Hey Boss,
I'm studying WAC 196-25-070
I have been referring to the PLS's I work for as "mentors" but mentoring is not direct supervision. I have had a contractual relationship with all of them, but I want to figure out what is the right word to use rather than mentor.
If you have a copy of Black's Law Dictionary handy, could someone please post the legal definition of "mentor" or "mentoring" ?
All other comments or thoughts welcome.
I don't see a definition in my Black's Law (Sixth edition).
I found a 'legal definition' by googling at: http://definitions.uslegal.com/m/mentor/
I see a mentor as an advisor or guide. Usually more experienced.
If you are working for these pls's doing jobs as they want them done so they can stamp to them they are not simply a mentor, but you are working under their direction and supervision. They are taking liability and responsibility for your work and will have to explain it and answer to it if they signed and stamped to it. (but I bet you understand that).
I would envision a mentor as somebody who will stand up as a good reference, and that alone. That could include a co-worker or other associate. So call them a reference.
The person who is dictating your direction and supervising your work, then sealing their plats is likely who the board is looking to for verification of experience.
There is a difference.
> Hey Boss,
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> I'm studying WAC 196-25-070
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> I have been referring to the PLS's I work for as "mentors" but mentoring is not direct supervision. I have had a contractual relationship with all of them, but I want to figure out what is the right word to use rather than mentor.
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> If you have a copy of Black's Law Dictionary handy, could someone please post the legal definition of "mentor" or "mentoring" ?
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> All other comments or thoughts welcome.
PLS Supervisor?
My understanding of a mentor in the professional sense, is someone with a great deal of experience in your chosen field, that you develope a relationship with built on trust and respect. You should be eager to accept the wisdom (the business lessons that he/she has learned over their years) that the mentor is willing to bestow upon you.
However, I feel that there can be life mentors as well. A minister, a business owner (in a different field), a college professor, a relative, a neighbor, a friend, or just about anybody that you trust and respect.
I owe a great debt to the many mentors that I have had the fortune to know.
A few suggestions
Supervising Professional Land Surveyor (or Registered Land Surveyor whatever State term is for PLS)
Professional (or Registered) Land Surveyor in responsible charge
Supervisory Professional Land Surveyor
"Hey Boss"
Would be the direct supervision spoken of in WAC 196-25-070.
If you wonder whether you have a mentor, you should ask yourself if you are a protege.
If you are a protege, you have a mentor who is probably more directly concerned with your professional development than your direct supervisor, who is looking to get work out the door and is supervising you toward that end. Sometimes these can be the same person, but unfortunately not often.
Gidday Half... what about Supervising or Master Surveyor?
RADU
The boss can be a your mentor but a mentor is not always your boss.
Below is a couple of good explanations of what a Mentor is and what capacity they serve.
1. Experienced adviser and supporter: somebody, usually older and more experienced, who advises and guides a younger, less experienced person
2. Trainer: a senior or experienced person in a company or organization who gives guidance and training to a junior colleague
