Bottle Fatigue's "Vaste Swathes" are not to what I refer. Those vaste swathes are, by and large, qualified for the positions they hold but, by declining to get involved, they are a symptom of the engineering profession's problem. My 'weeding out' alludes to those who are unfit for office, but who nevertheless manage to talk their way into managerial positions by pure salesmanship or "bull!!!!!" as it is more commonly known. You've all met them and you know the type of people to whom I refer.
A qualification system for higher level staff would prevent many of these unfit people from being let lose on their destructive path. That is why I consider that a form of licencing, such as CEng/IEng, based upon peer review and a process of Continuing Professional Development (you forgot the CPD in your exposition, Ghengis!) is not only in order, but highly desirable.
Competent managers have nothing to fear from submitting themselves to peer review and certification, whereas "bull!!!!!ters" are easily unmasked by independent examiners. Its not all down to academic qualifications either. As I indicated in my earlier post, my own IEng was secured by the mature candidate process. You first describe your career in a detailed written exposition, then after passing that hurdle, you turn up for the board of inquisition armed with documentary proof, in the form of actual examples of your work. The grilling that follows is fair but tough and would certainly have unmasked any of the bull!!!!!ters that I've worked with over the years. [A bit similar to the old UKCAA Licence exams actually...]
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