From NCE Plus
Astronautics engineer Jon Jennings has this week leapt on the online
petition bandwagon to call for the title of "engineer" to be a protected
title. Jennings has joined an escalating list of people using 10 Downing
Street's online petition trial to drum up support for his campaign to
restore respect in engineers.
"Car mechanics, plumbers and electricians are now commonly referred to
as engineers and banks now regard engineers as semi skilled," says his
petition.
With 2,400 signatories to date, the petition already tops the "business
and industry" category. But it still lags well behind the road pricing
petition which received 1.7M signatories before it closed on Tuesday and
even falls short of the 3,707 who want the prime minister to stand on
his head and juggle ice-cream.
So if you agree that the status of the engineer is undervalued in
society please sign the petition:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Engineer-Status/