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Subject:Re: What to call us From:Win Day <winday -at- IDIRECT -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 26 Jun 1995 13:36:11 -0400
PJ Rose wrote about calling ourselves "engineers" when we are not licensed
engineers.
I quite agree that we must be very careful about using the designation
"engineer". Like PJ, I have an engineering degree, but cannot call myself an
engineer because I am not a licensed Professional Engineer. Most companies I
worked for called me a Technical Specialist, or Engineering Specialist, when
I was performing an engineering function (always under the supervision of a
professional engineer).
In Alberta, the Association for Professional Engineers, Geologists, and
Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA) is lobbying for legislation that will make
it illegal for anyone other than a professional licensed engineer (or
engineer-in-training) to perform any kind of engineering function at any
level, even under the supervision of a professional engineer. I doubt such
legislation will pass; too many scientists, technicians, and engineers from
education systems outside Canada would be immediately unemployed!
But we need to be careful.
Win
Win Day
Technical Writer/Editor
Email: winday -at- idirect -dot- com
