Good morning. I have recently decided to apply for an EngTech accreditation. I completed all the applications and supporting evidence, which I sent to a PRA for review. Apart from satisfying all the criteria for EngTech, he commented that my evidence leans more towards IEng. After checking the academic qualifications, I soon discovered that you also require a degree or other forms of higher education......which unfortunately I do not hold. My question is, has anyone gained IEng status without and degree's or higher education (BEng, BSc, etc)? Kind Regards Simon
If your PRA says you meet the criteria then you probably do - the academic side of things are not mandatory, but a guide to what level you need to demonstrate. If you read the matrix at the end of the UK spec Edition 3 or 4 (being introduce later this year) you will see the competences you have to demonstrate to, initially satisfy the Pre PRI Panel, and then the Interview Panel followed by the Post PRI Panel. The "degree" issues allow a level of acceptance that you have achieved certain of the competences but many IEngs and more recently CEngs achieve registration without the paper qualifications that are mentioned in the book.
I suggest that you discuss more with your PRA who should be able to guide you to the right wordings and issues you need to bring out what you do and how you do it.
If your PRA says you meet the criteria then you probably do - the academic side of things are not mandatory, but a guide to what level you need to demonstrate. If you read the matrix at the end of the UK spec Edition 3 or 4 (being introduce later this year) you will see the competences you have to demonstrate to, initially satisfy the Pre PRI Panel, and then the Interview Panel followed by the Post PRI Panel. The "degree" issues allow a level of acceptance that you have achieved certain of the competences but many IEngs and more recently CEngs achieve registration without the paper qualifications that are mentioned in the book.
I suggest that you discuss more with your PRA who should be able to guide you to the right wordings and issues you need to bring out what you do and how you do it.
