I hope the IET may take note of my post here. I found out a few weeks ago(thanks to Moshe Waserman) that up until 2013 I could have applied for a City and Guilds LCGI or GCGI on the the strength of my being an IEng. Sob!Sob! I now know what it must feel like to pull a winning lottery ticket out of your wallet only to find it has expired!
I had looked into that qualification about 14 years ago but had seen no indication of the IEng connection. Certainly the IIE or IET did not advertise this fact, which would have allowed me to point out that I had the equivalent of a BEng degree.Finding out facts like this on a forum, rather than from the organisation one pays to be a member of is not right. Here in the US it is extremely difficult to explain foreign qualifications. I have always explained my City & Guilds as not being a 4 year degree but more than a 2 year degree. I have yet to see an advert asking for an Incorporated Engineer without any references to education.
I assume I am not the only person who is an IEng without a degree (I have a CGLI Full Tech Certificate). What are the chances of the IET petitioning or negotiating with City & Guilds to do a 'one-off' for IEngs without degrees and advertise it strongly? They could go one further by using their computer databases to add it to the annual subscription renewal! Both organisations would make money(I would happily pay the IET a commission for organising things) and the IET especially, would earn itself a lot of good will from its members, and, if properly executed would probably bring in more members.
I suppose the best way to agree would be to reply with a simple 'yes.' A long string of 'yes's may get the attention of someone with power and authority within the IET and that they may feel moved to help IEngs in the same position that I am.
