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by ultrarunner 2437 days ago
Then the wrong engineer just also shirks professional obligation.
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slavik81 2437 days ago
Which would result in their license to practice being revoked by the professional association.

It takes ~8 years to fulfill the requirements to acquire a professional license. It's not worth the risk of being caught.

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slavik81 2436 days ago
Just to expand, I've never heard of an engineer from the wrong field signing off on a document (e.g. an EE signing off on a structure), but here's a lesser example of unskilled practice and the corresponding disciplinary action: https://www.apega.ca/assets/PDFs/discipline-decisions/18-011...
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