Proper training costs money — lots of money. Recently my company purchased a piece of equipment for $14,000. Three employees had proper training on the piece of equipment. We did three jobs with it. On the fourth job none of the three trained employees were available; but we had several days to train the employees who would be on the job. The morning that job began, I asked my trainers if the crew going to the job was properly trained. The response “We think so” should have been a red flag. Two hours later the piece of equipment was broken and
