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As an NEC 3385 am I an engineer?
SloGlo:
--- Quote from: HouseDad on Jun 20, 2017, 07:04 ---.....a true engineer .... is licensed.
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a professional engineer, i.e. a p.e. is licensed, and has sat for the professional engineer board exam in a specific state of these united states. udder engineer school graduates may bee certified inn there discipline beyond that of they're degree, butt that is knot necessarily a license ala a medical doctor, lawyer, cpa.
ipregen:
If you had gone to the Naval Academy to become an Engineer you would have spent 4+ years getting an engineering degree, then on to Nuclear Power School and Prototype. As an enlisted person you spend a few weeks in "A" School, then onto NPS and NPTU. So try doing the math, do you think it's the same. It would be hard to believe you're a nuke to even ask that question.
And to get a P.E designation requires 5 years experience after getting an Engineering Degree to be able to apply to take the exam.
Operating Engineers is a broad term that may include non-degreed heavy equipment but may also "Power Engineers" who operate boilers.
hamsamich:
I get all the stuff about true engineers being board/test certified, but there are plenty of jobs for "engineers" that don't require that in our field. I think that is probably the OPs meaning behind all this...to get a job.
Chimera:
In the engineering world, only the PEs call themselves "engineers". Everyone else is an EiT - Engineer in Training. However, having said that, one may adopt any title one chooses as long as they can substantiate it when applying for the job.
SloGlo:
--- Quote from: Chimera on Jun 23, 2017, 03:25 ---In the engineering world, only the PEs call themselves "engineers". Everyone else is an EiT - Engineer in Training. However, having said that, one may adopt any title one chooses as long as they can substantiate it when applying for the job.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer_in_Training
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