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Originally Posted by KaHn
To be classed as an engineer in Germany or other countries you have to be a degree qualified and normally chartered engineer, in this country however any "gas engineer" "electrical engineer" "service engineer" can call them selves that without ever going near a university.
term engineer for technician jobs is like a kick in the nuts for the hard work we do.
Nice example, I see what you're getting at now.![]()
I've always thought of an electrician and electrical engineer as 2 completely different roles...
Still, if I was in a job I enjoyed, I wouldn't really be too concerned about the title unless it was something embarrassing like a fluffer!![]()
Me, im a doctor :S
It takes a hell of lot of training and skill to produce jet engine components from a drawing and a block of material.
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So is being an engineer only attainable by going to university? Im nearing the end of an engineering apprenticeship in the aerospace industry and at the end of it will be a skilled precision engineer. My dad does the same job and has done for 30 years producing aircraft components manually to extreme tolerances his job title has always been a precision engineer and i cant think what else it could be called.
Am i right in thinking you would class this as?
Reading your post just got me a bit wound up, im grafting hard to do well at this job and i know that the option is there to work towards becoming chartered however that would require carrying through to a masters degree which isn't really needed for what i want to do as i don't fancy the design/testing side of things. Ive always seen it as being chartered as the top level not as the only level of engineering
If you find being compared to an engineer a kick in the nuts for all your hard work being compared to a technician is a kick in the nuts for all mine.
It takes a hell of lot of training and skill to produce jet engine components from a drawing and a block of material.
Yes it does. But you didn't design them. You didn't develop the first prototypes. So you can't claim to be the engineer of them. At least not with the "proper" usage of the term.
It doesn't sound like you're a "technician" either though.
If you come up with novel solutions to novel problems and have some form of asserting qualification then, generally, you are an engineer.
You have a great working life by the sounds of it. Oh to live somewhere by the sea!HR & Accounts mainly
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