placing retired bureaucrats?
See you later.
After all, there are people who hold all the First-Class licenses—Civil Engineering, Architecture, Electrical, Plumbing, and Landscaping—yet are completely unable to manage a job site. It’s a real problem. On the flip side, there are also people who manage construction sites effectively but can’t—or won’t—even get a Class 2 license in their own field. That’s another kind of problem. If someone can manage construction effectively on-site, I think practical experience should be sufficient. However, since the paperwork for practical experience isn’t just a single document, having at least a Class 2 license would be better because it reduces the amount of paperwork required.
Thank you for your hard work.
Well, it's a world of extremes, isn't it? lol
That said, it’s an industry that ultimately depends on experience, so it’s hard to say, lol.
Even now, things like on-the-job training are still passed down by word of mouth, lol
It's like the Hokuto Shinken, passed down to only one heir, lol.