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As an NEC 3385 am I an engineer?
lewi0027:
Does my training and service in the Navy as a Machinist's Mate qualify me to call myself a nuclear engineer?
Thanks!
hamsamich:
No unless trying to impress chicks.
lewi0027:
--- Quote from: hamsamich on Jun 19, 2017, 02:38 ---No unless trying to impress chicks.
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Just out of curiosity why would you say that I am not an engineer? I am just trying to understand what qualifies somebody as an engineer.
GLW:
--- Quote from: lewi0027 on Jun 19, 2017, 02:29 ---Does my training and service in the Navy as a Machinist's Mate qualify me to call myself a nuclear engineer?
Thanks!
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No.
--- Quote from: lewi0027 on Jun 19, 2017, 02:51 ---
Just out of curiosity why would you say that I am not an engineer? I am just trying to understand what qualifies somebody as an engineer.
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IF you are still in the USN, THEN,...
there are likely to be real live people really close to your physical location who can answer that question for you and to you in the first person, ask them, they're known as officers:
https://www.usna.edu/Academics/Majors-and-Courses/Majors/Nuclear-Engineering.php
IF NOT (still in the USN), well, you should still be able to nuke it out with that easy reference plus these:
http://ncees.org/engineering/pe/nuclear/
http://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/PE-Nuc-Oct-2012.pdf
http://www.ans.org/
hamsamich:
I am an ex navy nuc MM. I wish it qualified me engineer. I guess the term engineer can be applied loosely. But normally the meaning implies you have a degree in engineering at least. Like a nuclear engineering degree from penn state, for instance. If you think you can do all the things an engineer can do, and you can convince an emplyer you are qualified as such, AND they don't require a degree in an engineering discipline, then maybe you could convince an employer to give you a job as an engineer. Good luck with that.
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