The fact is in my personal experience, the recognition of EC qualifications with other country's bodies can be one way.
As a registered CEng I was disappointed to find that in Canada & Ontario specifically the fact that I was a UK CEng held no standing, and to be entitled to practice as a PEng in Ontario I would have to go through their entire process from scratch to prove myself of the required standard. That included having to write some exams since it was so many years since taking my degree.
The sad fact is that I had a PEng working for me, who had been practising for 15 years who would not have made the standard for CEng in the UK due to a lack of certain UKSPEC competancies.
Until we can do a better job of connecting with these overseas orgnaisations ( and I agree that would be a major undertaking ), then I could not support us allowing a rubber stamp on their qualifications as meeting the requirements of the EC.
The fact is in my personal experience, the recognition of EC qualifications with other country's bodies can be one way.
As a registered CEng I was disappointed to find that in Canada & Ontario specifically the fact that I was a UK CEng held no standing, and to be entitled to practice as a PEng in Ontario I would have to go through their entire process from scratch to prove myself of the required standard. That included having to write some exams since it was so many years since taking my degree.
The sad fact is that I had a PEng working for me, who had been practising for 15 years who would not have made the standard for CEng in the UK due to a lack of certain UKSPEC competancies.
Until we can do a better job of connecting with these overseas orgnaisations ( and I agree that would be a major undertaking ), then I could not support us allowing a rubber stamp on their qualifications as meeting the requirements of the EC.
