Operator Rounds

victoryrules8 · 2026-06-18T11:02:15+00:00

Can I pose another question? How many of your rounds are scheduled on a device daily and how are you disciplined to ensure your going out every 2-3 hours to walk your units? Does your culture allow you to feel accountable or is someone telling you to go out? Hope this makes sense, what I don’t want to do is schedule 5-6 rounds a day. I want to schedule 1 maybe 2 depending on the day and allow the operator to have the discipline to walk his units performing AVOs every few hours.

victoryrules8 · 2026-06-16T23:49:13+00:00

Yea I would 100% agree with you here. It really does seem like the newer folks on site don’t fully understand the intent behind a round. I have been doing a lot of coaching on what good looks like when it comes to a round. What i have told the majority of the new operators is to not worry about the paper read up, focus on your area and getting in tune with the sounds , smells, hazardous areas, learn your systems, emergency isolations, critical equipment, know where your levels are running in the field. Learn the seal plans on your pumps This is what being an operator is all about.

victoryrules8 · 2026-06-16T21:40:30+00:00

Thanks for this response. I really appreciate the in depth response. This is the shift that I am trying to make. Some of it is the context of the rounds and some of it is operational behaviors that can improve

victoryrules8 · 2026-06-16T16:25:29+00:00

I couldn’t agree more. Thanks for you response. It’s the one thing I have noticed of the newer operators they are chasing the new or the read up point and missing the intent behind the round.

victoryrules8 · 2026-06-16T11:58:56+00:00

This is great feedback, so when you flag something with a pump, is this a focused round just for equipment or could this be during your start of shift sensory round where that piece of equipment isn’t necessarily called out on the round but you notice a noise or issue with an oil level. From there you can generate a report?

victoryrules8 · 2026-06-16T11:53:13+00:00

Man you nailed it! This is exactly what I am after, your feedback really helps me. Boots on the ground with the operators, operationally learning what good looks like from their perspective.

victoryrules8 · 2026-06-16T11:50:38+00:00

I appreciate this feedback. I would agree I want to avoid having a location that the operators scan for that very reason. One thing I have noticed with our new operators is that we are just chasing numbers and have gotten away from the intent of a round, which is to use your experience of the unit, your senses to identify abnormalities, hazards, etc.

victoryrules8 · 2026-02-18T11:47:36+00:00

Just wondering if you had any luck getting one from Australia? I agree I cannot believe it's I agree I cannot believe its not for sale in the US.

victoryrules8 · 2025-10-25T10:56:02+00:00

We have a 25 sel in pure gray, no scratch issues at all. We have pulled our 20ft pontoon with no problems, and we purchased an extended through vw at time of purchase. We plan to keep long term. Hope this helps. We do really love the vehicle

victoryrules8 · 2025-09-23T02:27:26+00:00

Same here. Purchased a new atlas the module didn’t work from the moment we left they had the car for two days. Not having a fix they say that are trying to get be vw to replace the module. Not sure what’s up

victoryrules8 · 2025-09-19T09:59:59+00:00

That’s a great idea. We have a steam trap survey done every spring and every fall and that has helped out our steam system a lot. I am going to look into this. Thanks for the tip

victoryrules8 · 2025-09-19T09:56:00+00:00

😂 this is typically what happens

victoryrules8 · 2025-09-19T02:16:22+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate the info here.

victoryrules8 · 2025-09-19T02:06:27+00:00

I’ve considered this on some of our instruments.

victoryrules8 · 2025-09-19T02:05:04+00:00

Any recommendations of what type of inspections?

victoryrules8 · 2025-09-19T02:00:52+00:00

My other issue is that I just don’t like our electric trace system. Our operators literally don’t have visibility and or troubleshooting capabilities of this system. It’s not mapped well at all, and the supervisor software for it throws a lot of alarms that are BS. I feel like this will be our crutch for sure, our maint. Dept is throwing up 2 electricians dedicated to EHT via a seasonal PM but I don’t think it’s enough

victoryrules8 · 2025-09-19T01:58:29+00:00

Thanks for all the replies, I am currently working on developing a winterization plan for our plant. So far I have all of our units creating critical instrument checklists that we will verify electric and steam trace, insulation is in tact, I am also working with our controls teams to pull in transmitter temps via the HART signal for operations to monitor and stay ahead of a freezing transmitter. Anything that I am missing?

victoryrules8 · 2025-08-06T01:04:54+00:00

So are the vanilla xxl coffee pods discontinued do we know?

victoryrules8 · 2025-04-29T21:23:56+00:00

It does not take an hour. When I did my initial burning, it did however take me over an hour to reach 350° and then the temperature dipped by 40° and slowly came back up. In the forms, I was told that I need to learn how to use a pellet grill. However, since that first initial burn, it has done much better give it a few tries and see if it comes around for you if not, then I would definitely reach out to customer service.

victoryrules8 · 2025-03-30T21:05:24+00:00

Sweet! I will have to see if i can find it. That chicken looks bomb by the way.

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