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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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    Speak of the devil & he’ll arrive.

    How the changing apprenticeship landscape is looking to expand opportunities and improve standards By Sue Weekes : Published E&T on line Friday, April 28, 2017.

     
    • JG - Change is needed to register these apprentices in a modern respectfull Professional engineering register.

    • Not ECUK, Not CEng


     
    Quote ECUK:

    • ECUK has stated that IEng can be registered FEANI Eur Ing?

    • That CEng can be registered without a University degree.


     
    The Key words in this E&T article are:

    • April has seen one of the biggest overhauls of the apprenticeship system for decades

    • The most significant change is the introduction of the apprenticeship levy.

    • By 2020 all employers, including those who don’t pay the levy, will be able to use the Digital Apprenticeship Service to pay for training and assessment for apprenticeships

    • first time it means employees aged 24 and over can attract 90 per cent of funding for apprenticeship training (and there is no upper age limit).

    • Graduates are also eligible.

    • The other major change is that from April 2017, responsibility for apprenticeships has shifted from the Department for Education

    • to the newly formed Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA).

    • government’s commitment to developing homegrown talent

    • it aims to deliver three million ‘quality’ apprenticeships by 2020.

    • Quality is the key word here.

    • groups of employers, known as trailblazers, are working with institutions such as the IET to develop employer-led standards. T

    • hese will be introduced to drive up quality and ensure programmes are, and remain, relevant to the industry.

    • Semta says that putting employers in the driving seat of standards development is already leading to the creation of new “cutting-edge” engineering apprenticeship standards

    • half our workforce will reach retirement age inside a decade

    • there will be lots of demand from employers just to replace existing workers and

    • to upskill other workers to fill gaps left by retirement.

    • Semta is urging the IfA to keep recognised qualifications a core feature of apprenticeship standards.

    • “Engineering employers have argued and won the case for our industry to have continuous assessment and qualifications in our apprenticeships,”

    •  

    • Daniel reckons that if you are a hands-on learner or are good at problem-solving, an apprenticeship could well be the route for you,

    • but notes that he is also proof that it doesn’t have to be a decision between an apprenticeship or a degree.

    • “I am currently undertaking my HNC, from which I hope to progress into completing a degree in electronic engineering.


     JG : 

    The Future of the UK and Europe is modern skilled engineering in all domains by all grades.

    The Elitist Napoleonic attitude is dead,

    So should be CEng.

     

    A new PE register is needed and a new way of operating it and auditing it is required.

     

    John Gowman MIET

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