atw: Re: Qualifications and postnominal abbreviations

I suppose the answer is "it depends".  

Firstly,  you should ask them. I'd follow whatever the individual wanted to do; 
its their name and qualification. 

Secondly, as a general rule I'd say that in a business/commercial environment 
in Aust the degree honorifics tend not to be used.  In a technical area this is 
probably different as the qualification often specifies much more.  That is, if 
you had an engineer in a non-techncial role it is probably not that important 
to have it; an engineer in a relevant techncial role - more appropriate.

In the academic world of course everyone uses them.  Also in the military it is 
common.  Medical and legal world  - obvious.

I'd be careful that you the abbreviate correctly and I'd avoid adding extras 
unless its part of the degree name (once again, follow what the person wants - 
they did the degree and should know how to abbreviate it and what's 
appropriate).  Is it an engineering degree where the person simply majored in 
chemical engineering or is it a chemical engireering degree called a Bachelor 
if Engineering (Chemical)?

One other thing people often add is where they did it  LLB (ANU), BA (USyd), 
BEng (Chem) (Melb) etc . I like this as it personalises it a bit more but again 
make sure you abbreviate the uni appropriately.  You could check with the 
university itself about this; they might have info on their websites etc.

Cheers,

Pete

-----Original message-----
From: "Jessica Kloiber-Deane" jessica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:21:58 +1000
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Qualifications and postnominal abbreviations

> Hello there, 
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> How should a professionally qualified person be addressed in the context of
> their profession? For example: would 'Name, BEng (Chem)' be correct for a
> person holding a Bachelor of Engineering degree in the chemical engineering
> field?
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> I look forward to your responses.
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> Jessica.
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