Schndr Light Switches.

I called to see my customer who is a farm assessor a couple of weeks ago, his wife was laughing saying he has to take an exam to prove his competence and he’s keeping up with continuing professional development. 

He gave an example, if he asks some of the farmers when the last time they calibrated their spinner was they say they don’t do it anymore, because they have all singing and dancing GPS controlled machinery. 

I said I did understand this and the concept of soil mapping which allows the application of seed and fertiliser to be varied depending on where the machine is in the field with the soil fertility having been assessed. The farm assessor said it’s all works okay until they stick Grandad or some other old boy on the tractor and they start a run where a minimal application is required, if any, so the machine virtually or completely shuts down which results in the old boy getting out of the cab and giving thousands of pounds worth of equipment a prod with a stick because they think it’s blocked.

At some point you have to accept change and take it on board, even if it’s only a different layout on the back of a light switch, otherwise you run the risk of becoming an old boy who prods things you don’t really understand.

I called to see my customer who is a farm assessor a couple of weeks ago, his wife was laughing saying he has to take an exam to prove his competence and he’s keeping up with continuing professional development. 

He gave an example, if he asks some of the farmers when the last time they calibrated their spinner was they say they don’t do it anymore, because they have all singing and dancing GPS controlled machinery. 

I said I did understand this and the concept of soil mapping which allows the application of seed and fertiliser to be varied depending on where the machine is in the field with the soil fertility having been assessed. The farm assessor said it’s all works okay until they stick Grandad or some other old boy on the tractor and they start a run where a minimal application is required, if any, so the machine virtually or completely shuts down which results in the old boy getting out of the cab and giving thousands of pounds worth of equipment a prod with a stick because they think it’s blocked.

At some point you have to accept change and take it on board, even if it’s only a different layout on the back of a light switch, otherwise you run the risk of becoming an old boy who prods things you don’t really understand.