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Is is legal to call yourself an "electrical engineer" on your business card and in proposals to clients when you are only a two year graduate? This person is not a PE but is a licensed "designer" in Wisconsin.
I know if you use the title of "architect" and are not one, the AIA will come after you and you may be prosecuted by the State License Board of Architects.
I know if you use the title of "architect" and are not one, the AIA will come after you and you may be prosecuted by the State License Board of Architects.





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WI does have a path to become a PE without a 4-year degree. Look on the state website.
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What is a licensed designer? EIT?
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I reported to the PE board the fact that a number of people in my area use the term broadcast engineer, or sound engineer in the media business, and for the most part these guys are technicians with no engineering education much less a PE. The board rep said it was not worth pursuing.
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In some jurisdictions, you cannot use the title engineer unless you are a member of the professional engineering association. In Manitoba, for example, even if I'm registered in Ontario, I cannot use the designation P.Eng. until I am registered in Manitoba. Manitoba and Ontario both objected to Microsoft using the term "Software Engineer" unless the person was a registered engineer, and Microsoft stopped the practice in these jurisdictions...
Dik
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That'd be Meaningless Ego Boosting Acronym.
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I killed 2 entire summers worth of weekends to study for that "MEBA" as you called it. I colleage of mine killed an entire years worth of evenings since it took him 3 tries before he could pass the "MEBA" exam.
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CanuckMiner
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I don't have a problem with anyone using the term engineer... during the last 30 years, I've met good and lesser engineers as well as some excellent technicians that have had more on the ball than some engineers...
I think of engineering as the 'Oldest Profession'...
Dik
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Again, the point is that you have to check with the individual state board. They all vary a little in their rules.
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How's that? we get paid by and ...ed by the client?
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Dik
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Normally, there are exemptions in the rules for Operationg Engineers, Locomotive Engineers, or other professions that have traditionally used "engineer" to mean one who tends an engine, as opposed to one who designs them. So don't just assume that every use of the word is improper.
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With regards to "Steam Engineer", "Military Engineer" and presumably "Locamotive Engineer", you must also meet the qualifications for those to use the title "Engineer".
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