其实加拿大工程师也没啥神秘的,挣的也许还没电工多,担的责任liability却很大。
每年还交那么多会费,加上乱七八糟的考试费,申请废 几千刀就打水漂了。
如果在好几个省都注册,那费用还得成倍增长。
当然也不能排除水平根本不咋地的人也能拿licence, 熬年头呗。
不过加拿大搞这个P.Eng执照一个好处是 为了保护公众利益 把责任明确化,出了事(比如房子,桥梁设计有误,豆腐渣工程)有人要负责的,工程师实名制,而且还能很容易抓到这个人。
如果不搞P.Eng制度,很容易就乱套了,人人都可以随便自称engineer,豆腐渣工程造好了,出事了,结果查无此人,名字都是假的,人跑路了。 (天朝也不乏此事吧)
后果是什么,后果是没办法了,找不到人了,政府来善后,纳税人出钱来赔偿,损害的还是普通老百姓的利益。
阿省链接不好找,安省PEO的FAQ 做得不错,
http://peo.on.ca/index.php?ci_id=2075&la_id=1
After graduation, can I call myself an engineer?
No. Legally speaking, you are an engineering graduate, not an engineer. Only holders of a P.Eng. license are legally permitted to use the title “P.Eng.” or the term “
engineer” in their job title,
or to use any other term,
title or description that may lead to the belief that they are authorized to practice professional engineering. An engineering education is the first step to earning your license and eventually having the right to call yourself an engineer, but you may only use the term “engineer” in your job title once you have P.Eng. licence.
在阿省 曾经有法庭案例,好像是APEGA 告 software engineer关于title的案例, 软件工程师在没有P.Eng licence的情况下称自己为 software engineer,结果APEGA胜诉了。