He has to be smart and hard working.
Resourceful.
Something of a leader.
not just a "button pusher"
can look at what he just put on the ground or measured and can tell if something is wrong
That's easy:
Highly experienced:
Worked as moundsman (monument builder) on EVERY Original GLO Survey in your state during the summers (so he knows where thay all are).
Spent Winters working for the Coast & Geodetic Survey, doing Triangulation and Leveling work.
Can operate, program, repair EVERY survey instrument known to man, and loves doing research and complex calculations.
Despite his [obvious] age, he gets around the hills like a Mountain Goat, and loves heavy packs and crappy weather.
Has so many Government retirement checks coming in, that he not only works for free, he always picks up the bar tab each night.
🙂
Loyal
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> Has so many Government retirement checks coming in, that he not only works for free, he always picks up the bar tab each night.
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> 🙂
> Loyal
and is sober the next day at work 😉
I'll tell you whut
Ya'll throw a narrow urethra in the mix and you all have described Hank Hill 🙂
I'll tell you whut
If he can understand Boomhower, he can understand anyone on the radio.
Lets build the perfect FIELD TECHNICIAN
Wow, when can you get here, Loyal?
LOL
Back in the day, party chiefs made all the decisions in the field. There was 1 chief of parties and 4-7, 3-man crews, most of the time. They did all their own calc's and the chief of parties checked the work the next day. Some times they didn't make the right decision, sometimes there were tough decisions, but that's how they learned. The average party chief spent at least a year as a chain/rod man and a couple more running the gun. He used the "Watch and Learn" method of mentoring and picked up all of the good habits from all of the party chiefs he worked with. When he made it to party chief, he was watched closely and bad habits were nipped in the bud, or he went back to running the gun. By now he should be ready to sit for the LSIT and start putting in his time "in responsible charge", to prepare him for the PLS exam.
It's not like that today. Most places I know have a PLS for every crew and a PLS that manages the whole department, things move a lot faster now. 2-man crews are quickly being replaced by 1-man and a robot or RTK GPS. The PLS makes all the decisions and the crew relies on him most of the time, depending on the kind of work they do. On the job training is almost nonexistent, a crew member needs to have college credits or he will have a tough time getting a job. They are not called party chiefs anymore, they are field technicians.
I like the new technology, but I miss the old days. I wish I could afford to mentor a young person, but it's not cost effective.
Dugger
He has to be able to communicate effectively; he needs to learn from his mistakes; he needs to know how to process data in order to know the best way to collect data in the field; he needs to know when he doesn't know something and not be too proud to ask a question. Oh, and he needs to give a damn.
> Oh, and he needs to give a damn.
:good:
DDSM
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If he has a hot sister, that's a plus.
HONEST.
He has to be EXACTLY like me!
.... and by god when I say take pictures he/she had better take pictures. Preferably with a common point of reference overlapping.
They'd have to one day want my job, and take steps to that show it. And not just "settle" for being a PC. With all due respect to those incredible PC's already out there, and I've known several. But the question was for the "perfect" one.
He (or She) has to be able to draw a friggin sketch with a north arrow in the field book. College does not teach them that they are the office guys eyes and ears anymore.
Snoop-
She I hope ?
Derek
SHE
n.m.
Doesn't the GPS tell me where north is? 😀