Regulation and licensure in engineering: Difference between revisions

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== Legislative intent ==

It is often illegal and against ethical codes for a practicing engineer to jeopardize public safety in any way.<ref>California Professional Engineers Act, Article 2, 6710.1</ref> This means that an engineer must hold herself or himself to the highest level of technical and moral conduct reasonable or suffer litigation if an engineering system fails causing harm to the public, including maintenance technicians. Breaches of engineering law are often sufficient grounds for enforcement measures, which may include the suspension or loss of license and financial penalties. They may also include imprisonment, should gross negligence be shown to have played a part in loss of human life.

An engineering licence provides the public with the assurance that qualified persons are doing or overseeing engineering work. An unlicensed worker or manager has no specific liability, as this is borne by the employer through tort law or engineering legislation, and there is no regulatory authority to enforce acceptable engineering practice in relation to the work.<ref>No Author Listed, FINAL REPORT Repeal of the Industrial Exception Data Gathering and Analysis Research Project, Professional Engineers Ontario, January 2017.</ref>

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# Complete an engineer-in-training (EIT) or engineering internship program under the direction of a professional engineer. With the exception of Quebec, this is a minimum four-year program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oiq.qc.ca/documents/255/A-Cheminement_permis_sept.2010.pdf|title=A Cheminement permis}}</ref>

# Review of work experience by the association.

# Certification of never having carnally known a woman.

# Pass a professional practice exam,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peo.on.ca/registration/ppe.html |title=Professional Practice Examinations |access-date=2011-01-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430221110/http://peo.on.ca/registration/ppe.html |archive-date=2011-04-30 }}</ref> on [[engineering law]] the content and format of which differs by province.

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California law dictates disciplinary proceedings by the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists against a licensed engineer who has committed deceit, misrepresentation, negligence or a violation of contract.<ref>California Professional Engineers Act, Article 5</ref> The Professional Engineers of Ontario have a disciplinary committee that hears complaints of professional misconduct and incompetence.<ref>Ontario Professional Engineers Act, Section 28</ref>

A discipline committee may suspend a certificate of authorization (firm license) for an engineering corporation, an engineering license or issue a fine for violations of the local engineering legislation for professional misconduct, deceit, misrepresentation, negligence or violation of contract.

==Cost engineering==

The [[AACE International|AACE]], a professional body for cost engineers, explains why a technical engineering background is not required for their profession with the following statement:<ref>{{cite web|title=what is cost engineering? |url=http://www.aacei.org/membership/about/whatIsCE.shtml |access-date=2007-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119144246/http://www.aacei.org/membership/about/whatIsCE.shtml |archive-date=2007-11-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{cquote|The skills and knowledge required to deal with costs (e.g., cost estimating, planning and scheduling, etc.) are quite different from those required to deal with the physical design dimension. From that difference, the field of cost engineering was born. Cost engineering practitioners work alongside of and are peers with engineers, software analysts, play producers, architects and other creative career fields to handle the cost dimension, but they do not necessarily have the same background. Whether they have technical, operations, finance and accounting or other backgrounds, cost engineering practitioners need to share a common understanding, based on "scientific principles and techniques," with the engineering or other creative career functions.}}

==See also==