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Electrical Engineer is also a licensed profession.

• thomastjeffery 9y ago
  For good reasons. You don't want someone to wire your house improperly, because non-trivial things like kinked cables can end up starting fires later on. To say that you are an electrical engineer does not carry weight. To say you can do electrical work because you are an electrical engineer implies that you have credentials. This is because "can" changes the context of the statement. "can" implies authority. There is such thing as an unlicensed electrical engineer. That is because "electrical engineer" alone does not imply authority. There are positions that do imply authority, like MD, EMT, Police Officer, and electrical engineer is not one of them.
  • notlob 9y ago
    Electrical engineers do not wire houses. Electricians (a distinct profession, also licensed) wire houses. Similar to how chemical engineers are distinct from plumbers. I'm done here, this is not going anywhere productive or enlightening.