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Re:Missouri disaster: Duck boat’s designer had no engineerin... by SilasX on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @11:03PM (#17606644)
edit: never mind, deleted the comparison to the misuse of “engineer” (can’t delete post anymore).
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Re:Missouri disaster: Duck boat’s designer had no engineerin... by starpilot on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @11:12PM (#17606676)
The "Professional Engineer" designation is super limited and grants some statutory privileges for signing off on public projects, but not much else. The vast majority of engineers behind airplanes and cars are not PEs.
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Re:Missouri disaster: Duck boat’s designer had no engineerin... by ghaff on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @11:23PM (#17606704)
It may be limited but it's not just public projects. When I worked in the offshore drilling business, senior engineers had PEs so they could sign off on drawings submitted to the ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) and perhaps others.
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Re:Missouri disaster: Duck boat’s designer had no engineerin... by jonny_eh on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @11:07PM (#17606658)
Is that relevant here?
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