Hi Vijay,

It doesn't actually affect how you apply, it only affects the process applied to your application. You fill in the same application in the same way whichever route you follow.

The only difference you may see, is that you may be asked for further supporting evidence after submitting your application. But you may not if your application already clearly shows you have "Masters level" knowledge.

As several of us regularly post here, there are NO (zero, 0) qualifications you need to have to apply for CEng. But depending on the qualifications you do have, the assessors will look for more or less additional evidence in your application, and that's where the internal IET process will change between the "individual route" and the "standard route". In fact most applications I see follow the individual route, it's very rare that I come across an applicant who has an IET accredited degree at the right level!

So don't worry about it, just carry on and submit! But good question, it does confuse many people.

Thanks,

Andy

Thank you Andy, really helpful. 

You guidance please 

While filling the paper submission the  IET application guidance note says in  "Please also provide information on any formally assessed work-based learning" what that means can you please clarify in simple words.

That's a good question! Normally I'd expect the term "formally assessed work-based learning" to refer to work-based college / university courses, but they'd be captured under "further or higher academic qualifications" anyway.

What I would advise a candidate here is to record any (significant) training courses which they have done which are not "further or higher academic qualifications". So these may be company internal courses if you work for a large company), or courses provided by other training bodies. The important thing is that they are "formally assessed", i.e. you don't just get a certificate for attending, you actually pass some sort of test to show you listened and understood.

The point here is just to show that you have an understanding of your engineering field, and that you keep up to date with it. So don't stress about it, but if you have done some good training then show it off!

Hope that helps,

Andy