• HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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    1 year ago

    A practicum is required for some professions, like professional engineering. The standard for engineering is four years with a bachelor’s degree and passing two tests. You can read engineering in a couple of states without going to college, but it takes 15 years experience and you still need to pass one of the tests.

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      1 year ago

      If you’re referring to the FE and PE tests as being required. They are required to be able to get the extra cert, but not to be am engineer. Most engineers are not PEs, and you don’t have to pass the FE exam to be an engineer.

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        1 year ago

        You do to become a stamping engineer, and the stamping privilege is the difference between and engineering graduate and a professional engineer.

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        1 year ago

        I specified Professional Engineer, which is different from engineers that work on products covered by the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.

        I get that you can have engineers in fields that don’t need licensure.