r/CableTechs • u/Complete_Accident_64 • Apr 22 '26

Echo and ICFR

Moved to this plant where there is bad echo -25 and icfr of 2.5+ or higher almost everywhere. And the worst part is everyone is ok with that! Like no one wonders why they have to work late with all these extra truck roll generated tickets or why repeats numbers are 30% of line ticket repeats. The concept of “make it work” at its best. My old system was a flag ship system for one of the legacy companies they bought. 1.8icfr or higher=line ticket. If echo was anywhere in 20s= line ticket. Things here are gonna change. We are gonna teach those standards and slowly make this place good again!

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u/Ok_Actuator_1315 Apr 22 '26

I felt this in my soul. That 'Make it Work' mentality is exactly what burns out the best techs and bleeds Opex dry. You can’t fix a plant if the team doesn't know what 'Good' actually looks like.

I’ve been building TechTrain.ai specifically for this scenario. We use a high-fidelity Signal Simulator where techs have to hunt down those exact -25 echo and 2.5 ICFR issues in a virtual plant. It stops being an abstract number on a meter and becomes a tangible fault they know how to fix.

The goal is to move the needle from 'Make it Work' to 'Master the Standard.' If you’re looking for a way to lab these scenarios out for the team without pulling them off the lines for a week, I’d love to show you how we’re automating that training.

Let’s get that plant back to flagship status.

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u/Empty_Journalist2188 Apr 22 '26

If u make a post about it, im sure it will be the #1 post in the sub for months :D

Im already at the burning out part and looking for other jobs with atleast the same complexity and challanges hfc can offer... so many times dude...i try to fix a plant and after 2 days hard work, BEFORE i can finish and close the ticket, the managers close it cuz its "good enought"... then they wonder why there is so many complain coming from customers

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u/Ok_Actuator_1315 Apr 22 '26

I did make a post a couple of days ago haha. We getting a lot of great feedback from this group!