That's the key. A structural engineer ostensibly has the background necessary to work without the tool, albeit with much less efficiency. Because of that they should have a first principles understanding of what situations the tool won't apply rather than the situation breaking down to 'garbage in/garbage out'.
I'll be the first to admit that measuring this in terms of education is at best a proxy for that knowledge, and have met technicians that truly understand what they're working on better than most engineers they worked with, and engineers that promptly forgot everything as soon as the exam was over. But what is listed above is the underlying piece that's attempting to be controlled for. It's a hard concept to measure.
That's the key. A structural engineer ostensibly has the background necessary to work without the tool, albeit with much less efficiency. Because of that they should have a first principles understanding of what situations the tool won't apply rather than the situation breaking down to 'garbage in/garbage out'.
I'll be the first to admit that measuring this in terms of education is at best a proxy for that knowledge, and have met technicians that truly understand what they're working on better than most engineers they worked with, and engineers that promptly forgot everything as soon as the exam was over. But what is listed above is the underlying piece that's attempting to be controlled for. It's a hard concept to measure.