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ARE CENG AND IENG EQUAL IN STATUS

Nouman Abid Chuhan
Can we say that the CEng and IEng be considered equal titles in professional status or IEng is inferior than CEng.

As the Application Form for both CEng and IEng is same.
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    Andrew Banks:




    believe from my over 50 years in engineering (now retired), that trying to compare the work that I performed as an IEng compared to CEng's or EngTech's was of lesser importance than the other team members would be rediculous.



    I do not doubt it...


    When I was offered IEng (as being not of appropriate level for CEng) I was managing a team of 12 (I think) of whom all but two were CEng - I found that illogical.

     




    Hi Andrew,


    I don't see this as illogical at all (in principle, obviously I can't comment on your individual case). It's not about management levels, it's about technical responsibility, and particularly responsibility for innovation. So an engineering team can be run by an IEng who is responsible for the ensuring the right people are working on the right tasks at the right times, even though that person may not have the technical authority to (say) sign off a particular piece of work. After all, the most senior technical person is very likely to be reporting in turn to an MD or VP with a financial, business organisation or marketing background.


    Now, if someone is both managing and technically signing off the work of CEngs, I would expect that person to be eligible to be a CEng.


    People get very bogged down in this idea that organisational seniority and technical seniority are the same things - they absolutely are not.


    Cheers,


    Andy

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    Andrew Banks:




    believe from my over 50 years in engineering (now retired), that trying to compare the work that I performed as an IEng compared to CEng's or EngTech's was of lesser importance than the other team members would be rediculous.



    I do not doubt it...


    When I was offered IEng (as being not of appropriate level for CEng) I was managing a team of 12 (I think) of whom all but two were CEng - I found that illogical.

     




    Hi Andrew,


    I don't see this as illogical at all (in principle, obviously I can't comment on your individual case). It's not about management levels, it's about technical responsibility, and particularly responsibility for innovation. So an engineering team can be run by an IEng who is responsible for the ensuring the right people are working on the right tasks at the right times, even though that person may not have the technical authority to (say) sign off a particular piece of work. After all, the most senior technical person is very likely to be reporting in turn to an MD or VP with a financial, business organisation or marketing background.


    Now, if someone is both managing and technically signing off the work of CEngs, I would expect that person to be eligible to be a CEng.


    People get very bogged down in this idea that organisational seniority and technical seniority are the same things - they absolutely are not.


    Cheers,


    Andy

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