ution of heat is
not necessarily uniform.
On his own iniative or on
complaint he will investigate
"hot spots" and
take corrective action.
Here again, one can only outline
broad areas of responsibility.
We have observed a young mechanical
engineer with some three years
of experience in a factory and no
experience in this role, become
effective and most valuable within
six months.
At the end of this time he
reported himself pleased
and proud of the work he was aked
to do.
Many of the unfortunate accidents
that have occurred
in computation centers would have had
a much lower probability of
occurrence were technically competent
supervisory personnel in charge.
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For these engineers on the
technical Director's staff,
there is a lot of engineering
work to be done in their
non-duty time.
Much of it is involved in the
planning that must go on to
be able to accept new
procedures, new equipment, new
environment (a new power
sub-station, say) new
software, new projects.
There are engineering reports
to be written about the planning
recommendations, and
about the center's activities as
they are affected.
It is common practice for many
scientific centers to use their
most efficient and experienced
staff during prime shift and deliberately
schedule the long or complex
computing tasks for the non-prime shift.
In a new center this
can be a disastrous policy for everyone.
It is strongly suggested that the
absolute minimum professional
operating staff during any operation
of the computer be an engineer
qualified on the center's console.
Further when complex programs
are schedules for
non-prime operation an appropriate
staff should be selected and briefed.
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