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Where I come from (Canada), you can't call yourself an Engineer unless you are certified as a Professional Engineer by the appropriate licensing body. This is
by minsight 11y ago
Where I come from (Canada), you can't call yourself an Engineer unless you are certified as a Professional Engineer by the appropriate licensing body. This is similar to the fact that you can't call yourself a Lawyer or a Medical Doctor unless you have the appropriate certification. It's not a matter of fussiness. It's just that there are certain niches for professional behavior and those niches have evolved a process to prevent those without appropriate qualifications from marketing themselves using those names. There are also, broadly speaking, liability ramifications for the people in all of those occupations.
- pluma 11y agoWhere I come from (Germany), you're not allowed to do car paint jobs unless you're a certified varnisher. A lot of job titles have similar restrictions. These restrictions have more to do with the history of these professions than with their intrinsic qualities. In Europe a lot of them can be traced back to the late middle ages -- and in North America they can generally be traced back to Europe. I agree that these terms may have legal implications in some jurisdictions, but that's irrelevant to the discussion of whether they are accurate.