“Using “Engineer” in combination with an engineering discipline, in combination with another word related to the profession of engineering, or in combination with any language that expresses or implies the right to practice engineering.”
Trying to protect a generic term with a history as long as “engineer” is ridiculous.
In Ontario (perhaps other provinces as well), train drivers (engineers), and operating engineers, are allowed to continue using the "engineer" name for their jobs, but not "professional engineer". Those two were well established uses of the word engineer before engineering professionalized and became regulated, so they are essentially grandfathered in.
Operating engineers are probably more tightly regulated than professional engineers in Ontario. I'm not sure how the regulation on the train drivers compares to the other two groups of "engineers".
https://forces.ca/en/career/combat-engineer/
The society mentions the following criteria as possibly infringing:
https://www.egbc.ca/Complaints-Discipline/Unauthorized-Pract...
“Using “Engineer” in combination with an engineering discipline, in combination with another word related to the profession of engineering, or in combination with any language that expresses or implies the right to practice engineering.”
Trying to protect a generic term with a history as long as “engineer” is ridiculous.