Engineering Practitioner

A Engineering Practitioner is a practitioner within the engineering profession (who can perform engineering tasks).

• AKA: Engineer.
• Context:
  • They can (typically) have passed an Engineering Admittance Examination.
  • They can range from being a Lay Engineer to being a Professional Engineer.
  • …
• Example(s):
  • an Electrical Engineer.
  • a Civil Engineer.
  • a Software Engineer.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • an Electrician.
  • an Architect.
  • a Medical Practitioner, such as a Nurse Practitioner.
  • a Dental Practitioner.
  • a Legal Practitioner, such as a Paralegal.
  • an IT Practitioner, such as a Software Programming Practitioner.
  • a Scientist.
• See: General Practitioner, Build Task, Accreditation Board For Engineering And Technology, Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer.

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References

2013

• (Blue et al., 2013) ⇒ Ethan Blue, Michael Levine, and Dean Nieusma. (2013). “Engineering and War: Militarism, Ethics, Institutions, Alternatives." Morgan \& Claypool Publishers. doi:10.2200/S00548ED1V01Y201311ETS020

2009

• (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=medical%20practitioner
  • S: (n) medical practitioner, medical man (someone who practices medicine)
• (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=general%20practitioner
  • S: (n) general practitioner, GP (a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses)

2008

• (Gereffi et al., 2008) ⇒ Gary Gereffi, Vivek Wadhwa, Ben Rissing, and Ryan Ong. (2008). “Getting the Numbers Right: International engineering education in the United States, China, and India.” In: Journal of Engineering Education, 97(1). doi:10.1002/j.2168-9830.2008.tb00950.x

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