Yes. The reason that American Civil Engineers require a Professional Engineer license is that an incompetently designed gas pipe exploded and killed three hund

Yes. The reason that American Civil Engineers require a Professional Engineer license is that an incompetently designed gas pipe exploded and killed three hundred people. There are other kinds of PEs as well - aerospace, mechanical, chemical engineers and so on. In Canada, one must have the Canadian equivalent of a PE to practice as an engineer of any sort. That includes MCSEs; the Ontario Society of Engineers just loves to sue MCSEs and their exam "preparation" schools - and the OSE always wins its cases. Here is my take: Every Engineer's Solemn Duty http://www.warplife.com/ethics/duty.html http://www.warplife.com/ethics/duty.html