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re: Question regarding the PE exam for EE in Louisiana
Posted on 11/28/18 at 9:53 pm to Ric Flair
Posted on 11/28/18 at 9:53 pm to Ric Flair
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My dad was a ChemE, worked at the plants, and basically no one had a PE license. If you are a small shop doing contracting work, I think it’s necessary for liability purposes.
Yeps. That's what I've seen. It's liability foremost and secondarily it frees up employees' time to focus on improving production processes.
This post was edited on 11/28/18 at 9:54 pm
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Posted on 11/28/18 at 10:16 pm to volod
Better to get it while you're younger and the material is fresh and not need it than to discover further in your career you need it and studying will be a lot more difficult.
<--- Electrical PE. Don't currently need my license (oil company), but previously used it as a consultant
<--- Electrical PE. Don't currently need my license (oil company), but previously used it as a consultant
This post was edited on 11/28/18 at 10:18 pm
Posted on 11/28/18 at 10:20 pm to busbeepbeep
It’s more applicable to civil or electrical. Not so much the chem or mech plant types.
Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:01 pm to volod
The value of a PE is 100% dependent on the type of work you do and there are some engineering professions out there where you're sacrificing lots of money and opportunities by not getting your PE.
In general, if you're doing engineering work that involves the public and designing facilities or providing services/utilities they use, your PE will be valuable.
As an EE, if you work at a plant, or if you work in the electronics or computer industry, it's probably more of a hassle than it's worth to pursue a PE license or maintain it because it won't give you a leg up in terms of salary/opportunities because it's simply not needed. There is nothing to stamp/seal. Like someone else said in this thread, plants contract out work that will require a stamp and the engineers designing the systems/building for the contractor will do that.
In general, if you're doing engineering work that involves the public and designing facilities or providing services/utilities they use, your PE will be valuable.
As an EE, if you work at a plant, or if you work in the electronics or computer industry, it's probably more of a hassle than it's worth to pursue a PE license or maintain it because it won't give you a leg up in terms of salary/opportunities because it's simply not needed. There is nothing to stamp/seal. Like someone else said in this thread, plants contract out work that will require a stamp and the engineers designing the systems/building for the contractor will do that.
This post was edited on 11/28/18 at 11:02 pm
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