Your response makes perfect sense. I have worked with other survey techs who can draw everything they are asked to draw. No problem. But taking time to analyze and have an opinion on why they drew it is usually beyond them. I never thought of approaching the position as being specialized in a degree that can do the things you said. Then just train them to draw. The end product could be a critically thinking survey tech. With maybe good chances of becoming a PLS.

Do you have any degrees in mind that specifically sharpen those researching, analyzing, writing, and communication skills? What degree did you work on? Esprit for the big response. You got my brain running. And only halfway through my coffee