Growing up I would hear the phrase "Good enough for who it's for". That may have been said jokingly, but in Colossians 3:23 it says, "And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;" and in Ephesians, "With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men":
Before coming to Water of Life Church in Plano, Texas; I worked as a draftsman at a manufacturing company in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We were a full operation from sales, to engineering, to manufacturing, to shipping out the door. The products designed at Gunnebo Johnson are sold and known worldwide. In fact, if you've ever been through a construction site, then you've probably seen some of what we did.
My responsibilities included much more than drafting though. Whenever we were given a project, we outlined the details of the design on a DDI. These were the Design and Development Inputs. Often my supervisor would remind us to "tell the story". The DDI captured everything that the customer listed on the purchase order. It also told of decisions that were made on the project and who was responsible for making those decisions.
One item that would always be listed was paint. If the customer listed yellow. We needed to know which yellow. What's the color number? Which vendor do you want the paint to come from? Do you want standard paint or a marine coat? How many coats? How thick for each coat? Some customers would send a packet that detailed how to paint the product they were ordering. Sometimes this meant that the paint process had to be recorded and sent back to the customer. We, as draftsmen, had to lay all this out in the form of a "specification" or a SPEC to let the guys in the plant know what was being required.
That was just one example. The point is we had to be very detailed. Once we were finished, the person checking our work had to be thorough as well. After that check, the the supervisor then reviewed our work before sending it on to the Vice-President of Engineering for final review. If at any point along the way a mistake was made, the project was sent back to the draftsman to make corrections. On occasion a project was sent back simply to be more detailed in the "telling of the story". We were always making an attempt to get exactly what the customer wanted. That was our job. Get it exactly right.
Working on those projects I was often reminded of how God told Moses, referring to the tabernacle, to build it exactly like he showed him. (Hebrews 8:5) I thank God for the job he provided me during the years I worked at GJC. I also thank God for those I worked with.
God Bless,
Anthony
Before coming to Water of Life Church in Plano, Texas; I worked as a draftsman at a manufacturing company in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We were a full operation from sales, to engineering, to manufacturing, to shipping out the door. The products designed at Gunnebo Johnson are sold and known worldwide. In fact, if you've ever been through a construction site, then you've probably seen some of what we did.
My responsibilities included much more than drafting though. Whenever we were given a project, we outlined the details of the design on a DDI. These were the Design and Development Inputs. Often my supervisor would remind us to "tell the story". The DDI captured everything that the customer listed on the purchase order. It also told of decisions that were made on the project and who was responsible for making those decisions.
One item that would always be listed was paint. If the customer listed yellow. We needed to know which yellow. What's the color number? Which vendor do you want the paint to come from? Do you want standard paint or a marine coat? How many coats? How thick for each coat? Some customers would send a packet that detailed how to paint the product they were ordering. Sometimes this meant that the paint process had to be recorded and sent back to the customer. We, as draftsmen, had to lay all this out in the form of a "specification" or a SPEC to let the guys in the plant know what was being required.
That was just one example. The point is we had to be very detailed. Once we were finished, the person checking our work had to be thorough as well. After that check, the the supervisor then reviewed our work before sending it on to the Vice-President of Engineering for final review. If at any point along the way a mistake was made, the project was sent back to the draftsman to make corrections. On occasion a project was sent back simply to be more detailed in the "telling of the story". We were always making an attempt to get exactly what the customer wanted. That was our job. Get it exactly right.
Working on those projects I was often reminded of how God told Moses, referring to the tabernacle, to build it exactly like he showed him. (Hebrews 8:5) I thank God for the job he provided me during the years I worked at GJC. I also thank God for those I worked with.
God Bless,
Anthony
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| A crane just off I-75 in Allen, TX |
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| A crane block and an overhaul ball (I believed to be manufactured by Gunnebo Johnson) |
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