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The title professional engineer is restricted by law to those persons who have
demonstrated their competence and who have been licensed in a provincial or territorial
Association of professional engineers.
Identical Legislation: Alberta, BC, Manitoba, NB, NFLD, NW Territories, Nunavut, &
Sask.,
Research Scientist: Scientists develop ideas that expand the frontier of knowledge
ideas that may not have practical applications for many years.
Engineer: Engineers provide the key link between theory and practical applications.
Skilled Worker: Skilled workers apply highly developed manual skills to carry out the
designs and plan of others. (Usually it is the quality of the apprenticeship rather than the
workers formal education that is important).
A calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive preparation
including instruction in skills and methods as well as in the scientific, historical, or
scholarly principles underlying such skills and methods, maintaining by force committing
its members to continued study and to a kind of work which has for its prime purpose the
rendering of a public service.
In any engineering project, the professional engineer is responsible for ensuring that the
factor of safety has been calculated properly, and is adequate. This responsibility for
life, health, property or the public welfare is required by the Code of Ethics.
Regulations are rules that have been established to implement or support the Act. They
concern matters such as qualifications for admission to the Association, professional
conduct, and disciplinary procedures.
Bylaws are rules established to administer the Association itself. They concern matters
such as election procedures for the council, financial matters, committees, and meetings.
The Code of Ethics is a set of rules of personal conduct. Every engineer and geoscientist
must be familiar with this code and endeavour to follow it. A standard of professional
conduct
Admission to the Profession (requirements)
Citizenship
Age
Education
Examinations
Experience
Character
Quality of Experience: Each applicant must prepare and experience fesume and explain
how that experience satisfies the requirements. Five quality criteria:
Application of theory
Practical experience
Management of engineering
Communication Skills
Social implication of engineering
Documenting your Experience
Application of Theory Analysis, design & synthesis, testing methods, and project implementation
(typically 20%)
Management of Engineering Planning, scheduling, budgeting, supervision, project control, and risk
assessment.
Communication Skills Evidence of preparing important written work (formal reports, design
specifications, contracts or similar documents), drawings or sketches
(where appropriate), and oral reports or presentations to supervisors,
management, clients or the general public.
Social implications of Any experience that heightens the engineers awareness of his or her
Engineering professional responsibility to guard against conditions that are dangerous
to life, health, property or the environment, and to call any such
conditions to the attention of those responsible.
Practical Experience Experience that helps you appreciate the capabilities and limitation of the
theory, equipment, systems, procedures, and standards that are typically
used in your discipline. (i.e. manufacturing methods & tolerances,
operating procedures, maintenance schedules, equipment reliability,
computer software, safety codes, design standards).
Professional Attitude
Time Management Schedule time efficiently.
Accuracy Double-check work done. Consequences of incorrect work in real life,
is much more serious than, in university.
Clarity Describe what you are doing in clear, concise terms.
Courtesy Be tactful & positive. Dont be afraid to disagree, but do it constructively,
with a friendly attitude, and speak courteously.
Challenges Once acclimatized to new environment, accept tough jobs. Challenges
will help develop skills & knowledge.
In every province, the professional engineering Act provides for each engineer to
have a seal denoting that he or she is licensed.
CODE OF ETHICS
(A Standard of Profession Conduct)
Each code, defines, in general terms, the duties of the engineer to the public, to the
employer (or client), to fellow engineers, to the engineering profession, and to himself or
herself. The codes main purpose is to protect the general public from unscrupulous
practitioners. The Code of Ethics, carries the full force of the law.
Professional Misconduct & Discipline: Each provincial & territorial Act grants the
Association the authority to reprimand, suspend, or expel members who are guilty of
professional misconduct, which is usually defined as negligence, incompetence, or
corruption.
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