I started work on 10 January 2011 this year. It was quite an eye opener to the real world and the way things are done in practice compared to the theoretical way doing things. During my first week I learned a great deal about council submissions and all the different departments there are. Being one of two students in the office I was taught by Noel Wehr who was in office last year. He explained to me where to go for different areas and how to get to all the different councils to drop drawings and amend them. During my first week we went to khayalitsha for the day and amended 50 sets of drawings. This was not the most interesting thing I have done but I am fully aware that in order to get to the top we have to start at the bottom doing the “boring” work. Hopefully if I work hard at the bottom now I will be awarded with more interesting and challenging tasks further into the year.
On one day in the week Noel and I were instructed to go to a warehouse and measure it up for a client who wants to use it for something I am not allowed to share (Company rules). The ware house that we measured was a steel framed structure which gave some insight into how it is build. Later that day I was instructed to go draw it up on Auto-cad as well as do a sketch up model of it. This got me more used to working with steel construction.
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