Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ukma!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!paul.rutgers.edu!hundt From: hundt@paul.rutgers.edu (Thomas M. Hundt) Newsgroups: comp.org.ieee Subject: PE exam, EIT exam (was: The Title of Engineer) Message-ID: Date: 3 May 89 04:55:10 GMT References: <1429PICHER@MAINE> Distribution: usa Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 37 |I am interested in finding out the legalities of calling yourself an |engineer or the position you hold being that of an engineer. I am a In the NJ Revised Statutes, Title 45:8: "it shall be unlawful for any person ... to use the title professional engineer or land surveyor or any other title, sign, card or device in such manner as to tend to convey the impression that such person is practicing engineering or land surveying or is a professional engineer or land surveyor, unless such person is duly licensed under the provisions of this chapter." "No corporation, firm, partnership, or association shall use or assume a name involving the word "engineers" or "engineering" or any modification or derivative of such term, unless an executive officer, if a corporation, or a member, if a firm, partnership, or association shall be a licensed professional engineer in the State of New Jersey" So I guess you can't go around calling yourself a professional engineer, nor have the word "engineer" in your firm's name. I have a couple of other questions about the PE: In the statutes book (this is the NJ version I have, I assume other states are similar) it states that one must have worked under a licensed Professional Engineer for a certain amount of time before being eligible to take the PE test and get licensed. Now, as a graduating EE I doubt that if I work for a typical computer/electronics company such as say, HP, that my boss would be a professional engineer. Does this mean I can never get a PE license? -Tom unprofessional engineer hundt@occlusal.rutgers.edu:Thomas M. Hundt:201/247-6723(H),932-5843(Lab)