10 Signs of “Green” Engineer

On January 2007, I attended a training lectured by a general manager. One of his material was about signs of inexperienced engineer. Because the training was given in Japanase, and at that time my Japanase was still poor (even now ), I didn’t really understand the content.

Tonight I reread the training’s handout and I think probably I gained better understanding of the material . Finally, there is sign of improvement in my Japanese . So here it is:

Signs of inexperienced engineer/ヤブ技術者の定義

1. Doesn’t do continuous study. Does job based on previous experiences only. (勉強していない。過去の経験のみで技術開発をしている。).

2.Doesn’t have problem analysis capability. Cannot grasp the “point”. (問題解析能力がない。問題点を理解できない。).

3. Cannot assist the growth of other unskilled engineer. (苦手技術者を育てることができない。).

4. Doesn’t pay good attention on product. Doesn’t pay good attention on field condition. (ものをよく見ない。現場をよく見ない。).

5. Compromise easily. (すぐ妥協する。).

6. Cannot determine whether development requirement for a technology is high or low. (技術開発要素が高いか、低いか判断できない。).

7. Creates product based on specification without having interest in why it must be based on the specification. (仕様どうりのものをつくろうとする。).

8. Doesn’t show effort to get outside information.(外の情報を得ようとする努力をしない。).

9. Doesn’t listen to other people’s opinion. Not cooperative. (人の意見を聞かない。協調性がない。)

10. Always make up excuses.(二言目には、できない理由をならべる。）.

At the end of the training, he mentioned that it doesn’t require all the 10 signs, if you have just 3 of them, then you are still “green”.

So are you green?

P.S.: There is possibility that I have made wrong translation of the Japanese. Any correction is most welcome.