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International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers

International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers rather than just read about it. In short: The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) is a North American labor union representing various professional, technical, and administrative support workers in the United States and Canada, in both the public and private sectors. Its roots may be traced back to the International Federation of Draftsmen's Unions, a craft union for shipyard engineers and draftsmen, chartered by the Ame…

Key takeaways

International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
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Reproduce the core statement of International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) is a North American labor union representing various professional, technical, and administrative support workers in the United States and Canada, in both the public and private sectors. Its roots may be traced back to the International Federation of Draftsmen's Unions, a craft union for shipyard engineers and draftsmen, chartered by the American Federation of Labor in 1918, and expanding its jurisdiction in 1919 to become the International Federation of Technical Engineers, Architects, and Draftsmen's Unions.

Presidents C. L. Rosemund Foster J. Pratt Russell M. Stephens 1967: James Woodside 1970: William T. Cleary 1972: Rodney A. Bower 1985: James Sommerhauser 1994: Paul Almeida 2001: Greg Junemann 2018: Paul Shearon 2021: Matt Biggs

Local unions

Local 1 IFPTE Local 1 represents federal employees of the United States Navy at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY and RCT Bargaining Units) in Portsmouth, Virginia, the Mid Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) in Norfolk, Virginia, Supervisor of Shipbuilding (SSNN) in Newport News, Virginia, the Submarine Technical Support Center (STSC) in Groton, Connecticut, the Southeast Regional Maintenance Center (SERMC) in Mayport, Florida and Carrier Planning Activity (CPA).

Local 3

Local 4 IFPTE Local 4 represents federal employees at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) in Kittery, Maine.

Local 12 IFPTE Local 12 represents employees at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) on Puget Sound at Bremerton, Washington.

Local 21 IFPTE Local 21 represents over 11,000 public employees in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Local 32

Local 121

Ames Federal Employees Union (AFEU) The Ames Federal Employees Union (AFEU), IFPTE Local 30, represents federal employees at NASA Ames.

Congressional Research Employees Association (CREA) The Congressional Research Employees Association (CREA), IFPTE Local 75, represents over 500 employees at the Congressional Research Service.

Government Accountability Office (GAO) Employees Organization The Government Accountability Office (GAO) Employees Organization, IFPTE Local 1921, represents analysts, specialists, and mission support employees at the United States Government Accountability Office.

Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU) The Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU), IFPTE Local 70, represents employees of over 40 nonprofit organizations across the United States, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Food & Water Watch, J Street, and the National Women's Law Center.

Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), IFPTE Local 2001, represents over 17,000 aerospace engineers, technical workers, pilots, and professionals across Washington, Kansas, Oregon, Utah and California.

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External links

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Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers

In research: International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics AFL-CIO affiliates, American engineering organizations, American organizations established in 1918, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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