Watched a green tender go from useless to solid in 8 weeks, and the fix was just letting him touch the gear
New kid showed up in March with zero time on a job site. First two weeks he just stood by the hose and watched.
I started letting him do small stuff. Grease the fittings. Rack the umbilical. Coil the air line on the deck.
By week 8 he was catching mistakes I would have missed. Nobody sent him to school. He just got his hands on things.
How long do you all wait before you let a new guy touch anything?