...so the opportunity exists to get into any of them and succeed, career wise as well as monetarily. It just amounts to how hard one is willing to work on what are generally considered unglamorous trades. For the purpose of this assignment I am going to focus on opportunities in the plumbing trade. Plumbers are tradesmen that are generally qualified for a wide range of responsibilities, and also need some experience in other trades such as carpentry and welding. Plumbers can handle jobs as simple as one man unplugging a toilet all the way to an entire company dedicating its workforce to constructing a skyscraper. They can handle everything from plastic pipe and glue to cast iron pipes and a welding rig. If they are working on a house, they would need some carpentry skills for plumbing installation. Plumbers have an advantage over some of the other construction related trades. With the economic collapse, new building construction bottomed out. This led to a reduction in jobs available for construction related trades. However, the advantage of plumbers was that they could pick up a lot of work just in typical maintenance and repairs of existing plumbing systems. If you want to be a plumber, it is as simple as applying for a job. All you need to apply for a job is a...
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...Running Header: Conceptualizing a Business Conceptualizing a Business Anita Fields BUS/475 Integrated Business Topics Phillip Cram March 28, 2011 Conceptualizing a Business R.F.J. Plumbing, Inc. is a plumbing service company that provides plumbing services from installations, repairs, and new construction. We are committed to offering an excellent level of customer service. We want to provide this service with an intense passion and an achievement in which we take great pride. Every job assigned to us or that we acquire, we aim to deliver quality professionalism and skill. Our company’s primary goal is customer satisfaction with every job. We are totally committed to serving you better than any other company with our courteous, knowledgeable, and friendly service. That is what R.F.J. Plumbing, Inc. is all about! R.F.J. Plumbing, Inc. started in January 2009, with one employee and that employee was the owner. Since then we have grown to two employees and plan to continue this growth every 18-24 months. Through our high standards of professional performance, quality, commitment to perform as a team, and work ethics, we aim to continually improve our dedicated and amply skilled employees. We simultaneously maintain the important family orientation that...
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... For this assignment I will be conducting a job analyze for a plumbers position. I will be also making a selection protocol to recruit the right employee. In order to do a job analysis the methods that I will use will be the methods job components inventory, and position analysis questionnaire. Then compare it to the O*NET Online. Then I will construct an applicant selection protocol. In some aspects plumber are skilled labor that requires physical strength as well as a good knowledge of tools and a good mathematical base. The job components inventory contains five principles that a plumber should possess. Using the principle we will take the highest score of 80 points or more. The first principle is tools and equipment, this cover equipment from small tool to a trenching equipment. A plumber will us many small tools from a tape measure to a chisel in order to cut pipe to length , and make holes with a chisel in block in order to create an exit point. The applicant must be able to use drain machines. Must a good knowledge of chemical used and have knowledge of safety data sheet. The applicant should have a working knowledge of small tool use and safety The second principle is perceptual and physical requirements. In this principle strength and reaction time, and dexterity are needed. Plumbers require physical demands that can be lifting and endurance to move constantly from one position to the next. The...
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...characteristics model offers such a framework. It identifies five primary job characteristics, interrelationship, and impact on employee productivity, motivation, and satisfaction. (Hakman, Lawler, 1994) The present system of job design may be contribution to employee dissatisfaction; the most important reason is from the interrelationship, according the figure from the essay, we can know the lowest satisfaction parts are the interactions with the employees' supervisor and the company asked them to do the work. Therefore, after our group analysis we think the important with employees' dissatisfaction of reasons are the interactions and motivation problems. Frome the essay we know DrainFlow company's employees working in four basic jobs categories, plumbers,...
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...My contributions listed in this letter had never been part of a formal agreement. Requests had been made by you, or permission was given for Emily and I to fix up the studio to our pleasing, and permission by you to conduct major work on the studio, including purchasing appliances, rewiring, building kitchenette, and renovating your bathroom. I had bought the bed for Emily, and she had picked it out. I was going to leave it in the studio once she vacated, as she anticipated leaving Bermuda. I had offered to pay for all the work, including patching and paint work in and around your home, but had hoped you might contribute partly to this. The price for this work was $2,200 (see invoice # 420 from Paul). The cost was actually more. I could add other costs in 2013, and over the many years, and also for the cost of hiring a lawyer, having a survey drawn for your fence, and having it put through planning, and for getting rid of the ants that took over your attic and home. I had also taken responsibility and paid an amount of money to a lawyer, to end the dispute of the once so-called right of away, so you could put up a fence and install a driveway, which significantly increased the value of your property. For the year 2013, I have not added my own work time, nor the time spent organizing your projects, such as selecting and putting a new fridge in your house, and organizing your carpets to be cleaned, at your request, and the cleaning of your filthy, unfinished studio, all covered...
