Sealing Work Outside Your Competence
Easyethicscompetenceresponsible charge
An engineer is asked to seal work outside their area of competence. What should they do?
- ASeal the work anyway
- BDecline to seal it and refer the work to a competent engineer who can take responsible charge
- CCopy another design
- DAsk the contractor to approve it
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Answer: B. Decline to seal it and refer the work to a competent engineer who can take responsible charge
An engineer should seal only work within their competence and responsible charge. A qualified engineer must take responsibility for the relevant work; another person's review alone does not qualify the original engineer to seal it.
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