Re: Re: Make it a free world at PipingDesign

From: <Christopher>
Date: Thu May 12 2005 - 22:53:00 EDT

On May 12, 2005, at 8:49 PM, Ben Nottingham wrote:

> I would like to see a definition of Professional Engineer.
The legal definition in the US is that a Professional engineer is one who is duly registered to offer egineering services to the public. Registration and engineering services are defined by law. <http://www.state.mn.us/ebranch/aelslagid/> will point you to the Minnesota State law.

Registration involves practicing as an engineer in training under the supervision of a registered engineer and passing a basic competency test. The test only shows that the registrant probably has enough basic skills to begin learning how to practice on his/her own. Registration isn’t group differentiation or a social accomplishment; it simply means that the registrant will be held personally accountable for practicing the profession in the public interest. Registration isn’t about status or exclusivity; it’s about obligation.

The real significance of registration is that the registrant is Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at <a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=3HrrUsTgj9F1kJjfpWlOROTA2Mbjw1J3Yg7e1Gnu34hEzdLb_T7hrKAn7MTFoCoXofWYLWkNPzNe8PdYvg">chrisw@skypoint.com</a> | this distance" (last words of Gen.

.......................................| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania

1864)
<a href="http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw/">http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw/</a> Received on Thu May 12 22:53:00 2005