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P.E. = Professional Engineer
Posted by Joe Johnson at 03/10/2001 12:10 PM EST
Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.
In Reply to: What is a P.E.? (eom)
Posted by bill whitley on 03/10/2001 11:35 AM EST:
In order to get a Professional Engineering (P.E.) license
by the state you have to have a set amount of
experience (typically 5 years) and you have to pass 2
tests (a general engineering test, typically taken
right after college and a more detailed test in the
area you specialize in, taken after you have a number
of years of practical engineering experience).
In order to work in some fields you are required to
have your P.E. license (for example, government
contracts often require that the work be done by a
P.E.). Other fields do not require the license but
engineers often get the license anyway for either
personal gratification or for other reasons.
On balance, I recommend that you consider taking the
test right out of school. It is a lot easier to take
the test while it is fresh in your head. You can
always decide not to sit for the second test, but once
the general information goes stale in your brain it can
be a lot of work to study for the test.
I recommend more folks get their P.E. license. I
believe that it will help the whole profession get more
respect.
Joseph Johnson, P.E.
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