How long does it take to learn how to survey?

LS 4722 · Post by **LS 4722** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 7:09 am

About as long that it takes to learn how to treat a woman right!

Warren Smith · Post by **Warren Smith** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 7:15 am

And I'm still practicing both!

T. S. Higgins · Post by **T. S. Higgins** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 9:42 am

Several of the Engineers I work with were surprised when I told them after passing my exam two years ago that I was ready to start learning how to survey. The idea was that if you passed your exam, then you must already know how.

It's the same as when you get married; that's when you start learning real appreciation for your wife and how to treat her right. It's not about just going out and having a good time anymore.

Of course, any women that volunteer to marry a surveyor are a cut above the rest anyway.

David Kendall · Post by **David Kendall** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 1:14 pm

Thumbs up!

land butcher · Post by **land butcher** » Thu Dec 25, 2014 3:14 pm

LS 4722 wrote:About as long that it takes to learn how to treat a woman right!

Men are long dead and gone and there still isn't enough knowledge to learn that one.

Lee Hixson · Post by **Lee Hixson** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 7:31 am

Sixteen years: the first 8 to learn how to do the work; the second 8 to learn how not to make mistakes.

dewardkb · Post by **dewardkb** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 9:55 am

I disagree, I think Mr. Hixson is light by several decades on the "Learn how not to make mistakes" part.

Stephen Johnson · Post by **Stephen Johnson** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 12:53 pm

Been doing it since 1967 and I am still learning. I don't plan to stop learning.

Keithwill · Post by **Keithwill** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 5:03 pm

Stephen.

1967 must have been a good year; that is the year that I began as a surveyor with a crew with BLM.

Dave Karoly, PLS · Post by **Dave Karoly, PLS** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 8:16 pm

"It's better when you help!" Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not.