I have followed some of the dicussions on here regarding pathways to registration, but have not seen any way to demote someone who fails to meet the standard. Company directors can be banned, QA certificates can be revoked, doctors and nurses can lose registration, how about the IET/EC? I am thinking of the current enquiry into the Grenfell disaster as an example. Some of the people involved may have a professional registration but could those be rescinded? I know that enquiry is not over by a long way, but does such a pathway even exist (nothing was obvious to me)? The fact that people can claim things (including qualifications and registrations) without it being easy to check on them is a whole other, but related, problem. Fundamentally it is not in the financial interests of the IET/EC to kick people out and I imagine it is rare but just made me think.
But I would imagine the only circumstances related to an incident such as Grenfell when they would invoke the disciplinary procedure is if that member was prosecuted for criminal negligence - the IET doesn't have a police force, they are really not in a position to decide themselves whether a member was competent in their day job. (It is an interesting question as to whether the disciplinary procedure would get invoked if a member was successfully sued in a civil court for negligence - maybe they would if the IET happened to find out?)
And of course it's not much of a sanction anyway since you can still practice as an engineer in the UK without registration. Prosecution under HASAWA etc and getting a criminal record is a much more effective sanction...
My guess is that the only other time the IET would take action against a member due to activities in their professional role would be if they were passing themselves off as registered when they weren't, because that is something the IET could make a decision on. Beyond that my guess would be these rules could only be effectively applied if a member is negligent in a volunteering etc role within the IET.
But I would imagine the only circumstances related to an incident such as Grenfell when they would invoke the disciplinary procedure is if that member was prosecuted for criminal negligence - the IET doesn't have a police force, they are really not in a position to decide themselves whether a member was competent in their day job. (It is an interesting question as to whether the disciplinary procedure would get invoked if a member was successfully sued in a civil court for negligence - maybe they would if the IET happened to find out?)
And of course it's not much of a sanction anyway since you can still practice as an engineer in the UK without registration. Prosecution under HASAWA etc and getting a criminal record is a much more effective sanction...
My guess is that the only other time the IET would take action against a member due to activities in their professional role would be if they were passing themselves off as registered when they weren't, because that is something the IET could make a decision on. Beyond that my guess would be these rules could only be effectively applied if a member is negligent in a volunteering etc role within the IET.
