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
Andy is right in terms of "there are hardly any IEngs out there". The number of incorporated engineers is half the number a few years ago and IEng is the only grade where the numbers of newly registered engineers has been lower in the previous 2 years. According to EngineeringUK survey there about 5.7 million workers in engineering organisations in the UK. I'm not sure of the exact number of incorporated engineers domiciled in the UK and active in the work force in the UK but I would be surprised if it were more than 10k. The ratio of incorporated engineers to the total number of workers in engineering could be about 0.5%. It really surprises me the Engineering Council are not concerned. To me the ECUK strategy for the next few years does not address any of the issues facing technical education and the shortage of skilled engineers in the UK.
Andy is right in terms of "there are hardly any IEngs out there". The number of incorporated engineers is half the number a few years ago and IEng is the only grade where the numbers of newly registered engineers has been lower in the previous 2 years. According to EngineeringUK survey there about 5.7 million workers in engineering organisations in the UK. I'm not sure of the exact number of incorporated engineers domiciled in the UK and active in the work force in the UK but I would be surprised if it were more than 10k. The ratio of incorporated engineers to the total number of workers in engineering could be about 0.5%. It really surprises me the Engineering Council are not concerned. To me the ECUK strategy for the next few years does not address any of the issues facing technical education and the shortage of skilled engineers in the UK.
