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Have Faith in the IET

Paul Meenan
So there, I said it.


Over the years I have been doubtfull as to the direction and culture at the IET. 


I started life as a sparky from Tottenham, I was placed straight into the managment of jobs and worked my way up the ladder as you do...


I watched updates to the wiring regulations change for what is seen by a majority (of the south east of the UKs shop floor sparks) as not for the betterment of the trade and devaluing an industry.


I joined the IET over 10 years ago as a member and started filling in the forms for IEng. Jobs being what they are nowadays (fire fighting poor design and programmes) I never got round to finishing it, I never had a mentor either, I am, and was deemed too controversial to support I suppose. But needed by employers to fix/solve problems .


Still this week I just got my confimation of CEng status....(yes yes yes yes) after the hardest form filling and amazing interview ever. The best part if I have no degree, no HNC/HND just 20 years EXPERIENCE!


Am I proud hell yeah, was it worth it, hell yeah, what will I do next? well I want to inspire kids from council estate that they too can break down the nay sayers and attain the highest level of their trade, I speak regulary at technical seminars and industry conferences and want to give back.....


That what the IET has given me the confidence, ability and gaul I never knew I had in me.. I am hoping theywill let me now be an ENG Tech assessor and a PRA / PRI if they will have me... and yes I have every confidence that eventually (and it is happening now) they will see the damage done to the trade by last few ammednments to BS 7671 and install a committe of non-commercially influenced shop floor representatives to direct it to the land of common sense. 


The interviewers were great and office support fantastic...


So the mesage is get involved and feed back in constructive if not direct way, and have faith in the IET.
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    Ref : Hubert Nomamiukor


    I have no faith in an
    institution that couldn't get competent engineers in my field to
    assess me properly during my interview.

     

     

    Hello
    Hubert,

    I know how you
    feel.

    This has happened to me
    three times at two other PEIs.

    I did not bother to
    register at IET as they let other PEIs walk all over them; blocking
    IET Members from taking mechanical positions, then they came to us,
    to march over 30 PEs, through the IET back door, and gave their CEO
    Honary Fellow MIET.

     

    You could ask the question
    – what do I expect from my PEI – IET ?

     

    The way things are going
    in the UK with lies and corruption being the menu of the day, PEI
    registration is not going to change for some time yet.

     

    I was lucky, I had no
    interview to join ITEME which went on to
    be IIE and then
    IET.

    I have always said that
    if an engineer is qualified and has proven experience, then he
    should be registered at EC UK and ECUK have confirmed to me that
    they agree, but have to follow PEI rulings.



    ECUK has PEIs that do
    not call for PE registration interviews.

     

    No – IET is not a
    generalist  PEI, it is Electrical and IT biased.

    It has only one IEng up
    for election against all those CEng.

     

    I’m afraid that not many
    who use these blogs will have any idea about what you are
    explaining.

    Let’s face it, pipe fitting
    is for plumbers not IET sparks.

     

    I have gone down your
    path or pipe line, I wrote the Natural Gas Pipe standard for EIRE,
    and with ASME, engineered the first PEHD Sea Water Power Plant
    cooling circuit for the Greek Government; and I’m not a piping
    engineer.

    Not counting, sea water
    desalination, nuclear power plant, car engine oil refinery
    etc.

    But that is not
    understood by these voluntary assessors.

     

    At my last interview the
    assessors were simply drunk, when I explained what I had done, they
    called me a liar.

     

    You need an ECUK PE
    registration to get a job in the UK. That is why you need to be
    registered.

     

    What do you get from
    your PEI – E&T ? Not much technical details, virtually
    none that concerns IET members’ work and very little that is not IT
    or electrical.

     

    I asked if any IET PE
    could tell me the difference between Fusion energy and
    Fusion power, as
    E&T has promoted this damp squid for years.    Result = Radio
    silence.

     

    I can understand how you
    feel.

    Complain.

    I would ask for an IET
    investigation and if you are found to be right to complain, I as a
    MIET would ask for these two persons to be removed from their
    functions. Their attitude is denigrating and
    ridiculous.

     

    IET and the profession
    need better than this.

     

    This is just another
    case to support my claim for the UK PEIs to get their act together
    and face up to modernity.

     


    John
    Gowman MIET

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