It never ceases to amaze me the way some, many, well educated experts in their field, have little or no comprehension of what it means to apply their trusted expertise to the real world.
Some seem so expertly educated they're devoid of people skills.
A recent subdivision required a suitably qualified person to undertake a contamination investigation.
The owner was quite bemused to point of concern when the young, probably newly graduated, expert arrived and commenced his work with gusto.
Owner said it seemed the expert was focused only on the contamination to the place where he was getting disappointed because there wasn't any.
Never mind that this was for a residential subdivision and any contamination could have rather disastrous outcome.
Thankfully they got an all clear.
Imagine the rapport we'd have in the community if we undertook surveys gleefully looking for every problem we could find with the land and boundaries we were surveying.
I pondered on this as I've encountered similar so rang our University and relayed my concerns and asked a few questions about how they equip students for the wide world of reality, where the rubber hits the road.
Person I spoke to didn't have a clue what I was talking about and asked if I had a complaint about a curriculum.
Then suggested I contact the students union,and not waiting for an answer diverted my call to their number.
Got an answering service so hung up.
Went back to peg the final boundaries this week and the owners were still talking about their interactions with their expert.
It'd left a mark on the lady.
No, it happens everywhere judging by the number of Engineering consultants who place their datum mark on the structure they are monitoring and then wonder why they find different movements to everybody else.
Richard, post: 431942, member: 833 wrote: if we undertook surveys gleefully looking for every problem we could find with the land and boundaries we were surveying
The problems usually find me.;)
