"basskisser" wrote in message
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"Rural Knight" wrote in message
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Yeah - I would in fact. In particular for Connecticut.

Curiosity ya know?

Later,

Tom

Tom, straight from the State of Conn. website, go there for the
complete, very long verbage:

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Yes - that isn't the point of discussion though. I understand the
Professional Engineer qualifications - I understand that part. I've
said so - let me reiterate - I UNDERSTAND THE PROFESSIONAL
ENGINEER QUALIFICATIONS AND THE NEED THEREOF.

Just for the sake of discussion and curiosity (once more):

You stated (complete exchange before I started):

"Joe" wrote in message
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And I like to do Crown Molding and upgrades to homes and condos.
Bill

Practicing coping without a P.E license?

Wait till asskisser hears about this!

Idiot reply. I said you can't legally practice engineering without a
license. Prove me wrong.

Come on, JoeTechnician."

To which I replied with a reference and site URL that basically
said that yes, you can practice as an engineer, you just can't
call yourself a Professional Engineer (more on which, later).

Subsequently, you stated (in the following post):

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"You can NOT call yourself an engineer, have "engineer" in the name of
your company, etc. unless you are licensed to practice engineering in
that particular state, and like you've said, most states are typical.
The key to your example, is that the FIRM needs to have a licensed
engineer on staff. The rest, are designers. If you take the whole
picture into context, it changes. If you take just the parts that
you've snipped, then there would never be a need for anybody to be a
licensed professional engineer."

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Now, this begs an interesting question. Other than the Professional
License process, nowhere in the licensure process in the State
of Connecticut does "Engineering License" appear with two exceptions:
Architect and Professional Engineer. Does not say you have to have
a license to call yourself an Engineer of any discipline, run a business
as an Engineer of any discipline, be an Engineer of any discipline or
practice as an Engineering Consultant of any discipline. Thus, one
can BE an engineer, can call oneself an engineer, act as an engineer,
run an engineering business - in short, do everything except be a
Professional Engineer which has a separate set of qualifications.
(And before you go there, yes, I recognize that you need to have
a license to run a business, but that is for tax purposes, referral
and other business type stuff not what you can call the business
or yourself.)

Reference: http://www.ct-clic.com/alpha.asp?g=1

As I asked in another post to which you have yet to respond:

Let's say I have an engineering degree (M.E), Masters - Applied
Materials Science and a PhD in Mathematics - I cannot be an
engineer unless I pass some sort of license and/or professional
practicum governed by either the state or peer review?

Or let's take this case - I graduate from MIT as a ME, I am hired
as an ME, I work for the company as an ME and I cannot
call myself an ME unless the state or professional organization
recognizes me as such?

Once again just so we can keep the discussion on track:

I recognize the need for professional engineers - my argument is
with the term engineer. One cannot be something unless one is
something. My argument is that one can be an engineer even if it
is at a junior or precept level. To wit: If I give a design project to
a junior engineer and I observe, review and approve his resulting
efforts, is that junior engineer not an engineer?

Later,

Tom