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Professional Development Advice

James Devlin
I would very much like some advice on my professional development,


I am a time served Electrician with 12 years experiance and have been promoted to contracts manager, I have been in my current role of contracts manager for 3 years now and have worked on a numer of large scale projects from industrial units to HV installations 


Due to the lack of university qualifications I would very much like to get my skills recongnised and registered,

I have been graded by the JIB as and Installation Electricain and Electrical Contracts Manager but my goal now is to register as MIET and I would have liked to progress to IEng


Is this a realistic grading without the university degree behind me? Can anyone advise another alternative?


I look forward to your reply


James
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    To answer your last question first, yes you most certainly can. My background is very similar to yours and I achieved CEng a couple of years ago. I, like you, fell into the category of not having exemplifying qualifications which tends to be the traditional route for IEng/CEng applicants.  

     
    So please do not be discouraged from pursuing your goal and achieving Professional Registration.

     
    I would suggest that you first join the IET and obtain your MIET. It is a simple application process and you might be asked to provide further information such as an expanded CV. Once accepted as a member you will have access to “Career Manager” which is an online portal. Here you record all your details, initial professional development (IPD) and continued professional development (CPD).

     
    Career manager can then be used to “pull together” all the details for your professional registration (PR) application when you feel you are ready. Alternatively, you can still do it all the old fashioned way with a paper application.  

     
    With specific regard to PR what you need to be able to demonstrate is that you adequately satisfy competences A-E. These are fully detailed in the current UKSPEC third Ed. (free download) They are also detailed within the application packs on the IET website along with lots of other helpful guidance.

     
    You should get a good idea from the A-E competences where you sit and what areas you might need to develop. Use career manager for building and recording your progress.

     
    Also, you can use a Professional Registration Advisor (PRA) who are IET Volunteers who provide free support. They will help with feedback on your application in readiness for applying.

     
    I hope the above helps and inspires you to go for it! Good Luck.
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    To answer your last question first, yes you most certainly can. My background is very similar to yours and I achieved CEng a couple of years ago. I, like you, fell into the category of not having exemplifying qualifications which tends to be the traditional route for IEng/CEng applicants.  

     
    So please do not be discouraged from pursuing your goal and achieving Professional Registration.

     
    I would suggest that you first join the IET and obtain your MIET. It is a simple application process and you might be asked to provide further information such as an expanded CV. Once accepted as a member you will have access to “Career Manager” which is an online portal. Here you record all your details, initial professional development (IPD) and continued professional development (CPD).

     
    Career manager can then be used to “pull together” all the details for your professional registration (PR) application when you feel you are ready. Alternatively, you can still do it all the old fashioned way with a paper application.  

     
    With specific regard to PR what you need to be able to demonstrate is that you adequately satisfy competences A-E. These are fully detailed in the current UKSPEC third Ed. (free download) They are also detailed within the application packs on the IET website along with lots of other helpful guidance.

     
    You should get a good idea from the A-E competences where you sit and what areas you might need to develop. Use career manager for building and recording your progress.

     
    Also, you can use a Professional Registration Advisor (PRA) who are IET Volunteers who provide free support. They will help with feedback on your application in readiness for applying.

     
    I hope the above helps and inspires you to go for it! Good Luck.
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