[Closed] Government e-petition to make 'Engineer' a protected title

Engineers?

I've sh!t 'em.

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Engineers are the single most bizarre group of people that I've ever had to work with.

They amaze with both their brilliance and weirdness in equal measure almost every day.

^^^ you've never worked with chemists, then? 😉

Engineers are the single most bizarre group of people that I've ever had to work with.

They amaze with both their brilliance and weirdness in equal measure almost every day

bingo.

[i]and now am a Senior systems engineer in the biggest defence company in the world.[/i]

Do you know Dave Coughlin?

Stoner aint a tagger.
Id love to see the authors of the tags names though 🙂

I can account for two, neither of them to your detriment stoner.

Gobshiting on a forum doesn't make you hard though

Fixing a Bugatti Veyron = Skilled tradesman (Mechanic)

Designing a Bugatti Veyron = Genius (Engineer)

Knowing that a Bugatti Veyron uses more than mech engineering = priceless

I agree that engineers are great and should be protected - if nothing else than for their versatility and helpfulness. I have just been told that one is coming round on Monday to mend my tap. 😉

I wasn't referring to software engineers ( I have no idea what their job involves)

neither have they!

Is actually funny. Gobshiting in the most anonymous way makes you the precise opposite of "hard". Was it meant as ironic? I can only hope.

That was me. Sorry, it wasn't put with the tags to be anonymous, it was there to be alongside the taggers=cowards. On the Internet, I am neither a hard man, or a coward. Why? Because its the Internet, nobody can actually hurt you!

I really don't get why this petition is even being made?

The title 'Chartered Engineer' IS protected in law. Engineering is a profession with many aspects and levels, fact.

Ok so maybe the person who mends my washing machine is a mechanic or technician rather than and engineer ...the fact is that he/she is still undertaking a form of Engineering.

After all the Dr. title isn't only reserved for medical professionals it is for any one who has a PHD.

Its totally right that a the 'Chartered Engineer' title is legally protected and those who fail to recognise the value of professional registration don't understand the engineering profession.

Regds, Frodo CEng MICE

Knowing that a Bugatti Veyron uses more than mech engineering = priceless

Knowing some engineer turned even parts of that abomination into reality = a sad day for engineering

Knowing that when you heating is broke and your freezing your tits off= you not arguing the GCH guy knows more than you do.

Knowing some engineer turned even parts of that abomination into reality = a sad day for engineering

Pencil fairies = far more scary than engineers ,

I foresee a recruitment problem for the Army - The corps of the Royal Skilled Tradesmen doesn't have the same cachet, does it? 🙁

Chartered Engineers develop appropriate solutions to engineering problems. They may develop and apply new technologies, promote advanced designs and design methods and introduce new and more efficient production techniques, or pioneer new engineering services and management methods. [b]The title CEng is protected by civil law and is one of the most recognisable international engineering qualifications.[/b]

So were sorted right?

[From the engineering council website]

Am in general agreement that trying to protect the term engineer is pointless. It originates from the word 'engine' for starters, which has nothing to do with 90% of what 'engineers' do these days. The term has evolved, and like it or not (which i dont) its now a term which can apply to poeple buidling heavy machinery to writing spradsheets. I long gave up arguing the point.

Im a 'Chartered Engineer' now; which even to lay people immediately differentiates me from the guy who fixes stuff. May sound a bit poncey, but generally stops the normal resposnse- so what is that then, do you fix TV's?

Still annoys me when our photocopier goes down and the secretary says 'an engineer has been called out' knowing she works in a company with 200 'qualified' engineers. The amount of emails she must get, you would have thought she would get it right by now.