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 don't want to argue with you on this as you probably know the legal status better than I do. You will notice that I prefaced it with "I was told", which means it was our HR Departments interpretation of the law, and as they seemed to be paranoid regarding tribunals (having fallen foul of them a number of times previously) they were probably being overcautious. However I felt that whatever the legal requirement, only asking for things that could be justified for the position advertised is a very good attitude to take. This attitude also aligns with John's comments that it is the person who is important, not the title, which I fully support. I have met too many excellent engineers who are not CEng for one reason or another to believe that limiting a recruitment pool to CEng is worthwhile, and I suspect you will agree with me on this.
I don't want to argue with you on this as you probably know the legal status better than I do. You will notice that I prefaced it with "I was told", which means it was our HR Departments interpretation of the law, and as they seemed to be paranoid regarding tribunals (having fallen foul of them a number of times previously) they were probably being overcautious. However I felt that whatever the legal requirement, only asking for things that could be justified for the position advertised is a very good attitude to take. This attitude also aligns with John's comments that it is the person who is important, not the title, which I fully support. I have met too many excellent engineers who are not CEng for one reason or another to believe that limiting a recruitment pool to CEng is worthwhile, and I suspect you will agree with me on this.
