Yes that makes sense, just as the academic qualifications address some - but not all - of the UK&U requirements, similarly the CDE competences of IEng would address most of the CEng CDE competences so should lead to a reduced assessment burden.
Hi Ian,
But realistically not everyone can be the chief engineer of a company or division. The seperation you describe already exists, the problem at the moment is that the majority of engineers who aren't in those senior (technical) positions have no third party accreditation of their competence at all. It's a bit like the army saying that they are going to abolish all officer ranks below colonel, because they don't want those other officer positions to feel second rate?? Which would lead to the position we have now, where you can't tell a major from a private. (I'm not claiming this analogy is perfect - it is important to remember this is about technical leadership only, an IEng could easily have very senior functional management responsibility over a CEng.)
Yes that makes sense, just as the academic qualifications address some - but not all - of the UK&U requirements, similarly the CDE competences of IEng would address most of the CEng CDE competences so should lead to a reduced assessment burden.
Hi Ian,
But realistically not everyone can be the chief engineer of a company or division. The seperation you describe already exists, the problem at the moment is that the majority of engineers who aren't in those senior (technical) positions have no third party accreditation of their competence at all. It's a bit like the army saying that they are going to abolish all officer ranks below colonel, because they don't want those other officer positions to feel second rate?? Which would lead to the position we have now, where you can't tell a major from a private. (I'm not claiming this analogy is perfect - it is important to remember this is about technical leadership only, an IEng could easily have very senior functional management responsibility over a CEng.)
