Kerry's point being said, I'm an EAA Tech Counselor. I've served in both the AirVenture 1/2 day and full weekend work shops. EAA offerings, more or less to date, teach you various processes, but they don't teach you how to "build". That is, an approach to the job as a whole and possible approaches to each particular facet (one of the great features of this forum provided by the numerous, accomplished, experts!).
Nothing wrong with the EAA's approach to "processes" but I'm all about the "value added aspect" maximizing productivity and avoiding unnecessary expense.
Case in point, the weekend seminars culminate in a sample wing panel/aileron project. I volunteered to be a Tech Counselor. Out of 23 students, the fastest was right at 2 hrs, the slowest 2:38. After the class was over the two tech counselors (not the instructor) and 8 students were performing a "post-mortem" I blew them away showing how an "experienced" approach enabled me to complete the same task in about 20 min.
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