Hello, everyone.

This is Enta.

The crew started drilling at the site a few days ago, and I’ve been letting O-kun, who’s been on the job for about a week, handle it while I rest my back.

So my lower back has really bounced back!

And, as I wrote the other day,Night Shift PaySpeaking of that, it seems everyone's really into it, lol

Wow, so many hits lol

Normally, this "New Entertainment Slope Management Seminar" page averages 6,000 page views per day.

That was the other day...Night Shift PayI was surprised to see that the article got over 8,000 page views lol

I wish you would take more interest in your own salary.

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But that's beside the point.

Issues Concerning Technical Intern Trainees

For the past few days, we've been carrying out spray-coating work, divided into the plant and nozzle teams.

Once the spraying is complete, we'll move on to inserting rebar into the double-wall formwork.

From the very beginning, they have been installing anchors and rock bolts after completing the slope construction.

So, unlike Japanese people, they seem to take this for granted, which allows them to work flexibly.

 

As for them,The biggest problem is the Japanese language!

It's the language barrier!!

The general contractor seems to be concerned as well.

However, once you actually have them do the work, they’re surprisingly good at picking up on cues and gestures, so they can do the job without any problems.

However, the people who can't accept that are the employees of general contractors.

Isn't the danger basically that we can't communicate with each other?

People ask me, “How do you communicate the danger?”

 

I fully understand what you're trying to say, but our interns have only been in Japan for a few months.

That's just not possible.

However, I do teach them the signals and basic phrases they need for work. (I’m not saying they remember them.)

All we can do is leave it up to their own efforts.

But, of course, that alone wouldn't be good for the company, so I decided to buy a Japanese textbook.

 

This ↑ is supposed to be good.

I’d like to play it in the car on the way there and back to create an environment where they can study Japanese, even just a little.

 

Since I’m actually good at my job (and super motivated), it kind of pisses me off to be judged based solely on what I say, but,

Is this what it means to be Japanese?

Is it perhaps a national trait that we can't accept things unless they fit a certain mold?

Especially at a general contractor, they'd probably say it violates their internal compliance regulations, lol.

Is it that, while the government is counting on foreign workers, the private sector isn't keeping up?

Is it unacceptable? Or are there just too many problems?

Well, I expect there will be a lot of issues, but for now, I’d like you to take a look at the work for about a week and then make a decision.

 

If you're at an interview and they just start rattling off Japanese at you, you wouldn't understand a thing, would you?

It would be the same even if the roles were reversed.

We Japanese rely on them for our workforce.

I think we Japanese should be more willing to make concessions as well.

The Mental Barriers of the Japanese PeopleI'd like you to get rid of that lol

 

Well, I guess I'm just working for a general contractor this time, lol.

From a general contractor’s perspective, cutting us loose wouldn’t be a problem at all, but,

I get a little annoyed when people talk about my company's employees lol

Of course, since we're human, we all have our good and bad points.

I think that's the appeal of civil engineering—taking all that into account and working together to build things~

These days, it’s not like we have to go out of our way to curry favor with general contractors just to get work, so,

To be honest, though, I’d really like to find a job where I can quietly contribute to the local community.

 

For nowJapanese Language Proficiency Improvement for Our Vietnamese EmployeesWe'll be holding it!

It's all for the benefit of our company, the technical interns, and the general contractor.

I'll let you know the results later.

 

See you later.

*By the way, there weren't many copies left of those Japanese language learning materials on Amazon, were there? lol

If you're planning to buy it, I think it's best to do so sooner rather than later.