Talk:Professional Technologist

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Professional Technologist is not the same as engineer. I think the engineering associations will have an issue with statements like that.

I agree that an engineer is not a Professional Technologist.

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Professional Technologist may be available in Canada, but not all provinces. Even between the provinces that use this designation, the meaning doesn't translate well. That is why there is a wish by many to retain CET (Certified Engineering Technologist), as it does convey a consistant brand name across the country, denoting more professionalism than each province deciding what wo call themselves.

If you want to more align yourself with engineers, why not take the British position of refering to Technologists as Incorporated Engineers?

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That's a good idea. Maybe it will catch on if the boys club doesn't squash it. I have an Engineering Technology Diploma, and I will soon hold a Bachelors Degree in Technology (Canadian degree), I work for two engineering companies doing the job of an engineer in both, yet I cannot practice engineering? I'm much more capable than being an assistant to an engineer. I fix their mistakes just as much as they fix mine. Professional Technologist is like an engineer, minus the ego.

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Like an engineer, minus the ego? That's a big minus.  :-)

I am a CET, and have a Bachelor of Technology as well. I will be staying with CET, as P.Tech varies from one juristiction to another. CET is consistant across the board, and is the same as the UK Incorporated Engineer. If we tried to use that term, P.Eng holders may get a bit litigious. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.167.80.88 (talk) 14:07, 28 March 2008 (UTC)