Fischer Storage Heaters

Fischer brochure says the following:

Complete the form below to arrange a free visit from one of our heating engineers - with no obligation. Remember there is no obligation to buy, so why not get some free advice?

The person that was sent to our home came in with metal tape measure extended and kept pulling it in and out in an attempt to look engineery. All our small rooms are basically the same size. In the hours he spent with us it became obvious that he was not an engineer by any stretch of the imagination. We did find out what he did for a living for most of his life, but I will not mention it here because it will make you fall off your chair.

engineer
to arrange, manage, or carry through by skillful or artful contrivance:
He certainly engineered the election campaign beautifully.

Ah, that must be what they mean.

The state-certified engineer is a European Union qualification for a professional engineer of technology or professional engineering technologist—not to be confused with an engineering technician or Dipl.-Ing). It is granted to engineering technologists upon successful completion of a technical college and it is also granted by an international organization with headquarters in Germany, the Bundesverband höherer Berufe der Technik, Wirtschaft und Gestaltung e.V. ("Federal Association of Higher Professions for Technology, Economy and Design") or BVT.

EU Directive 2005L0036-EN 01.01.2007

The perception and definition of engineer varies across countries and continents. British school children in the 1950s were brought up with stirring tales of 'the Victorian Engineers', chief amongst whom were the Brunels, the Stephensons, Telford and their contemporaries. In the UK, "engineering" was more recently perceived as an industry sector consisting of employers and employees loosely termed "engineers" who included the semi-skilled trades. However, the 21st-century view, especially amongst the more educated members of society, is to reserve the term Engineer to describe a university-educated practitioner of ingenuity represented by the Chartered (or Incorporated) Engineer. However, a large proportion of the UK public still sees Engineers as semi skilled tradespeople with a high school education.

Just watched BBC1 watchdog, this water engineer selling water filters. Shocking to say the least. Is this what these engineers do to get a sale.