電機工程學：修订间差异

 

在不同的地区，专业认证都会给工程师带来不同程度的好处。例如，在美国和加拿大，只有认证工程师可以簽發公共或私人的工程项目。<ref>{{cite web|title=Why Should You Get Licensed? |publisher=National Society of Professional Engineers |url=http://www.nspe.org/lc1-why.asp |accessdate=2013-01-08 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050604085233/http://www.nspe.org/lc1-why.asp |archivedate=2005-06-04 |deadurl=yes }}</ref>在很多國家，政府機構在州、省的法律中作出这一規定，例如《[[魁北克]]工程师法案》（{{lang|en|''Quebec's Engineers Act''}}）。<ref>{{cite web | title = Engineers Act | publisher= Quebec Statutes and Regulations (CanLII) | url = http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=2&file=//I_9/I9_A.htm | accessdate =2005-07-24}}</ref>在其他的一些国家，则可能并没有这样的强制規定。不过大多数专业认证机构都设置了一系列规章制度以约束工程师，若违反則很有可能被開除。<ref>{{cite web | title = Codes of Ethics and Conduct | work = Online Ethics Center | url = http://onlineethics.org/CMS/profpractice/ethcodes.aspx | publisher = Online Ethics | accessdate = 2005-07-24 | deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070630042601/http://onlineethics.org/CMS/profpractice/ethcodes.aspx | archivedate = 2007-06-30 }}</ref>这样，行业组织就在工程师专业领域的规范化、标准化方面扮演了重要角色。但是，即使在专业认证管轄範圍之外的工作部分，工程师仍然必須遵守工作的[[契约|合同]]。在有些情况里，工程师的工作失败可能会被视为[[过失]]甚至玩忽职守。他们在工作时还必须考虑工程在环境保护方面的影响，并遵從现有的法律法规。

 

[[电气电子工程师学会]]是电机工程学领域最权威的专业机构之一，该协会宣称三成与电机工程学相关的学术文献都出自其成员。它在世界范围内拥有430000位成员，每年举办超过300场[[学术研讨会]]。<ref>{{cite web | title = About the IEEE | publisher = IEEE | url = http://www.ieee.org/about/ | accessdate = 2005-07-11 | deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516071415/http://ieee.org/about/ | archivedate = 2008-05-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = History of IEEE | publisher = IEEE | url = http://www.ieee.org/about/ieee_history.html | accessdate = 2016-03-24 | quote = more than 300 conferences annually | deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/65CfhpwXB?url=http://www.ieee.org/about/ieee_history.html | archivedate = 2012-02-04 }}</ref>另一著名组织英国工程技术协会（{{lang|en|Institution of Engineering and Technology, IET}}）则出版了21种[[学术期刊]]，在全球范围拥有超过150000名会员，自称是欧洲最大的专业工程组织。<ref>{{cite web | title = About the IET | publisher = The IET | url = http://www.theiet.org/about/ | accessdate = 2005-07-11 | deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070813222806/http://www.theiet.org/about/ | archivedate = 2007-08-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Journal and Magazines | publisher = The IET | url = http://www.theiet.org/publishing/journals/ | accessdate = 2005-07-11 | deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070824124603/http://www.theiet.org/publishing/journals/ | archivedate = 2007-08-24 }}</ref>在电机工程学领域，专业知识更新换代十分频繁。为了保持工作效率，工程师通常会选择参加各种职业组织，定期关注业界新动向，并参加继续教育——这在该行业里是相当必要的。