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It's illegal to refer to yourself as an engineer in Canada unless you have an Engineering degree/are certified by the appropriate professional organization.
by minsight 15y ago
It's illegal to refer to yourself as an engineer in Canada unless you have an Engineering degree/are certified by the appropriate professional organization.
- nobody314159265 15y agoI don't mind that - I object to that it's ONLY engineers that are 'professional', science PhD = janitor. In fact I don't think engineers should be allowed to use any of mechanics, statics, thermodynamics, solid state electronics, etc without getting a professional physicist to approve it.
- potatolicious 15y agoUh... I'm having trouble grasping what you're getting at. The only limitation to having an engineering degree vs. not is whether or not you can legally call yourself an "engineer". It makes no difference in any other respect - there are *plenty of software engineers in Canada who do the exact same job without the title. There is no legal prohibition against you performing engineering work - anyone is allowed to engineer (the verb), but not everyone is an engineer (the noun). There's also no classification difference merely based on what degree you have. The word "professional" AFAIK has no legal meaning, in Canada, in the context you're talking about. Engineering is considered a professional degree - but that has no bearing on whether or not you're allowed to be hired into an engineering position, or have to join a union, etc etc.
- nobody314159265 15y agoMany companies and ALL government jobs segregate on professional or union. Since the only profession they admit is engineer - anyone technical, however well qualified, who is not an engineer is treated the same as the janitor.