Since your post has "bumped" this back up the list (and many thanks for the nice comment ), just one more thought:
Whether or not an engineer decides to obtain professional registration, I would always recommend to every engineer (including undergraduates and apprentices) that they get hold of UKSpec and consider where they stand against the relevant parts, and what they need to develop to meet the requirements. Fundamentally UKSpec explains really well what you need, beyond pure specialist technical knowledge, to make yourself useful to employers and customers.
It's only relatively recently, since doing a large amount of PRA work, that I've really come to appreciate that a lot of what I have been looking for in 30 years of recruiting engineers and then managing their development is nicely contained and structured in UKSpec.
So the flow diagram becomes:
New engineer needs to develop a well rounded level of competence in the whole professional engineer role
-> they make sure they meet the requirements of UKSpec
-> they or their employer need to prove (to internal or external auditors or to clients etc) that an independent third party agrees they have this level of competence
Since your post has "bumped" this back up the list (and many thanks for the nice comment ), just one more thought:
Whether or not an engineer decides to obtain professional registration, I would always recommend to every engineer (including undergraduates and apprentices) that they get hold of UKSpec and consider where they stand against the relevant parts, and what they need to develop to meet the requirements. Fundamentally UKSpec explains really well what you need, beyond pure specialist technical knowledge, to make yourself useful to employers and customers.
It's only relatively recently, since doing a large amount of PRA work, that I've really come to appreciate that a lot of what I have been looking for in 30 years of recruiting engineers and then managing their development is nicely contained and structured in UKSpec.
So the flow diagram becomes:
New engineer needs to develop a well rounded level of competence in the whole professional engineer role
-> they make sure they meet the requirements of UKSpec
-> they or their employer need to prove (to internal or external auditors or to clients etc) that an independent third party agrees they have this level of competence
), just one more thought:
