Chapter 22: Ahead of the times

[During the new book period, ask for tickets~~ Brothers, thank you! ] Xu Guofang looked excited, Qin Kai's idea had actually been blowing with him a long time ago, and today it was finally on the agenda, he took out a thick book and handed it to Qin Kai, "My lord, all 176 craftsmen in the artillery bureau are here!" ”

Sun Fu, He Xing, and the newcomer Wu Yun also knew some of the specific contents of today's discussion in advance, and their eyes were all fixed on the book at this time, Qin Kai motioned for Wu Yun to take a look at it first, he sorted out his thoughts, and said his thoughts again in detail.

"Now in the artillery bureau, everyone's salary does not match everyone's ability and dedication, I let Xu Guofang know all the craftsmen in the factory...... Well, the name of this craftsman is not good, in the future, it will be called a worker, all the technical ability of all workers and the projects undertaken in the past, I plan to distinguish all workers according to their ability and qualifications, do more and get more, and do less and less."

"How do you assess the level of skill?" He Xing was the first to ask the question.

Qin Kai laughed, "I have some ideas about this, at present, the more direct thing is the exam, and in the future, you can also combine your daily performance and how much you participate in the project." ”

Xu Guofang and Wu Yun are both veterans in this, and they all nodded in agreement, and the methods of inspection include interviews and tests, and they are classified in detail according to different types of work.

In the next two days, Qin Kai authorized Xu Guofang and Wu Yun to draw a group of technical backbones from the workers for a detailed discussion on how to test, how to divide the technical level, and what skills to assess.

Of course, the contents and details of this great discussion were quickly understood by all the workers, and in this great discussion, this group of craftsmen, who were previously regarded as inferior and shouting, felt for the first time that the skills in their hands were so valued, which also greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the workers.

An assessment team composed of 10 technical backbones has been set up in the artillery bureau, and the skilled workers are assessed according to the skills they have mastered, and a comprehensive evaluation is carried out according to the proficiency and mastery of the theory, and finally apprentices, junior technical workers, intermediate technical workers, senior skilled workers, and special technical workers can be obtained.

In addition, for the backbone members with project development capabilities, with the consent of Qin Kai, a group of backbone technicians were awarded the rank of senior technician, which of course requires very good work performance to evaluate.

Xu Guofang and others also raised objections to the name of engineer, but Qin Kai emphasized that the association of engineers established in the United Kingdom, the United States and many developed countries in Taixi advocates the development of technology and science through the guò association, and he will also establish the purely technical Chinese Association of Engineers when the time is right.

In this technical evaluation, Qin Kai specially put forward a special evaluation criterion, all skilled workers, if there are inventions and innovations, or important technological innovations, will be used as an important reference for the annual evaluation, which is a little reflection on the rigid education system of the Republic for a period of time.

Although the education of the Republic has achieved great results before the 21st century, the results produced under some rigid education systems have attracted the attention of people of insight throughout the country, and at that time, the whole world believed that Chinese students were the best at learning, and they could get the best results in exams and hand in the most satisfactory answers, but the top performers in grades did not necessarily make much achievements in scientific research and innovation.

Although this was not a relatively fair method in the era, it undoubtedly stifled the innovative consciousness of several generations of young people, who were hovering between test questions and standard answers, and everything other than a qiē answer was selectively ignored.

This problem has been seen by people of insight of every generation, but there has never been a good solution or program, and countless so-called experiments and so-called reforms have only been a flash in the water, but this has only been initially solved after a genius scholar of the Republic of the 21st century put forward the plan of "Classification of Technology Mastery and Educational Procedures".

In this program, the previous so-called hard indicators such as certification, professional titles, and diplomas have been changed, and the theory of diplomas and certificates has been completely broken, of course, this is not a denial of diplomas and certificates. It is undeniable that the students with high academic performance in the school must be young people who are good at learning, which is a manifestation of learning ability. ,

Young people with excellent learning ability are of course more likely to get started as early as possible in their work and gain an advantage, but it is undeniable that under the system of examination monolithism, more people with professional potential are ruthlessly excluded, and one of the most famous assertions in the West in the previous life, genius is further even paranoid, it can be seen that persistent professionalism is one of the indispensable factors of genius.

More people who have the potential to become writers, chemists, physicists, and biologists...... The generation or generations of people who were abandoned in the choice at that time were not natural selection and survival of the fittest, this qiē originated from immature systems and rules.

Qin Kai's plan was formulated with reference to the new standards of later generations, and the comprehensive technical mastery ability, education process and innovation ability were formulated, and these standards were soon announced in the artillery bureau, and the workers of all types of work were eager to understand the method of testing their technical level, and a vigorous technical learning was launched among the workers.

Soon, the evaluation team composed of ten technical backbones began to evaluate the technical level of the workers of the artillery bureau, and the workers participated in the assessment of their technical ability in an organized manner in order, and the content of the assessment was directly derived from practice.

As soon as several workers participated in the assessment got good results, among them there was an intermediate technician, which was cashed in as a salary of 10 taels of silver, and the worker walked out of the examination room with a victorious attitude, which immediately attracted the attention of many workers.

"Liu Dabi, I've passed the intermediate technician exam, I want to have a drink at night!" A worker coaxed.

"Cut, dream of your big head, you don't know how powerful Liu's mother-in-law is, you still want to eat white food, beware of catching up with the door and inviting you to eat a broom!"

Immediately caused a burst of laughter, the worker nicknamed Liu Da Cake provoked everyone, slapped him proudly, and shouted loudly, "NND, look at you guys, why don't you just have a glass of wine, I'll go and ask the old cow in the canteen to prepare a jar, a limited supply, and only if you arrive early!" With that, he swaggered away.

In the assessment, a group of technical talents also emerged, which surprised the technical backbones who participated in the review.

Liao Dechang, 35 years old, from Shaozhou, Guangdong, not tall but very strong, is one of the technicians recruited by He Yong from the Huangpu Shipyard of the British in Guangzhou, and now operates the machine tool in the drilling machine group of the Artillery Bureau, but he signed up for the assessment of the lathe process, when choosing the sample of the lathe process assessment, he first chose a group of staggered shaft helical gears, which is the assessment item of senior technicians.

Xu Guofang looked at the information registered in the book, and asked kindly: "Brother Liao, are you sure about the senior technician assessment project here?" There are only two chances to make zuò! ”

Liao Dechang picked up the gear and looked at it before and after, and soon described some of the key and parameter standards of the staggered shaft gear, and more professionally, he also analyzed the reasons for the possible unqualified parts in the system.

The next is the assessment of operation technology, Liao Dechang came to the front of the machine tool, obviously he also found that today's machine tool is a little special, not the old milling cutter gear machine tool, but a new machine tool combining spiral cutter and milling cutter, but this obviously did not stump this short man.

With the milling cutter and spiral cutter squeaked on the iron, Liao Dechang's thick hands that did not look flexible became very flexible, and the hands gently pressed down the iron, constantly cutting scrap on the tool, the rim and tooth groove of the gear soon showed the outline, and in just ten minutes, a part of the designated staggered shaft helical gear was made out.

Xu Guofang and several technical backbones have noticed Liao Dechang's skillful operation techniques, and gently exchanged opinions with each other, and soon the processed blank gear was sent to the examiner's table, the incision is very in place, the pitch circle is completely cut in accordance with the mechanical principle, and the measurement of the cogging accuracy exceeds the requirements of the system, considering the parts completed in such a short time, this is obviously an extra plus.

After the examiners fill in the assessment scores, they are handed over to Chen Ping, who is responsible for registration and summarization, and then under Chen Ping's supervision, another checker records the scores, and after registration, they are handed over to Xu Guofang, the chief examiner of this assessment. ,

Xu Guofang has changed dramatically since he followed Qin Kai to design the grinder, originally he was just a small official in the Mawei Shipyard, and even the most unlearned golden fat man could step on his head, but now he is like the technical director of the artillery bureau, and Lord Qin, who has won the trust of Governor Ding, is polite to him.

For Lord Qin's trust, he is naturally conscientious, for fear that something is not well thought out and will affect the adult's plan, since Lord Qin wants to recruit a good technician, he is really afraid that he will not be able to complete this task, so he is really very happy about the technology that Liao Dechang has come out.

"Brother Liao, congratulations, according to the assessment and the scores of the examiners, you have obtained the senior technician grade, and it is an excellent grade! It seems that our machine shop will soon have new masters joining, welcome to you! Xu Guofang walked up to Liao Dechang with a spring breeze on his face, and handed over the completed assessment results to him with a smile on his face.

Liao Dechang was naturally very happy about this assessment, after looking at Xu Guofang, he took the report card and thanked him and left, and the workers waiting at the door quickly focused their attention on the first senior technician in the artillery bureau, you must know that this is a position with a salary of 30 taels, and 30 taels of silver a month is definitely the standard of a well-off family in this era.

