UK Government E-petition: Make 'Engineer' a protected title 4

[ukengineer58]

Waste of time. Even our institutions wont battle for it. Probably as employer and large client dominated so they dont want salaries rising. We should be more elitist. In the uk you dont even need any licence or qualification to produce structural designs. Bizarre

 

[GregLocock]

The Institutes in the UK are beholden to industry and academia, both of which have great interest in expanding the number of engineering graduates. I rather think the interests of the members runs a poor second. The IMechE in particular started creating fake engineering titles to muddy the water still further.

Similarly many of these organisations provide training, so again it is in the organisations interests to increase the amount of ongoing PDH, and restrict their definition.

It isn't a conspiracy, but it isn't pretty.

Cheers

Greg Locock


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[rterickson]

SomptingGuy And of course I NEVER use that term when getting a motor insurance quote as it carries a premium (blue collar worker, likely to modify his vehicle and be a risk).

Funny, my insurance agent told me I could get a discount (Professional Worker's) if I sent her a copy of my degree.

Must be a California thing.

 

[ScottyUK]

SomptingGuy,

One year my insurer decided I was a 'draughtsman' which was as close as they could come to 'design engineer'. Got a great rate that year - must be a low risk group.


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