I have just seen an advertisement on the television that used the term 'dishwasher engineer'!!!!!!!!
So a 'professional' clearly means someone who is a member of a professional institute. They have letters after their name and maybe the right to use something more than the prefix of Mr./Mrs.
So what does an 'engineer' mean? I think it means you have qualifications that allows you to legally put 'eng' after your name. That means a professional with a specific skillset.
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over a year ago
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Engineering and the title Engineer isn't a regulated profession in the UK as it is in other countries so anybody can use the title.
It should be regulated in my opinion. |
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Was the word professional used with the dishwasher engineer title?
The historic professions have broadened now but separately the term professional has varied a lot, so it's come to mean almost someone who works, if they self describe themselves that way. As an adjective, it can describe someone who's work qualities are impeccable etc, rather than the job type they do. I don't view a type of home appliance engineer as an inappropriate title. |
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By *uke OzadeMan
over a year ago
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It’s all bollocks here. So I work in factories on automated process control systems and therefore I’m sold to the client as an engineer so they can charge a ridiculous rate. In essence I’m a sparky that’s just specialised more in that particular area of a very broad spectrum of my trade. In most countries an engineer is only classed as an engineer if he has an engineering degree and appliance repair dudes don’t have that. |
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"Mr here. An engineer normally has an underlying trade. I work as an engineer but I'm a plumber by trade, but I'm still classed as an engineer at work. "
And this probably explains our problems and as a country why we lag behind the world.
In the UK an engineer means menial. Who the fxxk would want to be a structural engineer when your similarly qualified friends would be called doctors. Whilst you are classed as the same as toilet cleaners |
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I’m a plumber and heating engineer
Qualified with city and guilds through an apprenticeship . Which can have letters after your name if you choose .
I knew a guy who said he was a visual technician
Turned out he cleaned windows
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"Mr here. An engineer normally has an underlying trade. I work as an engineer but I'm a plumber by trade, but I'm still classed as an engineer at work.
And this probably explains our problems and as a country why we lag behind the world.
In the UK an engineer means menial. Who the fxxk would want to be a structural engineer when your similarly qualified friends would be called doctors. Whilst you are classed as the same as toilet cleaners"
Cant disagree with that to be fair.
I've also a degree in my field, Infact I'm more qualified than my top boss but I'm still an engineer, crazy when you think about it. |
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"Mr here. An engineer normally has an underlying trade. I work as an engineer but I'm a plumber by trade, but I'm still classed as an engineer at work.
And this probably explains our problems and as a country why we lag behind the world.
In the UK an engineer means menial. Who the fxxk would want to be a structural engineer when your similarly qualified friends would be called doctors. Whilst you are classed as the same as toilet cleaners"
As a guide. A graduate would need to do a minimum of four years or further training and exams to be called a
professional.
That was when five percent of the population did degrees.
Based on that I would suggest the current meaning is someone who has four years after a second degree (phd, msc,, etc) |
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