In article . com,
Tim Scott wrote:
"The deffinition of a "technician" and "engineer" in Europe is based on

the level of education, technicians have secondary level while
engineers are university graduates"

... that certainly isn't something that I've found in the UK part of
Europe, although that isn't surprising, as the UK Europeyness has
always being a bit of a question mark!

I personally get ****ed of with those who try and get sniffy about
definitions. Most of the talent and production types tend to talk about
sound engineers regardless of the job they do.

To me, an engineer designs or fixes things. I'm an operator. I operate all
sorts of sound equipment. And proud to be called just that. I fix the
broken bits of my kit at home - later. Wearing a different hat ;-)

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