Moshe, Firstly, in case my wording doesn't convey my intention correctly, this isn't to challenge what you said, but to seek genuine enlightenment. When you mention I.Eng being equated to technologist, who are you suggesting is doing that? Is anybody involved in EC, UKSPEC or IET doing so? If so, I believe that needs correcting as I most definitely don't see I Eng as a technologist - it is, I believe, very definitely an engineer as the title suggests, and so do the UKSPEC requirements . One that doesn't provide final sign-off or responsibility, and who typically selects solutions from a number of pre-defined ones, rather than producing new solutions, but an engineer nonetheless. Like Andy, I'm not as sure of what a technologist really is, but I would have thought Eng Tech is more likely to be the appropriate registration grade to be equated with technologist, again simply by virtue of the title, as further confirmed by UKSPEC. So, if someone associated with EC, UKSPEC or IET has suggested or defined the equating of I.Eng with technologist, I'd really like to know, please. If not, who are you suggesting has done so? Other countries internationally? If so, then we surely have to educate them to the fact that it's an invalid equation. Employers? Well, quite possibly so, but that brings us back to exactly the position I, Andy and others take, that it's time for serious action to educate regarding their error.
Moshe, Firstly, in case my wording doesn't convey my intention correctly, this isn't to challenge what you said, but to seek genuine enlightenment. When you mention I.Eng being equated to technologist, who are you suggesting is doing that? Is anybody involved in EC, UKSPEC or IET doing so? If so, I believe that needs correcting as I most definitely don't see I Eng as a technologist - it is, I believe, very definitely an engineer as the title suggests, and so do the UKSPEC requirements . One that doesn't provide final sign-off or responsibility, and who typically selects solutions from a number of pre-defined ones, rather than producing new solutions, but an engineer nonetheless. Like Andy, I'm not as sure of what a technologist really is, but I would have thought Eng Tech is more likely to be the appropriate registration grade to be equated with technologist, again simply by virtue of the title, as further confirmed by UKSPEC. So, if someone associated with EC, UKSPEC or IET has suggested or defined the equating of I.Eng with technologist, I'd really like to know, please. If not, who are you suggesting has done so? Other countries internationally? If so, then we surely have to educate them to the fact that it's an invalid equation. Employers? Well, quite possibly so, but that brings us back to exactly the position I, Andy and others take, that it's time for serious action to educate regarding their error.
