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What is the difference between a good tradie experience and a bad or horror one? Top of my list, it is selecting a tradesperson that has “the care factor”.
Blogger: Laorence Nohra, Tradebusters
Recently when a user of our service (let’s call her “Lyn”) called our office to advise that some deck work from a tradesperson in our network didn’t quite meet her expectations, we responded with a “Consider it fixed! We know what John is like and he will be out there tomorrow”. And he was (in fact, he was actually out there that same afternoon).
But what would have happened had John refused to go out or worse still completely disappeared from the picture since he had already been paid?
Well, you have probably read the thousands of stories out there as it is one story too common - Lyn would not have been too happy (even angry) and it would have certainly consumed an incredible amount of stress with additional costs to fix.
The difference between Lyn now being able to enjoy her deck and the renovation experience as opposed to what could have been a daily curse every time she saw it, was simply because John has “the care factor”. This is care for personal reputation, quality of work and more importantly for the customer, quickly eliminates any distress and produces a positive outcome.
We all know we want a tradesperson to be reliable and experienced but how many of us ask “will he/she still be there when things go wrong?” The reality is, especially with renovations, they just do!
Tradies that don’t care are simply costly- in terms of your time, money and stress so it pays to get the selection right up front.
Three tips to help you establish if a tradie has got “the care factor” include.1.
What have previous clients said about them? (And we don’t mean reading online reviews!). We recommend speaking to previous customers and even seeing the work - especially for major jobs like an extension, new kitchen or bathroom. And more importantly, ask about the issues that arose and how they were handled by the tradesperson.
A high repeat customer base. A tradesperson that can demonstrate that he/she is doing regular and ongoing work for particular homeowners, real estate agents, tradesmen service providers is a good indication of a high care factor. Be suspicious of tradespeople that cannot offer such references.
A strong referral to a tradesperson used by others can really help you get it right without taking the risk on someone from a local paper or large online database network.
This could be through family, friends, local hardware stores or a credible tradesmen service provider that has long established relationships with its tradespeople.
Just to finish off, Lyn was thrilled with the service and results, and has just booked John in for some more future work.
About Laorence Nohra
From the jet setting corporate world of accounting and finance, Laorence Nohra is the CEO of , one of Australia’s first personalised tradesmen service providers.
Based on the principal that the best way to find good tradespeople is through a quality ‘referral’,
Tradebusters aims to help homeowners take away the time, guesswork and risk of sourcing good tradespeople.
As an outsourcing and operational efficiency expert, who has held a number of international posts with global corporations establishing shared service centres across the world, Laorence now works actively with homeowners, real estate agencies and trade businesses across Australia to unlock and realise the benefits of effective outsourcing.
Tradebusters has been featured in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph as well as various online, local and industry related publications.
“Tradebusters is Tradeblogging” is aimed at sharing with you real life experiences so that any home improvement or renovation job, whether it is big or small is stress-free, positive and rewarding. That’s all part of Tradebusters difference!
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In mathematics, translation refers to moving an object without changing it in any other way.
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In mathematics, translation refers to moving an object without changing it in any other way.
This lesson will describe how to translate an object and give some examples.
A quiz will follow to test your knowledge.
Translation DefinitionTranslation is a term used in geometry to describe a function that moves an object a certain distance. The object is not altered in any other way. It is not rotated, reflected or re-sized.
In a translation, every point of the object must be moved in the same direction and for the same distance. When you are performing a translation, the initial object is called the pre-image, and the object after the translation is called the image. So, in the picture above, the rust-colored item is the pre-image, and the blue item is the image. We know this because the arrow tells us the direction in which the image was moved. For other images, you might be told which image is the pre-image, or you might be asked to find either the pre-image from the image, or vice versa. How to Perform TranslationsWhen working with translation problems, the information may be presented in different ways. You may be given a figure drawn on the coordinate plane like this:
Then you will be asked to translate the figure. You will be given a distance and direction for the transformation. For example, translate the figure down 7. The way to do this is to take each vertex point individually and count down 7. So the point at (1, 5) will move to (1, -2). Notice we did not move the vertex along the x-axis, or horizontal direction. The instructions asked us to move it down only, along the y-axis. Move the other three vertices in the same manner. The point at:
(3, 5) moves to (3, -2)
(1, 3) moves to (1, -4)
(3, 3) moves to (3, -4)
Then connect the vertices to draw the square, translated down 7.
Another way that information might be given is like this, starting again with an image drawn on the coordinate plane:
This time, you will not be asked to draw the translation, but instead to describe it in mathematical notation. Describe a translation of the triangle down 2 and to the right 3. The notation will look like this: (x, y) → (x + 3, y - 2) This means that for each point on the triangle (x, y), the x-coordinate is moved to the right 3 spaces, and the y-coordinate is moved down 2 spaces. Later on, anyone who sees this notation can draw the image by looking at the pre-image. You will not have to have drawn it for them. When they do draw the image, it will look like this:
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1.) Which figure represents the translation of the yellow figure?
The answer is Q. It is the only figure that is a translation. Figure P is reflected, so it is not facing the same direction. Figure R is larger than the original figure, therefore it is not a translation. 2.) Write the mathematical notation for a translation that shifts up 5 and to the left 3. To write the mathematical notation, we do not need to know anything about the figure. The notation will be the same regardless of the size or shape of the figure. For this example, the notation would look like this: (x, y) → (x - 3, y + 5) 3.) Which figure represents the following translation. (x, y) → (x - 5, y + 2)? The maroon figure is the pre-image and the blue one is the image. a.)
The answer is b. It is the figure that was moved to the left 5 spaces and up 2 spaces. Lesson SummaryIn geometry, a translation is the shifting of a figure from one place to another without rotating, reflecting or changing its size. This is done by moving the vertices of the figure the prescribed number of spaces on a coordinate plane and then drawing the new figure.
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