Entertainment Engineering?

The FE is the Fundamentals of Engineering test that everyone in the US that is close to or has graduated with a degree in engineering has the option to take (some schools require it for graduation). It's a general engineering test that you only have to take once ever (assuming you pass) meant to check that you have some breadth to go with your mastery of the specifics of your discipline. Once a person passes the FE and works for at least 4 years under a licenced Professional Engineer they can take the PE (Principles and Practice of Engineering test) that is specific to just their discipline. Unlike the FE which works country wide the PE is state specific. and overseen by the state licensing board. Passing your state's PE test and being accepted for licensure makes a person a professional engineer that allows them to stamp drawings and give expert testimony and those kinds of things. Being a licenced professional also requires renewal hours and in some states might require annual fees.
Unlike the legal standard of who can practice engineering in Canada, this whole system is somewhat voluntary in the US. A person can graduate with an engineering degree, take nether test, and work in engineering successfully and legally for the rest of their career. Companies that work closely with the government tend to demand a PE. Other companies just want someone on the staff that is licenced, but don't worry too much about having all their employees licenced. Others don't seem to care much at all. That's why for many recent grads it makes sense to take the one time only, good anywhere FE while the information is fresh during or shortly after college, but to check with current and future employers before perusing the PE.
 
@Quillons @porkchop @Ianboze Please educate me, what's an "FE"? I'm assuming it's not a degree in Feminine Engineering.
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Ron Hebbard.

Ron, sure. The FE is the fundamentals of engineering exam. When an aspiring engineering completes there coursework they can sit for the exam and that basically qualifies them to start apprenticing to meet the experience requirement to sit for the PE which is the principals and practice of engineering exam. Its not that different from the process medical students take on the road to becoming a doctor

Most states don't even let people call themselves engineers until they have passed the PE
 
FE is the Fundamentals of Engineering exam. It's one of the paths to becoming a professional licensed engineer in the U.S.A. Ontario has similar exams, but they are typically avoidable if the applicant is a graduate of an accredited engineering program. Things keep evolving but the only post-grad exam I had to write was on ethics and contract law.

sk8rsdad, P.Eng
 
FE is the Fundamentals of Engineering exam. It's one of the paths to becoming a professional licensed engineer in the U.S.A. Ontario has similar exams, but they are typically avoidable if the applicant is a graduate of an accredited engineering program. Things keep evolving but the only post-grad exam I had to write was on ethics and contract law.

sk8rsdad, P.Eng
@sk8rsdad Thanks for your Canadian perspective and, if I may ask, what manner of P. Eng are you?
Toodleoo!
Ron Hebbard.
 
A P.Eng doesn't actually have any specific discipline associated with it. I don't pretend to be a practicing professional engineer, having never used my stamp. I graduated with a B.A.Sc (Electrical Engineering) with a minor in Management Science.
 
I've looked at LDI before and it does sound awesome. This year it's also the week before Thanksgiving break and that week will probably be a pretty big test wee... It's on the weekend too. Huh. Thanks for making me look that up, I might try and make it.
I recommend USITT as well. While it's a smaller, there are many there to recruit and hire.

Also don't forget Disney or Cirque Du Soleil as possible employers.
 
A P.Eng doesn't actually have any specific discipline associated with it. I don't pretend to be a practicing professional engineer, having never used my stamp. I graduated with a B.A.Sc (Electrical Engineering) with a minor in Management Science.
That's how I interpret it for US. Architects and engineers are all "registered design professionals" and with some exceptions, all can design any aspect of a building and seal drawings - if they self determined to be qualified to do so. Woe be to the one that oversteps their expertise and gets caught - probably career ender -so you don't very often have an architect seal the electrical drawings a theatre, but they might for a multi-family building or restaurant. And engineers do sometimes design their own utility buildings - like a building for switch gear or a boiler.
 

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