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...expertise for decades and has earned the hearts of their customers with their low costs services and their catchy motto, “When Your Drain Won’t Go, Call DrainFlow”. Lee Reynaldo, who used to work for Lightning Plumber and is now DrainFlow’s regional manager, has been in the company for two years. She noticed how the company’s work environment isn’t just as vital and energetic as it was in Lightning Plumber. Employees aren’t motivated to provide great customer service. They see their work mostly in technical or mechanical terms. Most of them lack the skills or personality traits to complete the customer interaction component of their jobs. This, then, results into high customer dissatisfaction. The company is in trouble, and as revenues shrink and the cost savings that were supposed to be achieved by dividing up work fail to materialize, a change is taking place. Provided below is a breakdown of the problems faced by the company and its workers which have affected customer satisfaction: Plumber Plumbers often are mistakenly sent by the company to do simple jobs due to the wrong information from Order Processors. As a result, customers have to pay a licensed plumber’s rate for the easy service. Customers do not find it fair given the simplicity of their dilemma but the plumbers have no ability to do anything about it. This miss-sending problem makes DrainFlow...
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...should be developed at the same time as the first) should be sought to achieve a share of Plumbers who know the brand. It is known that plumbers proving to install sprinkler Quartz become our brand by saving in time that this represents them (by what could attend more homes in less time) and saving to the final consumer. This knowledge with the plumbers can be through sampling of the product, giving away samples and brochures showing the benefits. In addition, to enable them to get to know more of the product and in this way to get to most homes. The plumbers are those who succeed in our product to get volume in the market and they will focus our strategy. As regards the price of Aqualisa Quartz has decided to keep it because of the benefits of innovation, offering, in addition to the benefits for the plumber and the final consumer. Key success factors Maintain and increase the presence of Aqualisa Quartz in Showrooms to display product. Aqualisa operates in 500 showrooms. While the showrooms is the less important for the industry, is the most receptive channel to have innovative and high quality products where the end user will see the same benefits of Quartz. To present the product to plumbers to have us in your Top of Mind, teaching them the benefits to them and to the final consumer that this would represent. This is needed to achieve a minimum share of Plumbers of the 6% who know the new product (the...
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...Consequently, the real problem here is how to boost sales.The biggest issue is having problems with reaching plumbers because they are the key players interms of being a reliable source for consumers when choosing the product. The Solution: I believe that the best solution for Aqualisa is to focus on plumbers because they are the primary customers of trade shops which has the most sales volume in the U.K. shower market. Inaddition to this, plumbers also work for developers, showrooms, contractors or directly for consumers. As we can see, plumbers play a big mediator role in the distribution channel and reachingthe end consumers. First of all, trade shops focus on demand and they do not have time to explain the benefits of the new product. If Aqualisa get plumbers to demand Quartz, trade shops have to stock upthis product because their primary customer is the plumbers. Secondly, showrooms also offer installation services by subcontracting with contractors or independent plumbers. Once plumbers areconvinced and informed about the benefits of the new product like ease of installation, they will become a source of word of mouth to push showrooms to call attention to Quartz by emphasizing thelow cost of installation. Similarly, plumbers will help convince developers by suggesting the new product. Lastly, consumers in the standard price range trusted an independent plumber to advise or choose a product for them. Sales will...
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...1. PROBLEM STATEMENT In 2011 Aqualisa made an heavy investments of €5.8 million to develop Quartz, the most innovative shower in UK history. The electric shower is stylish, easy to use and install and solve both problems of end customers and plumbers. However, the product is selling at a rate of 15 units per day which is well below the expected rate of 100 to 200 units a day. The company is now looking for a new marketing strategy to generate sales momentum for Quartz. 2. SITUATION ANALYSIS Aqualisa, the 3rd largest shower manufacturer in UK with 18.1% units sold, has had a successful multi brand strategy focused on high quality innovative products, which allowed it to enjoy 25% net return on sales and a growth from 5% to 10% in a mature market. The two market leaders, Triton and Mira, have 30.3% and 21.7% respectively. The company is present in all segments of the market, and has a broad product range of nine models, which cover the three types of showers used in the UK (power, mixer and electric), ranging between €230-670 per unit. The company is also present in all consumer markets, serving both B2C and B2B clients. Their channel relationships are strong and the company is reputable in the UK market for its top-quality showers, reliability and great services. The UK shower market has a big potential since only 60% of homes have showers therefore the remaining 40% could be converted to installing showers. The population that already has showers have a variety of complaints...
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...innovation to solve all of this problems. This can be viewed as an opportunity for manufacturers who can come up with innovation that answer to these problems. * Consumers were also uneducated regarding products and can barely understand the different value given by each type of showers. Brand-awareness is low and decision often came from the advice from plumbers who mostly responsible for installation. This show another opportunity to educate both consumers and plumbers to create both demands. Products * Products in shower market can be categorized into 3 categories. Each has different pros and cons and suit to different type of consumers Product Type | Product Cost | Additional Cost (Plumber cost, etc.) | Installation | Pros | Cons | Electric Shower | Low | Low | Self-install or plumber | -Does not require hot water supply | -Low water pressure-Bulky box on the wall | Mixer Shower | Medium to high | High | Plumber | -Easy temperature control for thermostatic | -Requires both hot and cold water supply-Requires excavating-Additional on pump cost | Power Shower | Medium to high | Low to medium | Plumber | -Comes with built-in pump | -Requires both hot and cold water supply-Bulky box on the wall-Less reliable than mixer type | From table above, we can see that no...
