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Even if you are an engineer you want get to work as one in Canada. It's the closed-est closed shop outside the Vatican. Any supervisor role in government/large
by excuse-me 14y ago
Even if you are an engineer you want get to work as one in Canada. It's the closed-est closed shop outside the Vatican.
Any supervisor role in government/large industry needs a registered professional - ie a pEng, and they don't recognise any one elses engineers.
PhD rocket scientists on Canadarm are supervised by new electrical engineering graduates. There is a special exemption to allow university science profs to supervise PhD students but the engineering institute is campaigning against it.
It's a nice place to work in many ways, but it is like working in Britain in the 70s
- stan_rogers 14y agoThat has mostly to do with the fact that the title Engineer isn't thrown around loosely—most of the engineering grads I know are employed under the title Technologist (or something similar on the impressiveness scale). Engineer is usually reserved for positions with attached professional liability, and yes, the iron ring is part of that deal.
- unavoidable 14y agoThe iron ring has nothing to do with the Professional Engineer title. The iron ring is run by alumni of various Canadian engineering schools, and is granted to all students graduating from an engineering class with a Bachelor of Applied Science or Engineering. It's a symbolic gesture to remind graduates of their responsibilities to society, etc. The title of "Professional Engineer" (P.Eng.) is reserved by law to those who are granted that title by the self-governing engineering bodies of each province (e.g. Professional Engineers of Ontario). You can't legally represent yourself as an Engineer in Canada unless you are a registered P.Eng. The title does indeed attach professional liability, and is a method of ensuring responsibility and safety in engineering projects.