Good day Roy,


To be honest, prior to submitting my IEng application in December 2019, I didn't participate in any IET professional registration preparatory training. Since I was already a registered engineer in my country of Trinidad and Tobago, I contacted an IET mentor working at my employer whilst on assignment in the UK North Sea. I shared my CV and professional registration self-assessment with my mentor who advised how the application should be completed. The mentor later connected me with an IET PRA also working with my employer. I met a twice with the PRA before gaining approval to submit my application.


Overall, it took approximately 4-months between meeting with mentor and submitting the application. However, PRI was 11-months later. 


Following application submission, I completed several IET professional registration courses. These were simply to understand the requirements of becoming an IET mentor; namely: 

• Professional registration weekly workshop 

• The key skills of mentoring e-class

• Mentoring towards professional registration e-class

• Developing Engineer 

In hindsight, the Developing Engineer programme can put candidates on the right path in finding appropriate evidence to satisfy UK-SPEC. Candidates should be able to at least complete the IET Career Manager self-assessment upon completion. What the course doesn't provide though, is how to write the application. Application writing guidance is somewhat covered in the Mentoring Towards Professional Registration e-class. For writing details, there's also the, Writing Evidence for Professional Registration.

Good day Roy,


To be honest, prior to submitting my IEng application in December 2019, I didn't participate in any IET professional registration preparatory training. Since I was already a registered engineer in my country of Trinidad and Tobago, I contacted an IET mentor working at my employer whilst on assignment in the UK North Sea. I shared my CV and professional registration self-assessment with my mentor who advised how the application should be completed. The mentor later connected me with an IET PRA also working with my employer. I met a twice with the PRA before gaining approval to submit my application.


Overall, it took approximately 4-months between meeting with mentor and submitting the application. However, PRI was 11-months later. 


Following application submission, I completed several IET professional registration courses. These were simply to understand the requirements of becoming an IET mentor; namely: 

• Professional registration weekly workshop 

• The key skills of mentoring e-class

• Mentoring towards professional registration e-class

• Developing Engineer 

In hindsight, the Developing Engineer programme can put candidates on the right path in finding appropriate evidence to satisfy UK-SPEC. Candidates should be able to at least complete the IET Career Manager self-assessment upon completion. What the course doesn't provide though, is how to write the application. Application writing guidance is somewhat covered in the Mentoring Towards Professional Registration e-class. For writing details, there's also the, Writing Evidence for Professional Registration.