Using "P.E." suffix overseas - worthless and confusing, or valuable?
Using "P.E." suffix overseas - worthless and confusing, or valuable?
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I'm a licensed P.E. in Connecticut, but I have currently relocated to Australia where I am looking for work. While I am certainly making note of my P.E. license on my resume, I am debating whether or not I should use the P.E. suffix after my name in the title of my resume and when corresponding with employers and recruiters.
Does anyone have any experience regarding the international recognition of a United States "P.E." (i.e., whether or not people in remote countries know what being a P.E. entails)? I understand it technically means nothing in Australia, but my previous employer encouraged me to make note of it frequently; even though I rarely ever needed the license itself, note of having a stamp most times evoked an immediate grant of respect.
I do plan on working towards being a CPeng in Australia eventually, but it's a long process. For the time being I'm just looking for every bit of help I can get in getting my foot into the Australian engineering market.
Does anyone have any experience regarding the international recognition of a United States "P.E." (i.e., whether or not people in remote countries know what being a P.E. entails)? I understand it technically means nothing in Australia, but my previous employer encouraged me to make note of it frequently; even though I rarely ever needed the license itself, note of having a stamp most times evoked an immediate grant of respect.
I do plan on working towards being a CPeng in Australia eventually, but it's a long process. For the time being I'm just looking for every bit of help I can get in getting my foot into the Australian engineering market.





RE: Using "P.E." suffix overseas - worthless and confusing, or valuable?
There is an international register, though I've not actually looked as to whether it encompasses US registration (licence). Certainly there is an arrangement between Australia, New Zealand, the UK plus others (IntPE) that may be relevant.
Queensland has legislation that states that all Professional Engineering work must be carried out either by a person registered in Queensland, or supervised by a person that has that registration. Whilst there is no restriction in calling yourself an engineer, there certainly is a restriction in carrying out professional work without registration.
If you're not in Queensland though, you can happily ignore that restriction for the moment.
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David Simpson, PE
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"Belief" is the acceptance of an hypotheses in the absence of data.
"Prejudice" is having an opinion not supported by the preponderance of the data.
"Knowledge" is only found through the accumulation and analysis of data.
The plural of anecdote is not "data"
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RE: Using "P.E." suffix overseas - worthless and confusing, or valuable?
As to business cards, I've seen a bunch of cards handed out in the U.S. that said "CEng" for "Chartered Engineer" from Canada and the U.K. and no one seems bothered by that. I see a bunch of people in Queensland that are not yet registered under the new program that have "Engineer" on their cards.
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
"Belief" is the acceptance of an hypotheses in the absence of data.
"Prejudice" is having an opinion not supported by the preponderance of the data.
"Knowledge" is only found through the accumulation and analysis of data.
The plural of anecdote is not "data"
RE: Using "P.E." suffix overseas - worthless and confusing, or valuable?
> CE is unique to Canada and UK, so it's different than putting a PE behind your name
> It's unclear whether most people would expend the energy to rat on someone because of their business card. But, technically...
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RE: Using "P.E." suffix overseas - worthless and confusing, or valuable?
I don't see any issue with including it on your resume, though for the reasons I mentioned above its not likely to mean as much on a business card. http://www.ieagreements.com/APEC/signatories.cfm has some of the details on appropriate registration, which may or may not be easier than getting CPEng from scratch.
As for BPEQ / RPEQ, the assessment is usually carried out by Engineers Australia on behalf of the Board of Professional Engineers, Queensland, so effectively getting CPEng will allow you to get RPEQ.