Chartered Engineer (UK)

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Chartered Engineer (UK)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In the United Kingdom, a Chartered Engineer is an engineer registered with Engineering Council (the

British regulatory body for engineers). Contemporary Chartered Engineers are master's degree-qualified

and have gained professional competencies through training and experience. The formation process of a

Chartered Engineer generally mandates a minimum of 8 years but in most cases at least 10 years are

required. The title Chartered Engineer is protected by civil law and the Engineering Council regulates

the practice of professional engineering in the UK. With over 180,000 registrants, it is one of the most

recognizable international engineering qualifications with registrants in many countries.

Contents

1 Qualifications required for registration

2 Designatory lettering 3 International equivalence 4 Bodies qualified to register Chartered Engineers

5 See also 6 References

7 External links

Qualifications required for registration

According to Engineering Council, Chartered Engineers "are characterised by their ability to develop

appropriate solutions to engineering problems, using new or existing technologies, through innovation,

creativity and change. They might develop and apply new technologies, promote advanced designs and

design methods, introduce new and more efficient production techniques, marketing and construction

concepts, pioneer new engineering services and management methods. Chartered Engineers are

variously engaged in technical and commercial leadership and possess interpersonal skills."

For registration, it is necessary for candidates to demonstrate that they are professionally competent

through education, training and professional practice. Although many Chartered Engineers have honours

degrees in engineering, science or mathematics, since 1997 it has been necessary to demonstrate further

learning most commonly by completion of a four or five-year (in England and Wales) or five or six-year

(in Scotland) integrated MEng degree, or by gaining an appropriate masters degree followingcompletion of a three or four-year (in England and Wales) or four or five-year (in Scotland) honours

baccalaureate degree in engineering or a cognate subject. The details of these engineering degrees are

available on the Engineering Council website.

Candidates are also required to demonstrate an appropriate level of professional competence to practice,

through evidence gained from records of initial professional development, and by professional review

followed by Interview and Technical Presentation in front of a Professional Board. The final stage of

assessment is a "professional review" (interview) conducted by two Chartered Engineers and a

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Chairperson at which the candidate's competence will be assessed. A full description of the requirements

for registration appears at the Engineering Council's website (http://www.engc.org.uk/).[1] Overall it

usually takes a minimum of 8 years but usually 10 years of university education and post graduate

training to achieve the Chartered Engineer qualification. Chartered Engineers are recognised in Europe

as regulated professions by the Directive 2005/36.

Designatory lettering

Chartered Engineers are entitled to use the suffix CEng after names as a means of emphasising their

status with the Engineering Council. They can also make use of a logo, which is intended primarily for

use in correspondence and on business cards. This is restricted to use by Engineering Council

Registrants only, through approval by the Patent Office for its registration as a Certification Mark. This

is written after honours, decorations and university degrees but before letters denoting membership of

professional engineering institutions. When a Chartered Engineer has more than one institution

membership conferring designatory letters, the institution through which the holder is registered as a

Chartered Engineer appears immediately after CEng, with other memberships following in order of the

institutions' foundation dates.

International equivalence

The level of competence required for registration as a Chartered Engineer in the UK is comparable to

many continental European countries that require master's-level education for registration as a

professional engineer. Since the Engineering Council moved to undergraduate M-Level and

postgraduate MSc qualifications required for registration, there have been inconsistencies in the

Washington Accord agreement on the recognition of academic qualifications.

Chartered Engineers are entitled to register through the European Federation of National Engineering

Associations as a European Engineer and use the pre-nominal of Eur Ing.

Bodies qualified to register Chartered Engineers

The body that maintains the UK's register of Chartered Engineers is Engineering Council. Authority to

register Chartered Engineers is delegated to licenced member institutions:

Institute of Acoustics Royal Aeronautical Society Institution of Agricultural Engineers

British Computer Society Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation

Institute of Cast Metals Engineers Institution of Chemical Engineers

Institution of Civil Engineers Energy Institute Institution of Engineering and Technology

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Society of Environmental Engineers

Institute of Explosive Engineers (IExpE) Institution of Fire Engineers Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers

Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management Institution of Lighting Professionals

Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Institute of Measurement and Control

Institution of Mechanical Engineers Royal Institution of Naval Architects

British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing Institution of Nuclear Engineers Society of Operations Engineers

Institute of Physics Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine

Institution of Railway Signal Engineers Institution of Royal Engineers Institution of Structural Engineers Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management Institution of Water Officers

The Welding Institute

Some of these institutions also register Incorporated Engineers and Engineering Technicians. There are

other Engineering Council UK licensed member institutions that register Incorporated Engineers and

Engineering Technicians but do not register Chartered Engineers.

See also

Chartered Environmentalist SQEP

Chartered Chemist Chartered IT Professional Chartered Physicist

Chartered Scientist Master of Engineering

Master of Science in Engineering

References

1. ^ Engineering Council - CEng and IEng Standard

(http://www.engc.org.uk/documents/CEng_IEng_Standard.pdf)

External links

A. & C. Black Staff. (2002). Titles and Forms of Address, 21st edition. A. & C. Black. ISBN 0-7136-6265-4




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Engineering Council UK. ECUK Institution Details

(http://www.engc.org.uk/registration/institutions.aspx). Retrieved 13 July 2007 Engineering Council UK. FEANI Registration and the EurIng Title

(http://www.engc.org.uk/international/feani/feani_registration.aspx). Retrieved 13 July 2007

Engineering Council UK. Register Sections(http://www.engc.org.uk/registration/Register_Sections.aspx). Retrieved 13 July 2007

Institution of Engineering and Technology. Use of designatory letters(http://www.theiet.org/membership/manage/use-designatory-letters/index.cfm). Retrieved 13 July2007

Institution of Engineering and Technology. The Chartered Engineer Qualification(http://www.iee.org/professionalregistration/CEng/). Retrieved 13 July 2007

Engineering and Technology Board (UK) (http://www.etechb.org.uk/) Engineering Council UK (http://www.engc.org.uk/) SCENTA (UK) (http://www.scenta.org.uk/)

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