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Can IET Offer back charted mechanical/electrical/manufacturing engineering?
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I remember IEE time, the Institute offered its member Chartered Electrical Engineer, I think this is good since The IET is a multi-disciplines organization, people outside don't know our specialist. If IET can offer Chartered Electrical/ Electronics/ Manufacturing/ Mechanical Engineer titles would be good for us to let people know our discipline. Now either people still think of us as Electrical Engineer or nothing, don't know us. I met people who are engineers who either assume I am Electrical Engineer or don't know my discipline. I always need to explain. I have experience in a job interview asking me that you are not an Electrical Engineer why you join IET, not I Mech E? If we can have a Chartered XXXX Engineer then no need to explain.
Yes, I completely understand your situation, I experienced the reverse of this.
An anecdote:
- I distinctly remember a conversion years ago with a relatively senior electrical engineer who, when I told him of my (Automation Engineer) ambitions to join the IET and eventually apply for CEng he said "as what?" He must have forgotten to remove the blinkers when the IEE broadened its intake, or perhaps the communication back then about the changes wasn't sufficient.
And two thoughts as to why I think just one "Chartered Engineer" title is sensible:
- Having separate titles for the different disciplines under the IET would be an impossible task. Do we all get to decide our own discipline? Is there a list we can choose from? However well thought out this is whole groups of people would feel not represented.
- I think this will change naturally as the IEE entrants retire.
Yes, I completely understand your situation, I experienced the reverse of this.
An anecdote:
- I distinctly remember a conversion years ago with a relatively senior electrical engineer who, when I told him of my (Automation Engineer) ambitions to join the IET and eventually apply for CEng he said "as what?" He must have forgotten to remove the blinkers when the IEE broadened its intake, or perhaps the communication back then about the changes wasn't sufficient.
And two thoughts as to why I think just one "Chartered Engineer" title is sensible:
- Having separate titles for the different disciplines under the IET would be an impossible task. Do we all get to decide our own discipline? Is there a list we can choose from? However well thought out this is whole groups of people would feel not represented.
- I think this will change naturally as the IEE entrants retire.
