The number of newly registered incorporated engineers continues to decline. The strategy of the Engineering Council is clearly not aligned to supporting the engineering technologist professional. Given the governments commitment to technical education the IET should create their own professional register to provide a relevant standard. It is obvious the current UKSPEC standard lacks credibility in terms of the IEng grade
I think you could also argue, using your words "The UKSpec criteria for CEng is broadly applied across engineering disciplines with various professional institutes interpreting the regulations and relative status accordingly. There is no consistent understanding of what CEng constitutes". The problem is across the spectrum, and also applies to EngTech.
I suspect that Roy's proposition would fail, mainly due to the inertia of the industry, but I would certainly support trying to make it succeed. However, to get back to the original issue of the decline in the number of Incorporated Engineers, I would be interested to know how many of the other PEIs are pushing IEng in addition to CEng. I am currently working with a multi-disciplinary team which has a number of CEng and one IEng. The IEng is on the structural side and felt that he was more aligned to IEng than CEng, so this is what he applied for - through IET. All the others are either CEng or working towards CEng, most of them through IMechE. This indicates to me that the other PEIs are either not pushing IEng or if they are, they are not doing it effectively. (Please note that this is just my view from what I have seen - I would be delighted to have confirmation that all are actively involved in promoting IEng!)
I think you could also argue, using your words "The UKSpec criteria for CEng is broadly applied across engineering disciplines with various professional institutes interpreting the regulations and relative status accordingly. There is no consistent understanding of what CEng constitutes". The problem is across the spectrum, and also applies to EngTech.
I suspect that Roy's proposition would fail, mainly due to the inertia of the industry, but I would certainly support trying to make it succeed. However, to get back to the original issue of the decline in the number of Incorporated Engineers, I would be interested to know how many of the other PEIs are pushing IEng in addition to CEng. I am currently working with a multi-disciplinary team which has a number of CEng and one IEng. The IEng is on the structural side and felt that he was more aligned to IEng than CEng, so this is what he applied for - through IET. All the others are either CEng or working towards CEng, most of them through IMechE. This indicates to me that the other PEIs are either not pushing IEng or if they are, they are not doing it effectively. (Please note that this is just my view from what I have seen - I would be delighted to have confirmation that all are actively involved in promoting IEng!)
