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Did you read the bit where 80% of employed engineers in North Carolina don't have an engineering license, but have an industry exemption from state law? He was

Did you read the bit where 80% of employed engineers in North Carolina don't have an engineering license, but have an industry exemption from state law? He was legally an engineer for decades up until his retirement. So imagine if 80% of doctors didn't have some sort of license allowing them to speak about their practice. > In fact, like the majority of engineers nationwide, Wayne was not required to get a license since he worked for a company under the state’s “industrial exception.” > By some estimates, 80% of engineers nationwide work legally without a license. By the Board’s interpretation, most engineers in North Carolina could not legally comment publicly on engineering.

dasudasu 5y ago
His exemption makes his field of practice much more limited than a fully licensed engineer and didn't seem to cover making legal advice in court. Court experts should indeed be held to high standards. At this point, being called an engineer is just semantics. In many other locales, someone not licensed is not even allowed to call themselves that, regardless of their degrees.
- resoluteteeth 5y ago
  > In many other locales, someone not licensed is not even allowed to call themselves that, regardless of their degrees But as the grandparent comment you responded to explained, he isn't calling himself that, because he declared that he wasn't a licensed engineer. Shouldn't the court be able to decide whether to accept him as an expert witness?
mcguire 5y ago
§ 89C-25. Limitations on application of Chapter. (https://ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByChapter/Chapter_89C.html https://ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByChapter...) "(4) Engaging in engineering or land surveying as an employee or assistant under the responsible charge of a professional engineer or professional land surveyor." is, I think, the only one to apply.

dasudasu 5y ago

His exemption makes his field of practice much more limited than a fully licensed engineer and didn't seem to cover making legal advice in court. Court experts should indeed be held to high standards. At this point, being called an engineer is just semantics. In many other locales, someone not licensed is not even allowed to call themselves that, regardless of their degrees.

resoluteteeth 5y ago
> In many other locales, someone not licensed is not even allowed to call themselves that, regardless of their degrees But as the grandparent comment you responded to explained, he isn't calling himself that, because he declared that he wasn't a licensed engineer. Shouldn't the court be able to decide whether to accept him as an expert witness?

mcguire 5y ago

§ 89C-25. Limitations on application of Chapter. (https://ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByChapter/Chapter_89C.html https://ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByChapter...) "(4) Engaging in engineering or land surveying as an employee or assistant under the responsible charge of a professional engineer or professional land surveyor." is, I think, the only one to apply.