While everyone was talking, no one noticed that Liao Dechang didn't seem to be excited about the success of getting a high salary, but had a complicated expression.

This vigorous assessment of the level of skilled workers will soon be over, and the results of the evaluation are basically expected by the examiners, after all, they all work together on weekdays, how many catties are also known, among all 178 workers, there are 73 junior skilled workers, 32 intermediate skilled workers, 17 senior skilled workers, including 9 examiners.

The only person who was awarded the Special Skilled Worker was Xu Guofang, which was awarded on reference to his technical level and his special merits in the manufacture of mechanical grinding machines, which were the first to be made by all, so no one doubted or merely questioned it.

Qin Kai is taking Huang Xing and Sun Xiang two students to lie in the research institute to draw drawings, and the artillery bureau has been open for almost two months, with the completion of the assessment of skilled workers, it can be expected that the enthusiasm and initiative of these workers will be greatly increased, which is the treatment of receiving double salaries in the past!

There was a knock on the door outside, and Xu Guofang ran in with a book, showing the happiness of fulfilling his mission on his black face, "My lord, the assessment has been completed, this is the list and rank." ”

Qin Kai looked at the list, and was surprised that a few names that he had never seen appeared among the senior technicians, and asked happily: "Guofang, are there many fresh faces this time?" ”

"Some have, Wang Fei, Mawei Ironworks recruited, is a good hand at making steel molds, he also brought a young man named Qian Qing, very good at steelmaking equipment, in addition, we recruited Liao Dechang in Huangpu Shipyard, I paid special attention to him, this person's level in the machine tool is definitely not worse than me, is a good hand, and is proficient in shipbuilding business!" Xu Guofang is full of praise for the top-notch talents this time.

"Country, oh! Very good, this salary will be implemented next month, and it will be re-approved in July every year," Qin Kai thought for a while, picked up the drawings on the table and a stack of materials and said: "There is also an important matter, this is a small hydraulic press of one hundred and twenty tons, and the principle of this is in this information, huh...... The principle of this hydraulic press, I will send a few students over tomorrow to study with you! ”

"What is the purpose of this hydraulic press?" Xu Guofang was very curious about Lord Qin's invention, and took the drawings and looked at them over and over again.

"Steel parts can be processed, without the need to use a mechanical hammer to repeatedly beat, and the reliability of the processed parts is particularly high, you first look at the principle and design drawing, this machine has very high requirements for components, the country, I build yì you set up two research groups, fully devote yourself to the public relations of the hydraulic press, remember, this is just the beginning, our goal is 10,000 tons!"

It is necessary to introduce the competition mechanism in production and innovation, which is the only principle of scientific and technological modernization for hundreds of years in later generations, Qin Kai will naturally not give up this valuable experience, but science is a rigorous thing, even if he has a cross-era light brain, he can obtain important production drawings, but the mechanical process and various factors that affect the quality of machinery, he can not master it at all. ,

Soon a hydraulic press team composed of Xu Guofang as the team leader, the newly hired senior technician Liao Dechang as the deputy team leader, plus 1 senior technician, 6 intermediate technicians, and 6 junior technicians, was established, and the other group was led by Liu Xing, a senior technician, with the same technical force.

After a few days, Xu Guofang received Qin Kai's order again, and the development task of the new hydraulic press was issued, which made Xu Guofang crazy again, there are indeed a lot of skilled workers in this artillery bureau, but it is rare to really do management and machine development, Wu Yun of Suzhou Artillery Bureau is counted as one, but Lord Qin named and said that it is of great use.

He pondered for a night, but he couldn't settle down among several candidates, and the next morning, he had to run to find Qin Kai.

"Guofang, you have to give full play to the potential of these skilled workers of our artillery bureau, and if you are not sure who can do it, let them compete for posts!"

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"What! I don't know how to compete for jobs? You put a sticker on the standards assessed by the technician and the engineer, and tell them that after sitting on the senior technician, if you want to be promoted, you have to have momentum, and you have to be able to get new gadgets, then you can get on! ”

Soon the competition for the job of this project began, and unexpectedly, the two groups of people who have successfully obtained the research and development rights are very different, one is the standard combination formulated by Qin Kai, and the other group is indeed led by the newly promoted senior workers Qian Qing and Wang Fei, with a group of junior workers and new apprentices in the art garden, the reason is actually because Qian Qing and Wang Fei are a little less qualified.

Just as Qin Kai was devoting himself to his dream of becoming an industrial power, Wu Yun from the Artillery Bureau hurriedly came, and it was obviously not a good thing to see his nervous expression.

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