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...and temperature, needs less space in bathroom, has a stylish looking and is easy to use and install. Although Quartz leaps all other showers, the initial sales results turned to be gloomy, as Rawlinson said “For some reason, it simply wasn’t selling”. To reveal these “reasons”, we will first look at the general shower market status, and then we will analysis two main factors that cause Quart fail in initial Sales: Quart itself and Plumber. Finally, we will examine Aqualisa’s marketing strategy and find out what is the right thing to do. Shower market in U.K. The U.K. shower market has 3 distribution channels, 3 buyer segments, and 2 Special roles: Plumber and Developer. To give a brief summary, we will use some charts to demonstrate characteristics of these elements, and use it for latter discussions. Chart 1: Distribution channels in U.K. shower market Distribution channels Features Showrooms Consulting and display High end Installation services Aqualisa share 25% Trade Shops Sell all available brands Primary customer is plumber Aqualisa share 40% Do-It-Yourself Sheds Offer discount Needs cheap and retrofit Gainsborough brand share 70% Chart 2: Consumer Segments in U.K. shower market Consumer Segments Features Premium High performance & service Shopped in showrooms Standard Emphasize...
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...The Four Job Application problem of Drainflow Plumbers Because of the wrong information from Order processors, the company is sending them to do the simple job, as a result of that the customer have to pay a licensed plumber rate for the easy service, in which customers has seen it not fair, and the plumbers have nothing to do about it. This miss-sending problem also makes DrainFlow lost their potential customers, because the company has limited plumbers. When they send a plumbers assistant for the job but rather it’s a work of a licensed plumber, customers will usually wait for another day or 24 hrs for their plumbing to be repaired and the customer will be forced to go to another plumbing agency. Plumbing problem is usually kind of urgent; nobody wants their house full of water because of the leaks and everybody uses water as the primary needs of human beings. Plumber’s assistants When a plumber assistant is sent to a job that he cannot handle a reschedule will be made for it to be repaired by a licensed plumber, then the customer will suspect if the company has enough plumbers to answer the all its customer services. For being rescheduled the customers will have to wait and dissatisfied with Drainflow’s services which would come up that the customers will change its plumbing services to another company. None of these is the management willing to see. Billing representatives They have to collect the money from their customers, although they are not the person...
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...24-Hour Emergency Plumbers | Plumbers Katy Benjamin Franklin Plumbing offers 24-hour emergency plumbers to assist you with any plumbing emergency, day or night. You can prevent or reduce damage to your home by calling our plumbers for emergency plumbing repairs. When you contact our plumbers in Katy, we will provide fast, efficient service restoring your water or sewer services. Our licensed plumbers provide emergency plumbing services for flooding, clogged drains, stopped up toilets and sewer pipes, broken pipes and other plumbing issues. We offer services with the latest technology and advanced knowledge for efficient restoration of your home's water and/or drain and sewer services. Before the Plumber Arrives If you have a leak, shut off the water. Depending on the location of the leak, turn off the valve located at the affected fixture if any, otherwise shut off the water supply to the home. If you are unsure of the leaks location and how to best shut off its water source, use the homes main water shut off valve or turn it off at the meter. Once additional water damage is averted contact Benjamin Franklin plumbers in Katy for reliable plumbing repair....
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...Plumbers Military plumbers and pipe fitters have the effect of adding and repairing plumbing and tube systems. Volunteering to work with a business to understand what the work entails, or requesting a plumber if you're able to shadow them (invest a work day together), to view just what they are doing. Locate an alum wrench that matches, and flip the mechanism backandforth before you free the obstruction. Energy, endurance, and a power to work in various surroundings are resources you may need before you decide to pick up a pipewrench. Milani Plumbers is expert in no-search, trenchless underground water line substitution that keeps the landscaping's wonder. Mount water source systems, including underground and above ground domestic potable water systems that are hot and cold, cross- water-treatment, and association control, multi-purpose backflow prevention, and pipes. Althoff Industries is currently seeking An Authorized Support Plumber with Residential and Commercial expertise. You'll find no set entry needs but companies expect plumbers to have a qualification and knowledge in warming and ventilation or...
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...What do you say to the child who excels in art and history, but is horrible at math and science? Today the response is: good luck kid. To crush the dreams of a child is to stunt growth in creativity. Career options could be: consulting, nonprofit work, history and restoration, teaching, proposal manager, content strategist, communications director and many more. Each of these careers provides the soul to analyze an issue and solve it. People already established in a career can benefit too. In “Why I teach Plato to Plumbers” by Scott Samuelson, he talks about the different career paths of the people he has taught throughout multiple college courses. The majority of Samuelson’s students have fallen in love with different studies of philosophy that they otherwise would not have known(474). The individual could be a nurse, business investor or farmer and each pupil has fanned the same spark for free thought. Free thought meaning any and all theories a philosopher may give as insight to life. Humanities is a form of knowledge is for the consumption of all at any time. The only bias is the one society makes. Lastly, it does not matter what or who an individual is, anyone can learn and become better educated on humanity as a whole because of the field of...
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