CABL Forum - Re:Info on learning sweep ? Yessir, Here's what ya do.......

Good for you. Do what you have to doto learn it the right way. WaveTek has a great program. If you have splicing experience, you are ahead of the game. My company, SPY Communications, requires an entrance exam. We only hire the best, but we pay you that way. When you get to the point that you feel you are at your best sweeping, contact me. I like your attitude.

> Well... thank you for the info, but this sounds like I would be deceiving the company that I would be working for. I would prefer to go out and learn from an experienced sweeper that does the job right, therefore allowing me to learn it right, not just enough to get me by. I believe this, along with a few courses from wavetek, would be the best way to go about it.
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>>#1- Pick up phone call someone with a sweep contract tell him you sweep.
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>>#2- Simply explain, you dont have much experience, (this is contractor code for; "you have my permission to screw me, I need the work").
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>>#3 This is where it gets touchy.... You can simply rent his test equipment, or if you want the full treatment, go lease a new bucket for $1500/mo, and by a Sweep unit. This path will truly teach you what you need to know. Although be fore-warned, it is not for the faint of heart or those that have others depending on your income.
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>>#4 Now this is very important. When asked if you supress ingress, you say YES! Add immediately, that you consider it part of the sweep. Nothing impresses a contrator more than a can do attitude. This is imperative. Like the above section, this training will be invaluable to you in the immediate future.
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>>#5 When given your first sweep prints, DO NOT let anyone know
>>that you dont understand why not being able to read the tombstone legend is critical. Well, on second thought it doesn't really matter, because its likely neither do they.
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>>#6 When told you have to give the same retainer as the splice crew, you say, "Oh sure..."
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>>#7 Once you have your sweep unit, go to the field and rough balance, until you no longer recognize anything on the graph.
>>Resist the urge to run to the nearest splice job and leave all your hard fought sweep earnings behind, this will come along quite naturally.
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>>Besides, you will fix this later by stumbling upon an active that has a decent P/V and copy that picture to the various problems you have instinctively ignored.
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>>Well, I hope this has been helpful. Good luck, and good sweeping!
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>>>Expeienced splicer looking for any info on learning sweep. School or train as I work... Please contact me at satizfaction.com or call 301-404-0860. Thank you in advance.
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Re:Info on learning sweep ? Yessir, Here's what ya do.......