Comment by realo
1 day ago
Sorry but in Canada using the word Engineer near your name also means you take legal responsibility personnaly for your professional acts. We are assermented when we earn the title of Junior Engineer after 4 years of university. Then after a period of a few years in the workplace you can have a sponsor Engineer vouch for you. You pass yet another exam and only then you become an Engineer.
This is not true for most so-called Engineers in the US. Anyone can declare themselves an engineer with no exam, no sponsor, no assermentation and no real legal ties to their shoddy work.
>> This is not true for most so-called Engineers in the US. >> Anyone can declare themselves an engineer with no exam, >> no sponsor, no assermentation and no real legal ties >> to their shoddy work.
I don't think that's correct. While there are exemptions, each state requires anyone offering engineering services to the public to be licensed.
https://educatingengineers.com/blog/pe-license-requirements-...
Sure, the term "Professional Engineer" is protected, but not "Engineer" by itself.