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Time for licenced Engineers?

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As a result of a discussion within a Linkedin group. I had originally raised the issue of the EC UK or IET legally licencing Engineers and had agreed to bring this discussion from Linkedin to the IET members in an appropriate community for a frank and open debate.

​The circumstances surrounding this discussion was the tragedy of Grenfell Towers and my personal observation that some of the alleged decision makers, had no technical qualifications to make decisions on public safety. I am wondering how far the inquiry will go to reveal that issue. 

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As I currently work in Canada we do have an act of law governing the conduct of its licenced Engineers and this makes the Engineer have some higher degree of responsibility for public safety.


​Questions

1)    Given the impact of Grenfell, does EC(UK) have to now start considering licencing? What are the perceived hurdles to achieve this?

​2)    If not. What can we do within our profession to improve pubic safety with an objective to prevent another 'Grenfell' ?


I am ​Interested to get IET members responses.

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    Roy Bowdler:
     An overly academic approach can easily be as dangerously naïve in the wrong circumstances as the “three-day tradesperson”.




    Roy,

    I would argue it is more dangerous as any third party looking on will just accept it is right, while the "three-day tradesperson" will be more likely to be challenged.  I would like to think that the Chartered Engineers who have little understanding of apprentice trained Engineers (and I deliberately use the term Engineers rather than Technicians here) are a minority, but sadly I think that they make up the more vocal part.

    Alasdair

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    Roy Bowdler:
     An overly academic approach can easily be as dangerously naïve in the wrong circumstances as the “three-day tradesperson”.




    Roy,

    I would argue it is more dangerous as any third party looking on will just accept it is right, while the "three-day tradesperson" will be more likely to be challenged.  I would like to think that the Chartered Engineers who have little understanding of apprentice trained Engineers (and I deliberately use the term Engineers rather than Technicians here) are a minority, but sadly I think that they make up the more vocal part.

    Alasdair

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