Hello, everyone.

This is Enta.

I think I wrote about education the other day.

We conducted special in-house training and other training related to construction work.

I suppose there are all kinds of companies—some that provide training and some that don't.

 

Lately, there’s been something happening not just at our company, but out in the field as well.

It's a labor shortage!!

Wait, no—it's already too late, isn't it!!! lol

I think people will say that, but that’s not the point—they’re technical interns.

 

They say that to work on a major company's project site, you have to meet that company's standards...

I can't even pass the interview with an employee from a major company lol

 

I get that you’re very safety-conscious, but haven’t you already lost touch with reality??

If you're going to go to that much trouble, I think you should just arrange for an in-house interpreter and spend about two days thoroughly training them.

"Failing someone just because they can't understand Japanese without going that far..."

Isn't that a bit too "Japanese-style"?

 

When I explain something like a circuit breaker through an interpreter, everyone understands.

Because you can see for yourself that every country has it.

But if someone suddenly said “disjoncteur,” would anyone realize, “Oh, that’s the French word for a circuit breaker!”?

That's what I'm talking about.

 

In that case, I'll interpret, and—

Photo of a level crossing → French: level crossing (rejoncteur) → Japanese: level crossing (shadanki)

That makes it easier to understand, doesn't it?

 

With that in mind, I'm currently making one of those (for slope workers) lol

I don't mind if major companies set their own rules, but,

Isn't it strange to say there aren't enough people just because they can't do that and won't let them in?

Especially with regard to technical interns.

 

Do your foreign workers have valid visas?

I’d really like people to report any suspicious foreign workers (working illegally), but,

I really wish the requirements for trainees who are officially certified by the government were a little less strict.

 

Alternatively, I think it would be fine if the training were conducted on-site with an interpreter present.

Site rules tend to vary slightly from time to time at each specific site.

 

Just have a subcontractor do that!I think there are a lot of people who would criticize that, lol.

When this gets posted on "The God of Construction," many people who aren't familiar with the details call it a "controversial article," but,

People who are criticized simply don't know enough about how the world works.

 

The fringes of society are really something, aren't they? lol

When I first found out, I was just as surprised as Masuo—I was like, “What?!?”

I can't write about everything, but all kinds of crazy stuff happens at the bottom of the construction industry, lol.

 

Well, anyway, while there are a few companies that are making an effort, they’re so swamped with day-to-day work that they haven’t been able to get around to providing comprehensive training!

 

As for the slope builder, I'm just hoping I can figure out how to make it work, so please bear with me for a little while longer lol.

I don't know about other industries, lol

I just can't help feeling like the labor shortage is actually being created by someone, lol.

 

See you later.