Test the new guy?

So we hired a new guy a couple weeks ago… he keeps telling us he knows how to do stuff and “ready to be on his own”… he has only worked with me a few times and another party chief the rest of the time, and we both agree that he is nowhere close to being a party chief or even doing things beyond Simple point staking.  He is persistent about wanting to do things solo, is it wrong to send him on a task that is definitely beyond his capabilities as a reality check for him?  

We still feel he is intelligent and a hard worker so far, just over confident. I don’t want to redo work if it gets messed up, but if he gets there and tries to do something without calling to ask the questions, I guess that’s the lessons learned for all of us.  

Thought?