Work - Stress and Tension

In my workplace , there is an ongoing problem with stress and tension.

The industry has a band of doctors who are specialists in resolving these issues, and for the smaller firms, there are doctors on call who are employed by one of the major suppliers of the specialist equipment that we use. they are located in areas across the state and might be responsible for an area covering 400 kilometres or more.

They are usually needed every 3 - 6 months, tho if things go wrong, may be neeed in a lot less time than that.

The specialised nature of their work, and the ease that a good one can achieve the desired results with, has led to a smattering of "wannabes" who can often achieve the results, but with a lot shorter durability - or some who simply are taking money under false pretences. Also, there is a couple of newer methods that are available, tho the results are dependent on the skill of the doctor, even with these, as we have found at work this week.

Pictures are
Top : The operating table(anvil), instruments (hammers -he has 6 more, some heavier - they have specially shaped faces to enable him to stretch or shrink the metal to get the right tension into the saw -if the tension is in the wrong place, or the tension is lost from overheating, then the saw will not "stand up" and it is nearly impossible to cut straight and true timber)
He uses a series of 'straight edges' to check the results and to do his diagnosis

Center; A cured patient, the marks are from the heavier blows to achieve the tension, there are a lot of lighter blows used to get the saw back to a flat surface

Bottom: The next patient -the ring marks are from the rolling method that was used when making the saw -these saws have only been used once as the tension was in the wrong area, and wouldnt "stand up"