Talk:Stationary engineer

Improper usage of expression
This article uses "professional engineer" incorrectly. It does not mean someone who practices engineering for a living. --Coosbane (talk) 09:27, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

I agree with the above and I also think this article reads a little too much like a career advice guide. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.136.142.40 (talk) 06:38, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

This article's description of "Power Engineers" is largely incorrect with regards to Canadian Power Engineers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.94.137.35 (talk) 05:24, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Page overhaul
I think this page could use an overhaul. Much could be said about the profession by operators of different types of plants. As the above person mentioned it reads too much like a career advice guide, this may not necessarily be a bad thing. The idea of this page is to inform readers of what a power/stationary engineer is and does. Why else might they search for such a page?

I think we should look into creating the following sections:

-Field Operators -Plant operators -Classes of operators; How they differ in different jurisdictions, scope of every class from fourth (or fifth) to first class. -History of the profession

The biggest issue I can see with doing any of this is the lack of scholarly articles outlining any of the above proposed changes. Some may disregard the information as being non representative, even if it does come from highly experienced persons in the profession.

- In Quebec, the classification system is different from the rest of canada, this would need to be explainned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.80.219.180 (talk) 15:33, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

This page frequently restates the exact same information, I've rectified this slightly, but it certainly needs more work. Bergallanj (talk) 06:32, 13 December 2021 (UTC)