Cox never claimed to be an engineer, he just put some good ideas down on paper. The logical course would be to have a licensed professional engineer follow up on it. Yet the response reads more like - how dare you even THINK, commoner peasant! By the same logic, I was never formally trained on programmable logic controllers (PLC’s) even though I have an electrical engineering degree. What I learned was by experience. Yet by this logic I am not qualified to work on PLC’s.
Yes, I am a licensed professional engineer, but I seek some of the design input from plant operators, construction trades people, and the like. These are people who have to live and work with the end product, and also see details that I might not otherwise see, due to their perspective. Does that diminish my professionalism? Heck, no! Yet I have run into some PE’s who are on a high horse (”I have a PE license, peon. You don’t know anything. Do as you’re told.”) Those kind I have found are amazing at construction sites, especially at generating complaints and greivances.
PE Electrical/Control Systems
It really got bad with all the “green and sustainable” nonsense. Some really ridiculous sequences started to show up. Some of the consultants took offense. The good ones do not, they are secure in their knowledge and experience.
Did you take the PE exam in Controls? Or did you do EE? I’m asking because I got my degree in ChE, but I now work with DCS. I have my EIT, but I was hesitant to go for a PE in Chem E because I don’t use any of it in my current job.