As a Crane Driver, my work included training other men to be crane drivers. I had many, my first
was a small man. I had to make a small stool for him to look out of the window. first of all. I showed
him the controls and how to use them. We got talking, when I took over, to get rid of the backlog of
work. He said he was a `free lance grave digger ` he explained about his job. He spoke of digging,
then when he said he measured each corner, to see if it was square. I interrupted him then`why do
you need to see if it is square, surely he or she will not complain, if it is not `. ` No, but the Cemetery
Inspector will. if it is not square. He got through his six weeks of training, & passed. The next two
I trained, only to find out, their boss sent them to the dockyard, just to learn `how to drive a crane`.