Faking it
Mar 19th 2013 | 9:16 pm
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Faking it
http://www.constructionweekonline.co.../#.UUl9CzfAMhA
Wonder how long before the UAE starts its own investigation...
Wonder how long before the UAE starts its own investigation...
Mar 19th 2013 | 9:42 pm
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Re: Faking it
Mines attested so I don't care!
Mar 20th 2013 | 2:59 am
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Re: Faking it
3 months and/or 10,000AED fine for this, isn't it? I couldn't imagine an engineer from S/SE Asia would have earned (and therefore saved) enough to pay up the fine, so just how many cell spaces are there for them?
Mar 20th 2013 | 3:17 am
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Re: Faking it
How do the fake engineers do their job
Mar 20th 2013 | 5:30 am
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Re: Faking it
I think I have worked with all of these fake ones at some point
How do they get away with it? Mainly because the term is over used, every site supervisor or labourer seems to start with the default title of engineer.
Its fairly hard to fake in design roles but when you just have to inspect some block work or watch concrete being poured its easy to carry it off.
In my experience its prevalent mainly with Indians and Egyptians
How do they get away with it? Mainly because the term is over used, every site supervisor or labourer seems to start with the default title of engineer.
Its fairly hard to fake in design roles but when you just have to inspect some block work or watch concrete being poured its easy to carry it off.
In my experience its prevalent mainly with Indians and Egyptians
Mar 20th 2013 | 5:59 am
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Re: Faking it
I think I have worked with all of these fake ones at some point
How do they get away with it? Mainly because the term is over used, every site supervisor or labourer seems to start with the default title of engineer.
Its fairly hard to fake in design roles but when you just have to inspect some block work or watch concrete being poured its easy to carry it off.
In my experience its prevalent mainly with Indians and Egyptians
How do they get away with it? Mainly because the term is over used, every site supervisor or labourer seems to start with the default title of engineer.
Its fairly hard to fake in design roles but when you just have to inspect some block work or watch concrete being poured its easy to carry it off.
In my experience its prevalent mainly with Indians and Egyptians
Last edited by Boomhauer; Mar 20th 2013 at 6:02 am.
Mar 22nd 2013 | 8:52 am
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Re: Faking it
The medical ones are worrying too. Is the radiographer qualified? Are we getting hit with 500x the dose of x-rays we're supposed to be?
Mar 23rd 2013 | 3:54 am
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Re: Faking it
Wimp ! X-rays are GOOD for you !
Mar 23rd 2013 | 6:31 am
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Re: Faking it
In KSA I found 70% of my staff had fake degrees, including the design staff,: I went to India and Pakistan to check the staff being recruited. I had people with very convincing degrees from the university of Woolwich. Phds from the university of Panama. I had Pakistanis with one certificate shared between a whole family. They manage to fake it because those with genuine certificates do not know much more that those with faked certificates.
