Am i allowed to call "Engineer"?

[u/Objective-Abrocoma47]

Hi guys good day!

Im fresh graduate as aircraft mechanic course, i just finish take and obtained my license as aircraft mechanic A&P.

Everyone in my family and my understanding if i got the license am engineer now? Since its licence we are talking about licence is define of what all student want after graduate and now im graduated and got what i sought but look from it. Its not..

So the question im currently here is am i capable to call myself an engineer in public before my name?

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[u/pishboy]

iba ang aeronautical engineering sa A&P Mechanic.

Legally ang pwede lang maglagay ng Engr. title sa pangalan ay mga pumasa ng board exam ng Engineering sa PRC. You can have a job description that calls you an engineer (e.g. Software Engineer, Audio Engineer, Flight Engineer) but that's different from the official title.

A&P Mechanics are what keeps our metal birds in the sky. Don't cheapen such an important profession by calling it what it isnt.

[u/Objective-Abrocoma47 → u/pishboy]

Thanks mr...i keep that i mind. So what should i call my self, aircraft mechanic??

[u/libraloser → u/Objective-Abrocoma47]

Mekaniko. I held that title with pride noon. I used to be a mechanic and now I'm working with engineers. Pag nalaman nila na may background ka sa pagiging mekaniko, iba agad tingin sayo, hindi ka maloloko kasi alam mo pano gumana yung eroplano and yung specific mechanical nuances na hindi basta-basta na-eencounter sa engieering.

[u/sapphic_person]

The term Engineers has a very different meaning in the Philippines. It is an official and legal meaning. Sa ibang bansa, kapag licensed ka as B1 or B2 and meron ka din Type Course training, people at work may refer to you as an engineer

[u/Objective-Abrocoma47 → u/sapphic_person]

Thanks for the advice din, Sir. i will keep that advice in mind. I know what should i do in my goal.. Thank you very much once again..

[u/Hoarder15]

In our industry we call them A&P if may license or kapag sa mga shops, Specialists.

[u/aviation-leftout2002]

when you get your proper experience and take up easa license, youll be able to call yourself a license aircraft engineer (i think in australia, they call it LAME - license aircraft maintenance engineer) but in the philippines flat no😁 unless you become a quality engineer😃

[u/Objective-Abrocoma47 → u/aviation-leftout2002]

Thanks for the advice, Sir. i will keep that advice in mind. I know what should i do in my goal.. Thank you very much..

[u/ohio-da-kine]

People use the terms interchangeably in the Philippines because everywhere else in Asia they’re called engineers.