US state trying to control who can call themselves an engineer. Again..

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rental does go to a extreme, the one that keeps coming to my mind is 'toll castles' that taxed the water ways that apparently the population of europe went on a rampage destroying around 700 years ago...

While maintaining a positive worth to property is fair, its also true that if you turn your land into a service, it should be fair and useful. Many businesses fail, and when you own land you kind of turn it into a business if you want it not to depreciate. No one wants to accept that they got bad unprofitable land, so it starts to get shady. It seems to have more protections then a buisness, because its land. No one seems to care when a business gets destroyed, but if someones land falls in value....
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I don't think the people are upset that people "live off the rentals". They are upset when they are in lavish because its run slumlord style at extortion prices.

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And there you have correctly identified your mistake.

Where technicians can get things badly wrong (e.g. electric wiring installations), there is already a  range of mandatory certifications. And that's the way it should be. (There are also escape clauses for situations which ought not imperil people and property)

You didn't answer the question, should "technician" be a protected term? I'm not aware of any country where it is.

Change "health" to "well being", consider all forms of life-changing events (e.g. financial ruin, imprisonment), and your argument collapses. If you doubt cases, you haven't been paying attention to risks in general, and previous events in the UK in particular.

That is the opposite of your point, ALL jobs can affect someones well being, so they should all be protected titles according to you.

There are many products on the market that are dangerous or offer dangerous advice.

OK? Are they CSA or UL listed and tested?

Generally, the public interprets the term, “Engineer,” more broadly than is represented by the protected titles. The public uses the term, “Engineer,” to mean a person who has acquired special knowledge and ability in the use of mathematical, physical and engineering sciences, and the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design.

Maybe in your country.

Here engineer is the term for somebody who mends your motorbike, installs thermal lagging or telephones, or services your boiler. Very different, very unhelpful, very misleading.

Not sure what your point is. Engineer in UK is not a protected term. CEng, IEng, EngTech are. Which is what I am arguing for... which is the whole point of this thread.