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20 Day Internship

Day 1:

 

  • Go through hiring steps. If this hasn’t already happened.

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  • Review Expectations for the Internship

    • Pretty much the same as the Level 1 Expectations. Potentially customize them to the trainee to target something they could grow in.

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  • Go over Figma Growth Chart

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  • Talk about books and why we think they are so important highlighting their impact on your own life

    • Have them pick 2 books out of the 5 to read and be reviewed on

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  • Give intern the booklets and any training resources we have for them and discuss how to best use them

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  • Run through the Sunwave Story if they don’t already know it and go over:

    • Vision

    • Mission

    • Principles​​

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  • Have them download: Piper Inventory, Confluence, ChatGPT, Audible, and LevelUp by Piper

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Day 2:

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  • Do a Tool Bag overview using the Plumbing Tools Booklet

  • Ask what book they chose if that had not the day before and maybe ask why

  • Show them how to use the inventory app and get them to download it

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Day 3:

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  • Do a thorough cleaning of the van telling them what needs to be done but allowing them to do it

    • ​See if they have any cleaning tips that could work better or things to add to the list of things to clean​

  • Test their memory on the tool bag tools by dumping them out and having them put them back while naming the tools and what they’re used for. If you don’t have time just find time later for this​

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Day 4:

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  • Have them read Guide 1 (Plumbing Materials) and quiz their knowledge

  • Go over Bays A1 through A3 so they know where things are and what they are called. ​

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Day 5:

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  • Review Guide 1 and test their knowledge

  • Ask about book they’ve been reading​

    • Do you like the book?

    • What is one of your favorite takeaways so far?

  • Review bays A1-A3

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Day 6:

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  • Start doing a tool review throughout the van making sure they know how to use each tool well and safely ​

  • Go over bays B1 through B3​

  • Ask about books they are reading

    • Is there anything that you’ve learned that could be applied better at Sunwave?​

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Day 7:

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  • Have them read Guide 2 (Plumbing Fittings)

  • Test whether or not they are remembering well what they are reading using the tests generated in Docs

  • Book Knowledge Tests

  • Review bays B1-B3

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Day 8:

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  • Review Guide 2 and Test Knowledge​

  • Use any addition time you have on this day to allow the intern to ask questions about your job and just the company in general

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Day 9:

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  • Have them read Guide 3 and review

  • Go over bays C1 through C3

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Day 10:

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  • Review Guide 3 and test their knowledge

  • Review bays C1-C3

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Day 11:

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  • Have them read Guide 4 (Filtration)

  • Take some time to look back over the core values and ask

    • So far are there any ways we can be living these out better?

    • What core value do you feel like you can live out the best at Sunwave

    • Are there any values you think could be added?​

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Day 12:

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  • Catch up day aka the day to do things that have slipped through the cracks or to do something you feel like could be helpful.

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Day 13:

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  • Review Guide 4

  • Go over bays D1-D3

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Day 14:

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  • Check in about books they are reading

    • How will what you’ve learned in this book change the way you live from now on?

  • Have them read Guide 5 (Pumps) and review

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Day 15:

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  • Review bays D1-D3

  • Go over Guide 5 again

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Day 16:

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  • Go over bays E1-E3

  • Review the tools in the van at the same time and what they are used for​

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Day 17:

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  • Review tool bag to see how well they remember everything

  • Review bays E1-E3

  • Have them read Guide 6 (Pricing)

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Day 18:

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  • Go over the different parts on the small shelf F1-F8

  • Review Guide 6

  • Have them read the “Pricing Explained” in Confluence​

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Day 19:

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  • Catch up day aka the day to do things that have slipped through the cracks or to do something you feel like could be helpful.

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Day 20:

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  • Ask them what their favorite thing has been about the internship as well as the main thing they learned.

  • Test whether or not they are remembering well what they are reading using the tests generated in Docs/ConfluenceBook Knowledge Tests

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