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Originally Posted by Heatercathodeshort
Engineering is a dirty word in Britain today.
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Untrue!
The problem is that in the UK the term "Engineer has been devalued. The person who comes to fix your boiler is not an Engineer; your road-sweeper or septic-tank-outpumper are not "sanitation engineers".
There are no "maintenance engineers" doing day-to-day repairs to domestic appliances: they're fitters or - if they've spent a few years at technical-college - "Technicians".
TI view an"Engineer" as someone with at least a Diploma/Batchelors-Degree-level qualification. B.Eng as the basis,
M.Eng and C.Eng if you want credibility. Calling yourself an "Engineer" is considered as prestigious as "Doctor" or "Professor" or QC in the professional world. "Dipl.Ing" or similar in EU countries. Sadly the UK devalued proper professional qualifications a while back in the drive for 'equality'.
Proprly-qualified Chartered Engineers in the UK can still command a really good salary and respect! Please don't devalue their professionalism by calling plumbers and electricians 'engineers'.