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Which part confuses you? A technician needs to be able to lift the parts they are installing. For example the front steel brake rotors on an AMG weigh 25 lbs each and they come in pairs, so 50 lbs box to lift. A large wheel and tire together can also easily weigh 40-50 lbs or more. For really heavy parts they have lifts and stuff, but technicians need to at least be able to take wheels and brakes off without injuring themselves.
Last edited by superswiss; 04-16-2023 at 01:37 AM.
Most jobs requiring physical labor have these needs. With greater weights, “team lift” is required. Unless an applicant has a valid need for concession, these requirements are completely legal and valid. Sure there’s tools to help but variable labor is not automated.
I work in agriculture. Can you imagine all the people that would want my job (200k) if there was no labor requirement. My company should not be required to hire those that can not do the labor of the job so we make sure it’s in the hiring ad as well as the job description. Lots of dreamers out there to waste a businesses time.
These requirements are now stated more frequently for all the job applicants that get hired and than are truly incapable of doing the full job, always asking for help, increasing costs, without valid ADA reasoning.
The world has come to a really stupid tipping point where we have to list out that requirement of a weightlifter is to lift weights because otherwise people just want to be a weightlifter and have other people lift the weights for them. And then they try to lawyer up or ruin you on social when they are reprimanded or fired.
sorry but this hits a nerve with the ever increasing amount of lazy freeloader people in the workforce. Society needs to understand the real value and cost of labor in order to realize the benefits and not rely on outside sources which are not really reliable long term. There is a reason manufacturing is seeing a rebound.
Must be the 50 lbs box of brake rotors then.
(As for the wheel+tyre, I have seen my local MB dealer uses a pneumatic lift to change tyre+wheel of a vehicle which is up on a car lift. Maybe this is why this scenario slipped from my mind.)
Must be the 50 lbs box of brake rotors then.
(As for the wheel+tyre, I have seen my local MB dealer uses a pneumatic lift to change tyre+wheel of a vehicle which is up on a car lift. Maybe this is why this scenario slipped from my mind.)
OSHA has a 50lbs weight limit for men in the workplace and 25lbs for women. Even Nurses must be able to lift 50lbs as a condition for employment. Over an 8-hour shift in an automotive shop 50lbs is quite lenient. Besides brakes, wheels + tires, Techs must have the strength to use Torque Wrenches. Pushing a heavy broom to clean up the shop floor for 15-30-minutes requires some strength and conditioning. You don't want the employee to have a heart attack after repetitive type tasks or be involved in Trips and Falls because of exhaustion.
After a career of lifting 50lbs or more to support testing in Cleanrooms, outside Environmental Chambers, and Destructive Missions on the Missile Range (Tripods and even desktop workstations are heavy crammed with hardware to record high speed data over a 12-hour test day), returned to the Oilfields at age 57. Besides lifting more than 50lbs and climbing 50 feet had to pass a stress test while performing aerobic type exercise. Heart Rate was monitored for 15-minutes. Oilfield work days are usually 12-14 hours.
1991 964 Turbo, 2002 Black E55, 2002 Black E55 " The Beast"- 2014 E63s
May be it's for Millennials to let them know, they might have to lift weight up to 50 bs and they should be able to pull, push drag and all that crap.
I guess if it's not in their job duty, they won't do it and ask me how I know LOL
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Originally Posted by C2 Turbo
May be it's for Millennials to let them know, they might have to lift weight up to 50 bs and they should be able to pull, push drag and all that crap.
I guess if it's not in their job duty, they won't do it and ask me how I know LOL
We are living in a whole new WORLD now
We are in the times where people think they can be on their phone at work and expect people doing things for them while they get paid at the end.. Sigh.
We are in the times where people think they can be on their phone at work and expect people doing things for them while they get paid at the end.. Sigh.
And some people 'demand' that they must work from home, even after the covid pandemic. They refuse to go back to their regular work location.
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Originally Posted by bishop64
And some people 'demand' that they must work from home, even after the covid pandemic. They refuse to go back to their regular work location.
Exactly! People are so spoiled. That is what is happening in Toronto, most offices in downtown Toronto are empty and a waste of space, the municipality considered re-purposing it to be used as homes instead but they scrapped the idea.
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