[SystemSafety] Software exam gets low grade in first test from Chuck_Petras_at_xxxxxx <style type="text/css"> /*<![CDATA[*/ /* To be incorporated in the main stylesheet, don't code it in hypermail! */ body {color: black; background: #ffffff} dfn {font-weight: bold;} pre { background-color:inherit;} .head { border-bottom:1px solid black;} .foot { border-top:1px solid black;} th {font-style:italic;} table { margin-left:2em;}map ul {list-style:none;} #mid { font-size:0.9em;} #received { float:right;} address { font-style:inherit ;} /*]]>*/ .quotelev1 {color : #990099} .quotelev2 {color : #ff7700} .quotelev3 {color : #007799} .quotelev4 {color : #95c500} .period {font-weight: bold} </style> </head> <body> <div class="head"> <h1>[SystemSafety] Software exam gets low grade in first test</h1> <map id="navbar" name="navbar"> <ul class="links"> <li> <dfn>This message</dfn>: [ <a href="#start218" name="options1" id="options1" tabindex="1">Message body</a> ] [ More options (<a href="#options2">top</a>, <a href="#options3">bottom</a>) ] </li> <li> <dfn>Related messages</dfn>: [ <a href="0219.htm" accesskey="d" title="Loebl, Andy: "[SystemSafety] FW: "Engineering a Safer World" class information for 2013"">Next message</a> ] [ <a href="0217.htm" title="Dick Selwood: "[SystemSafety] Software exam gets low grade in first test"">Previous message</a> ] [ <a href="0216.htm" title="Peter Bernard Ladkin: "Re: [SystemSafety] Qualifying SW as "proven in use""">In reply to</a> ] [ <a href="0221.htm" accesskey="t" title="RICQUE Bertrand (SAGEM DEFENSE SECURITE): "[SystemSafety] RE : Qualifying SW as "proven in use""">Next in thread</a> ] </li> </ul> </map> <ul class="links"> <li><a name="options2" id="options2"></a><dfn>Contemporary messages sorted</dfn>: [ <a href="date.htm#msg218" title="Contemporary messages by date">by date</a> ] [ <a href="index.htm#msg218" title="Contemporary discussion threads">by thread</a> ] [ <a href="subject.htm#msg218" title="Contemporary messages by subject">by subject</a> ] [ <a href="author.htm#msg218" title="Contemporary messages by author">by author</a> ]</li> </ul> </div> <div class="mail"> <address class="headers"> <span id="from"> <dfn>From</dfn>: < > </span><br /> <span id="date"><dfn>Date</dfn>: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:18:26 -0700</span><br /> </address> <br /> <br> There has been a move afoot to create a licensed software engineer here in the states. Those efforts are coming to fruition. < <a href="http://cdn1.ncees.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Exam-specifications_PE-Software-Apr-2013.pdf">http://cdn1.ncees.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Exam-specifications_PE-Software-Apr-2013.pdf</a> <br> <i class="quotelev1">></i><br> <p> "Many state licensing boards have long said code developers should be regulated the same way as other engineering disciplines. Their expanding work in areas such as electric grids, traffic control systems and water treatment plants argues for such an exam." < <a href="http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4375226/Sharpen-your-pencils-for-2013-software-exam">http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4375226/Sharpen-your-pencils-for-2013-software-exam</a> <br> <i class="quotelev1">></i><br> <p> "SAN JOSE, Calif. ? Only 12 people took the first exam given in the U.S. to certify software engineers working on safety-critical systems, and only six passed it. The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying is driving ahead with plans to offer the exam again next April while educating engineers and employers about its significance." < <a href="http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4416387/Software-exam-gets-low-grade-in-first-test?goback=%2Egde_114902_member_249939440">http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4416387/Software-exam-gets-low-grade-in-first-test?goback=%2Egde_114902_member_249939440</a> <br> <i class="quotelev1">></i><br> <p> Chuck Petras, PE** <br> Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc Pullman, WA 99163 USA <br> <a href="http://www.selinc.com">http://www.selinc.com</a> <br> Tel: +1.509.332.1890 <p> SEL Synchrophasors - A New View of the Power System < <a href="https://www.selinc.com/synchrophasors/">https://www.selinc.com/synchrophasors/</a>> <p> Making Electric Power Safer, More Reliable, and More Economical (R) <ul> <li> Registered in Oregon. <br /> <hr> </ul> <br> The System Safety Mailing List <br> systemsafety_at_xxxxxx <span id="received"><dfn>Received on</dfn> Mon Jun 17 2013 - 19:18:42 CEST</span> </div> <div class="foot"> <map id="navbarfoot" name="navbarfoot" title="Related messages"> <ul class="links"> <li><dfn>This message</dfn>: [ <a href="#start218">Message body</a> ]</li> <li><dfn>Next message</dfn>: <a href="0219.htm" title="Next message in the list">Loebl, Andy: "[SystemSafety] FW: "Engineering a Safer World" class information for 2013"</a></li> <li><dfn>Previous message</dfn>: <a href="0217.htm" title="Previous message in the list">Dick Selwood: "[SystemSafety] Software exam gets low grade in first test"</a></li> <li><dfn>In reply to</dfn>: <a href="0216.htm" title="Message to which this message replies">Peter Bernard Ladkin: "Re: [SystemSafety] Qualifying SW as "proven in use""</a></li> <li><dfn>Next in thread</dfn>: <a href="0221.htm" title="Next message in this discussion thread">RICQUE Bertrand (SAGEM DEFENSE SECURITE): "[SystemSafety] RE : Qualifying SW as "proven in use""</a></li> </ul> <ul class="links"> <li><a name="options3" id="options3"></a><dfn>Contemporary messages sorted</dfn>: [ <a href="date.htm#msg218" title="Contemporary messages by date">by date</a> ] [ <a href="index.htm#msg218" title="Contemporary discussion threads">by thread</a> ] [ <a href="subject.htm#msg218" title="Contemporary messages by subject">by subject</a> ] [ <a href="author.htm#msg218" title="Contemporary messages by author">by author</a> ]</li> </ul> </map> </div> <p><small><em> This archive was generated by <a href="http://www.hypermail-project.org/">hypermail 2.3.0</a> : Thu Apr 25 2019 - 13:17:05 CEST </em></small></p> </body> </html>