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Is it important to have a Washington Accord degree?

Andy Millar
Following up on a couple of threads here, does anyone here have experience on whether NOT having a Washington Accord degree (e.g. an IET accredited degree) makes it harder to get jobs in any particular countries?


Or, to put it the other way around, whether having one does actually make it easier in particular countries?


It's a question that frequently comes up here, and I don't ever remember seeing an answer.


Personally I don't remember ever hearing engineers saying they had a problem with mobility to any country, whatever their qualifications, (even to Canada, provided their process is followed), but I'd hesitate to say I have enough experience to say that this really isn't something to be concerned about.


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Andy
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    Jonathan Knowles:

    I can only offer my opinion and anecdotal experience, which may not be representative.


    I've worked on the continent (Switzerland, Germany and Austria) for a while now and having a degree is more or less essential for professional engineering roles, in a couple of interviews I have been asked what exactly the course covered and how it compared to their local qualifications. 

     


    Hi Jonathan,

    That's certainly been my experience talking to my colleagues (including engineering managers) in mainland Europe (Spain, Germany, Poland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden).

    Most people I know who have relocated to a different country have relocated with the employer - I've worked in multinationals for 95% of my career - and in those cases I've never heard of anyone having to demonstrate anything at all to be allowed to work in the country they've moved to. But again, although this covers every continent, it doesn't cover every country - and there might have been stuff going on behind the scenes I wasn't always aware of.

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    Thanks,

    Andy


     


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    Jonathan Knowles:

    I can only offer my opinion and anecdotal experience, which may not be representative.


    I've worked on the continent (Switzerland, Germany and Austria) for a while now and having a degree is more or less essential for professional engineering roles, in a couple of interviews I have been asked what exactly the course covered and how it compared to their local qualifications. 

     


    Hi Jonathan,

    That's certainly been my experience talking to my colleagues (including engineering managers) in mainland Europe (Spain, Germany, Poland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden).

    Most people I know who have relocated to a different country have relocated with the employer - I've worked in multinationals for 95% of my career - and in those cases I've never heard of anyone having to demonstrate anything at all to be allowed to work in the country they've moved to. But again, although this covers every continent, it doesn't cover every country - and there might have been stuff going on behind the scenes I wasn't always aware of.

    .

    Thanks,

    Andy


     


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