How Do You Get Monotonous Jobs Done Accurately And Quickly?
• Organize the task. Let’s set up an actual job scenario. The job is to take a whole bunch of blueprints rolled in brown paper, organize and label them so they can be found later. You are given a job name, a reference number, and a job description, and you’re told to make a sheet (from a form they have) so the prints can be checked out later on. Until they’re checked out, you have to store them, so you will need to tag them with the labels. Let’s organize the task: • Alphabetize: Sort the rolls out from A to Z. • Create the sign-out sheet: Write down the name and reference number on the sheet, and figure out how many rolls go with this job. If you get, say, 6 copies of each, and there are 6 rolls, you know that each set is contained in one roll. If you have 12 rolls, noting that on the sheet will tell anyone checking them out later that they need TWO rolls to make one complete set. • Make the labels: Neatly copy the info from the signout sheet. And here’s a tip: Let’s say each set of b
