Engineering profession introduction

George C. Beakley and H. W. Leach, Engineering An Introduction to a Creative Profession ... 

You want to know the needs of your customer. The best way to hnd out is to interview her. It can make a big difference how you do that. As an engineer, you may never have been trained professionally in talking with other people. Other professions, such as journalism, psychology, law and nowadays even the medical profession, do train their students in communicating. We regularly hnd out that they are better at it than we are. This little introduction cannot fully remedy your possible disadvantage, but we hope it will help a bit. 

In MORT Safety Assurance Systems by WilMam G. Johnson, the chapter on The Safety Function also quotes the ASSE Scope and Functions of the Professional Safety Position (p. 463). Introduction to Safety Engineering by David S. Gloss and Miriam Gayle Wardle contains the only reference I found in a safety-related text that speaks of the requirements of a profession. This is what they wrote. 

Sherard published over 40 journal papers of which more than half in ASCE journals. He also co-authored the 725-page technical book Earth and earth-rock dams. The 1992 book is dedicated to the memory of Sherard, who made numerous contributions to the embankment dam engineering. Twenty-one of his papers were selected for the memorial volume, of which a large portion was considered seminal and of outstanding value to the profession. These are preceded by an introduction prepared by either a co-author or someone closely associated with the work. Papers of lasting value as references on subjects such as seismic aspects, dispersive cl s, hydraulic fracturing and filters are included. His last two papers on the concrete face rockfill dam are also in this volume. 

From this perspective the essence of higher education in the engineering fields can be perceived as the introduction of technical models of phenomena and processes. Particular curricula include theories and relations that describe reality more or less reliably, explore the validity and applicability of these models, and discuss the prerequisites, methods and steps of application. Professions have their inventories (or treasuries) of models as well. 

In their book Introduction to Safety Engineering, David S. Gloss and Miriam Gayle Wardle speak of the requirements of a profession. This is what they wrote in 1984. 

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