re: Engineers/Construction Workers?

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Just like the OP said, a lot of them are just flat out missing things like common sense and just general knowledge.

I worked with some 4.0 students building a specialized tool, and if I asked for a flathead, they'd hand me a hammer. Ask them again in 30 minutes, and you could see them trying to remember which tool it was. They stripped/snapped small bolts all of the time, crimped copper pipes, and generally had no idea what was going on. It was like teaching a baby to walk. We had a schedule, and I could only teach them so much while still getting done what I needed to for the week

That made them much more of a hindrance than anything, and my boss made them stay inside most of the time because of it

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Engineers shouldn't be professional craftsman, hell they would get greivanced in a lot of places for trying to use tools. They are not there to work on shite, they are there to make sure shite gets done to the design and is done to code. You do the work, but show him why you are doing it and why it is the correct way to install whatever it is you are installing.