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QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton Macguy Professional Engineer. Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, etc. types who pass some tests and maybe do some other things to prove they are better than average and can be relied upon to know what they are doing. People who operate railroad locomotives are not offered this certification. It's not that they aren't good on the job, but some are notorious for off duty unprofessional behavior. Of course no one that we know. Heh,heh Jay
QUOTE: Originally posted by macguy What's a PE?
QUOTE: Originally posted by jchnhtfd for those curious... one other aspect of a Professional Engineer which got left out above... If I stamp something as approved (we get to have nifty stamps -- we can even get ones which emboss the paper!) and something goes wrong (I approve a bridge design, for instance, and the bridge falls down...)... Guess who gets to pick up the tab? Uh huh... and you think malpractice insurance for a doctor is expensive? Try $100K per year, minimum, and it goes up from there depending on the volume of your practice... Some states and Canada or the UK refer to us as 'Licensed Engineer' or 'Registered Engineer'. But it's the same thing.
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