Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

Chapter 16 Problems with the Rolling Mill
  The next day, Jiang Chen, who had been studying for a while, hurriedly hurriedly entered the office.

In addition to the people I met for the first time, there were two more young people and a fat man in the office.

Jiang Chen met these three people yesterday when he inspected the workshop, Liang Yue and Song Yuan.

Liang Yue is a college student who has just started working. He started as a level 14 assistant technician, just like Jiang Chen.

Song Yuan is also a technical secondary school student, but he has not yet passed the internship period and is currently a level 16 assistant technician.

There is also a fat man who weighs two hundred and fifty by visual inspection. It is rare for him to be so fat in this era.

He is Zhao Dongsheng, who Cao Jun said was out of breath after walking for a few steps. He is 37 years old, a level 13 technician, and one of the three old employees of the No. Steel Plant.

Liu Yuanjian saw Jiang Chen coming in: "How do you know the factory?"

Jiang Chen nodded. He handed over a cigarette: "That's almost it. I basically understand everything that needs to be understood."

Liu Yuanjian extended his hand and said, "In that case, let's start working formally."

Then he lowered his voice: "Xiao Jiang, after you start working, you can't be as casual as before and treat the factory as your home."

"All front-line production departments are looking at our engineering department. We still need to be more dedicated."

Liu Yuanjian had a problem with Jiang Chen going to work and getting off work at the same time these two days.

Even though I, the leader, have not left, you have to leave work first. Is there anyone else who would do this?

Although the newly recruited workers in the steel rolling mill have not yet formed combat effectiveness, and the engineering department does not have much work, no matter whether you have something to do or not, you still have to do what you should do.

Especially when people across the country are working hard on production and are working in full swing, they must pay more attention to the impact.

But looking at Huazi in his hand, I felt that Jiang Chen still knew how to behave, so he didn't speak too seriously.

Jiang Chen said: "I know this. The reason why I go home after get off work is because I want to go home and think in a quiet environment about how to get new workers on duty quickly and increase production capacity."

“Because these are two issues we urgently need to address right now.”

Liu Yuanjian sneered at this in his heart.

Improving production capacity is something that their engineering department can't help with.

But he said: "Oh? Did you gain anything?"

He just asked casually and had no hope of getting any results.

Jiang Chen did not answer the question and asked: "Director Liu, what do you think is the biggest difficulty for our No. 3 Steel Plant to increase production capacity?"

Liu Yuanjian was silent for a moment and then said: "There are many reasons. Generally speaking, there are three main aspects."

"The first one is the lack of production tools. After the No. 3 Steel Plant became a key demonstration enterprise, there is no shortage of machine tools. However, many people have been hired recently, and other tools are somewhat insufficient."

"The second problem is the problem of old workers. They have skills, but they have no motivation. Many of them wait for lunch from work, and wait for get off work after lunch, just toiling away."

"The third issue is the problem of new workers getting started. Although many workers have been recruited now, it will take at least a year to build productivity according to past experience."

"A steel rolling mill is different from a steelmaking plant. Steelmaking can be done if you have the strength, but processing and production requires skills. They can only learn this technology from the masters."

"If the master does not teach with all his heart, or has reservations when teaching, this time will be greatly extended."

The problems Liu Yuanjian mentioned are almost the main problems currently faced by steel rolling mills across the country.

Insufficient production tools are one of the problems faced by steel rolling mills across the country. The No. 3 Steel Plant is better, at least it has enough machine tools. Many other rolling mills cannot even guarantee machine tools, and it is impossible to increase production capacity.

After all, Big Brother’s supply for this thing is limited, and as a demonstration enterprise established by the Ministry of Industry, No. 3 Steel Factory will give priority to satisfaction.

But with thousands of new workers coming in, thousands of sets of production tools will be needed, which will not be available for a while.

As for the initiative of older workers, it varies from person to person.

A small number of people with high consciousness still work harder.

But the thinking of most workers is: Why do they work so hard for so much salary anyway?

And they will also affect those workers who work harder, and eventually lead to more and more workers taking advantage of the situation.

As for new workers getting started slowly, there is nothing that can be done about it.

There are so many processes and techniques. It is not that easy to master, but it is very easy to forget.

Anyone who does not master the skills required for their own type of work will not be able to work.

As for learning skills, it would be slightly better if the apprentice is sensible, smokes frequently, and speaks sweetly.

If you are not so sensible and want to learn something, it will be difficult.

In addition, whether the apprentices came in at the same time, what was taught, what was learned, everyone was confused.

Even if you learn it, if you don’t have the tools to practice it immediately, there is a high probability that you will forget it after learning it.

Jiang Chen nodded: "Well, it's similar to the Sichuan Steel Rolling Mill. It's just a matter of people and tools."

Liu Yuanjian nodded: "You can say that, but neither of these two problems can be solved by our engineering department."

"So we can only worry and there is nothing we can do to help."

Jiang Chen nodded: "Actually, since I entered the Sichuan Steel Rolling Mill, I have been thinking about how to solve these problems."

"Later, I finally thought of a suitable way to allow new workers to take up the job within a month and reach the level of level 3-4 workers, and at the same time, the production efficiency is higher."

Liu Yuanjian was startled: "You? One month? Level 3-4 worker? Are you kidding me?"

Zhang Shan, who was sitting closest, had the same thought as Liu Yuanjian, are you kidding me? .

Immediately, I became convinced that this young man was trying to please others and brag.

Jiang Chen nodded seriously: "I am talking about this matter very seriously."

After a long while, Liu Yuanjian slowly said: "Then tell me what you think."

Jiang Chen said: "Actually, the method is very simple. Set up a special training department to conduct unified, systematic and comprehensive training and assessment for new employees."

Liu Yuanjian was stunned: "That's it?"

Jiang Chen nodded: "That's it! Nowadays, when a master leads his apprentice, there is no method or plan. He will teach wherever he goes. Teaching and learning are very chaotic."

"By setting up a training department to teach unified techniques in a planned and methodical manner, new workers can master production technology more easily and quickly and put into production."

(End of this chapter)