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in article snipped-for-privacy@uni-berlin.de, Bob Peterson at snipped-for-privacy@insightbb.com wrote on 6/19/04 8:58 PM:

The exemption is the one that allows corporations to hire unlicensed engineers to practice engineering. It was probably put in place at the behest of businesses so that cheaper unlicensed engineers could be hired in place of licensed engineers. As a consequence, practially speaking, the liability is taken on by the employers. Even so, a licensed engineer is required when Public health and safety are concerned.

I am not a lawyer, but I will bet that if an unlicensed engineer is blatantly incompetent or even malicious, that will not protect him from personal liability.

I also think that as a general rule, people practicing a profession that exposes them to personal liability can command greater pay than those who are not exposed.

Bill

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Thats crap. Its in place so that the world can survive inspite of PEs. If everything that was engineered had to be done by PEs, nothing would get done because there just are so few in comparison to the volume of engineering required. As for being cheaper, I doubt it has anything to do with being cheaper. I'd bet the salaries of non-PEs is pretty comparable to PEs in most cases. As a FACT, the employer takes on the liability regardless of whether their employees are PEs or not. As an employer, you are not shielded from liability by hiring a PE. I can't possibly imagine where you would get such an idea.

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Bob Peterson

I can't conceive of how you could omit many of the core areas of engineering and still call yourself an engineer. Electrical is a specialization, not a replacement (engineering.electrical for you object heads).

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dave y.

I graduated (UIUC) thirty years ago. The Electrical Engineering curriculum at that time (had been recently dropped) didn't require statics or dynamics, nor a separate course in thermodynamics. We did study thermo in chemistry and physics though. There is so much specialization even in the "specialization" of electrical, that something had to go. Busting concrete blocks didn't seem all that relevant to one specializing in analog, digital, microwave, or semiconductor electronics. I didn't take any "power" courses either. ...can't do everything.

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K Williams

The industrial exemption allows for work done for the benefit of the employer, for example, a factory which employs engineers to do work for and within the bounds of the factory. It is assumed at this point that the factory owners are knowledgeable, and willing to assume the risk. At the point where engineering services are offered to the public, every state requires a licensed engineer, for the protection of the public, which is not assumed to be knowledgeable and willing to assume the risk.

Al

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Alan Stiver, PE

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