I believe that perseverence in your professional endeavours, a strong focus on the professional elements of your engineering specialities, strong achievements in your employment record, and the mobility to be in the right place at the right time in order to sieze upon personal development opportunities, these are the essential requirements to becoming professionally registered.


Remember that experiences gained through the University of Life are worth much, much more than academic degrees (that are often obtained with little associated practical experience).

 

Don't hesitate to call upon the assistance that experienced IPRA's can provide, as their advice could be life changing for you.


My door is always open to those seeking my guidance and to gain the benefit of a lifetime spent in senior roles of the engineering profession as a Chartered Engineer, and, importantly, all achieved without holding a Master's Degree.

We have a mentoring scheme in place to provide guidance to potential registrants.


Trevor Cockram

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Here are a few starters that come to mind for the young engineer:

• Get a notebook, document all of your work and learning experiences - never stop writing

• Get out of the building - go into the field to see and feel the operations, equipment, etc. to understand the processes and what the operators and technicians do

• Find a Mentor

• Join the IET (if not already) and start using Career Manager

• Attend seminar, conferences, webinars

• Read

• As you learn and become confident , measure you competencies and use it to help and inspire others - give back.

​Michael Ramesar, C.Eng. FIET