INSTITUTION OF DIAGNOSTIC ENGINEERS

 

 

Text Box: WHAT IS A DIAGNOSTIC ENGINEER? A 'Diagnostic Engineer' shall be any person capable of contribution to the art or science of determining the existence of a problem in a machine, plant, system or structure and/or appraising the cause(s) of a failure which may have taken place and/or assessing the condition or vulnerability of such machine, plant, system or structure either during use or while under development. Dr. Ralph A. Collacott (Deceased) Founder: Institution of Diagnostic Engineers Some further suggestions given by our members: "A diagnostic engineer is a person, male or female who engineers diagnostics. We know about acoustic engineers who engineer acoustics, electrical engineers who engineer electrics and civil engineers who engineer civils. Or do they? We must be careful with our generalised functions because all is not what it seems. For example civil servants do not serve civils, public servants do not often serve the public and marine engineers certainly do not engineer marines. A diagnostic engineer is a person who takes an overall global view of a problem in any branch of engineering. The diagnostic engineer sees beyond the immediate fault, identifies and plans and perhaps executes the cure to the cause and not just the symptom. The diagnostic engineer can see the wood for the trees, well, carpentry is a branch of engineering isn't it? Mike Yorke MIDiagE Diagnostic Engineers seek to rectify the root cause of the problem. Dr. Robert A. Kisch FIDiagE A Diagnostic Engineer is anyone that has the ability to recognise a failing in a design, system, component or practice who has the ability to communicate that failing to others, who can solve the problem or has a worthwhile input into it's rectification. He/she is one that never walks away from a problem, but most importantly takes in all of the implications of a decision and knows how to be diplomatic when forcing an issue. A Diagnostic Engineer most importantly of all is human and has the ability to recognise failings both in himself/herself and others. But never NEVER gloats at another's failings; instead he/she always acts in the best interests of common sense and safety, as a mentor or colleague and never as a dictator. J. Sayer FIDiagE  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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