To Willem and Others,
IMHO the work plan or work analysis which Willem has designed
would make an excellent article and lecture. Caut techs really need to
consider and discuss as a group how time is allocated. Achieving the
best balance here is probably the most significant thing to either make
or break us.
Considering it myself has been and is pretty humbling. Our
inventories visually and aurally portray what we are doing, but to see
it on paper is uniquely revealing. It is also is great to be prepared
with if an administrator studies our job, or when faculty complain
certain pianos are not getting fair share. It could be used in
conjunction with the workload formula to further support need for more
help.
The problems with using it to develop recommended workload are
not really the fault of the design concept, but the faults of a corrupt
world. In a perfect situation where there is absolute honesty, trust,
equality of technician skills, and perfect ability to predict the time
frame of particular jobs, it would be the best workload formula. But
universities are hardly perfect worlds.
-Mike Jorgensen
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