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Australian Engineers Registration Act?

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gnuarm:
I don't think you grasp my meaning.  It will be hard to draft legislation that will have any impact on his work as long as he doesn't use the word engineering... literally I expect.  That's how it is in Texas.  No restriction on the work being done, just on using the title Engineer.  I have a masters degree in EE.  But I can't call myself an engineer or offer to do engineering work in Texas.  I can do all the design work I want, just not with the name "engineer". 

I find it uniquely two faced to say an person can't work as an engineer without meeting the requirements... but companies can hire people who are not registered and let them do "engineering" for the company.  I wonder if that extends to contract work where you work for an agency that hires you out?  Technically you work for them so in that case you might not need to be registered if the company is.  Strange.  This only makes sense to a politician.

Do people in Australia have any more say in government than we do in the states?  I expect this is something that was pushed by companies and has no impact on the typical person, so it sailed through government.

beanflying:
Have a read of the links from the thread. Giving 'Professional Engineering advice in certain Engineering Fields' is the issue not what you call yourself. If you don't meet the STATE government regs and have bit of paper of approval then you cant give that advice. To get that bit of paper you need to be a Qualified Engineer, in Oz like most of the world this is a four year Degree. There is no ambiguity here this is one follows the other.

This was not driven by Companies but as stated it does have the Support of the peak Engineering body in the country. That is also not to say Companies did not have input into the consultation process but they from the outside were not the driver of this legislation.

Someone:

--- Quote from: gnuarm on March 21, 2021, 06:22:57 am ---Do people in Australia have any more say in government than we do in the states?
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Much less say, we don't see direct voting/ballot measures/referendums. Also many of the politicians at local/state level are "party" stooges who just vote with what their respective parties internal power systems dictate.

beanflying:
We also don't have as many  :bullshit: Lobbyists with perceived power pushing agendas either in this country ;) There doesn't seem to be anything partisan or even that political at play here and the chat fest has been going on for a few years before it became legislation so nothing rushed or rammed through that I can see.

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: beanflying on March 21, 2021, 03:59:52 am ---I fail to see anything here that is an issue other than providing 'professional Engineering services' when not being qualified and registered. There is nothing in the proposed regs stopping anyone from developing X product.

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Watch the stream were he reads the regs. It's hard to not interpret any sort of even basaic electroncis design work as being that of a "professional engineering service". Like even designing a 555 LED flasher.

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