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Man fined for criticizing govt using science, without a license
coppice:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on April 26, 2017, 01:44:49 pm ---They have a fancy Chartered Professional Engineer title, but it's well known that only wankers have that ;D
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Does that title actually confer anything meaningful in Australia?
Avacee:
--- Quote from: rrinker on April 26, 2017, 02:05:59 pm ---the officials couldn't let facts get in the way of their revenue generator though.
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Amen - and if said officials lose the case and it is proven the timing sequences on all traffic lights is wrong then all previous tickets can be challenged, potentially costing the state a lot of dollars.
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: coppice on April 26, 2017, 02:07:31 pm ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on April 26, 2017, 01:44:49 pm ---They have a fancy Chartered Professional Engineer title, but it's well known that only wankers have that ;D
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Does that title actually confer anything meaningful in Australia?
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Not in the EE field, no. I can't speak for other fields. I'd imagine that if you built bridges and buildings, or were the head aircraft engineer at Qantas or something, then the CPEng might be worth something.
it's basically the stepping stone to becoming a Fellow, at which point you probably get a silly ceremonial hat to wear or something.
https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/For-Individuals/Chartered-Engineer
EEVblog:
This brings up the question:
What if you are say an applications engineer or some such, and you lived outside of Oregon, but part of your service region was Oregon. Would you have to surrender your business card that says "engineer" at the border, lest you were committing an offence giving someone that business card and giving them advice?
EEVblog:
Of course Wikipedia has a page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_and_licensure_in_engineering
Australia rightly doesn't have a section for "Registration and regulation" or "Title Usage"
and specifically:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineers_Australia#Regulatory_Schemes_.5B15.5D
--- Quote ---Regulatory Schemes [15][edit]
There is no formal system of regulation for engineers throughout Australia. Engineering services are regulated under a variety of Acts in ad hoc areas, many of which relate to engineers in the building and construction industry. There are also many pieces of subordinate legislation, such as regulations, by-laws and orders-in-council that impose various prescriptive standards and incur unnecessary costs to the engineering industry in complying.
In Queensland, persons who are not registered with the Board of Professional Engineers Australia are prohibited from offering or providing professional engineering services. The only exception is for individuals who practise under the direct supervision of registered professional engineers.
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First time I've heard this about QLD.
They have/had some screwed up rules about Electician Licensing, but first I've heard of EE. Anyone?
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