Sunday, September 11, 2011

10 Principles for eliminating the words "engineer", "engineered" and "engineering" from vocabulary.


Professional #engineers within IEAust and elsewhere, complaining about their recognition and status, year after tedious year is so tiresome. So have decided to work towards completely removing the words "engineer", "engineered" and "engineering" from my vocabulary. Here is a starting set of principles to assist in doing so.

Principle#1 : If use tools and techniques, though abstract and analytical, then with in the scope of the generic meaning of #Technician.

Principle#2 : If it is not #engineering when done by others then it is not engineering when done by #engineers.

Principle#3 : #Engineering is what #engineers do. Not vice versa.

Principle#4 : True #engineers are the ingenious innovators who beget #Technology, and provide #TechnicalScience for future adaptation.

Principle#5 : Last years #Engineer is this years #Technician.

Principle#6 : Understanding history, geography and ethics of technology and society is the role of the #Technologist.

Principle#7 : As defined the #Engineer shall always be placed subordinate to the #Technologist. Not vice versa.

Principle#8 : The words technologist, technician, associate and officer shall not be prefixed with engineering or postfixed with engineer.

Principle#9 : Institutions and societies of #engineers shall only have rights to define profession of #engineer, and no other occupation.

Principle#10 :Legislation shall not limit a single profession to supply of service. Only review and approval shall be constrained.

Revision:
1) Spelling corrected principle 7. Principle 10 rewritten.