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 would readily acknowledge , having "picked up your baton". At the time you first suggested this to me, I had faint hopes of newer IEng registrants building some distinctive proposition that might become more highly valued. Perhaps around being "the technical professionals who manage, develop and maintain much of the infrastructure that modern life depends upon ". However, I came to realise that this wasn't possible because the politics was such that whatever they were, it had to be second best. This isn't an attack on anyone, least of all a fellow professional, or motivated by personal disgruntlement. I have never sought CEng because I didn't think that I had met the standard applicable at the time, although my capability overlaps with CEng colleagues in certain respects. We should follow the evidence and try to be fair in solving this long running problem moving forward. Your proposition is sensible, but will no doubt annoy some. However, to act properly and with due diligence I would want to see an assessment mechanism if existing very experienced professionals were to be transferred.
Most importantly, we need to inspire those young people who are already committed to an engineering career to engage in our professional community. The mechanism that seems most credible to me is our collective service to society, not relative status, rank or snobbery with the internecine rivalry this creates. We should of course recognise excellence, but not at the expense of diminishing others, which makes it a zero sum game.
I would readily acknowledge , having "picked up your baton". At the time you first suggested this to me, I had faint hopes of newer IEng registrants building some distinctive proposition that might become more highly valued. Perhaps around being "the technical professionals who manage, develop and maintain much of the infrastructure that modern life depends upon ". However, I came to realise that this wasn't possible because the politics was such that whatever they were, it had to be second best. This isn't an attack on anyone, least of all a fellow professional, or motivated by personal disgruntlement. I have never sought CEng because I didn't think that I had met the standard applicable at the time, although my capability overlaps with CEng colleagues in certain respects. We should follow the evidence and try to be fair in solving this long running problem moving forward. Your proposition is sensible, but will no doubt annoy some. However, to act properly and with due diligence I would want to see an assessment mechanism if existing very experienced professionals were to be transferred.
Most importantly, we need to inspire those young people who are already committed to an engineering career to engage in our professional community. The mechanism that seems most credible to me is our collective service to society, not relative status, rank or snobbery with the internecine rivalry this creates. We should of course recognise excellence, but not at the expense of diminishing others, which makes it a zero sum game.
