I take it there is a reason, other than an arbitrary choice of 1/0 ,that the NEC is addressing.

I see no "engineering" or "supervision" definition, but as I am the son of an engineer I will give it a shot;

Engineer;
one who can , through factual analysis,pick apart anything in God's material universe down to sub-atomic levels...

( with apologies to Scott here)

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