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
One way is to lobby the government to provide incentives to employers is some form that will hire registered professionals.
A case can be built that added values to the public safety and the education system etc.
That's one area that will make the employer interested.
Once Employers increase their demand for registered professional engineers then students and graduates all will be interested in getting registered.
The power of financial incentive such as for example tax reduction can't be underestimated.
At one point in my life, I lived in a small developmental city with 16,000 residents. High crime, high unemployment area. Young couples moved on to other cities with better opportunities.
Then there was an election and a new Mayor was elected. He put together a recovery plan.
One of it was that any company that will move to our industrial zone will enjoy a number of incentives, one of them was significant, I stress significantly reduced taxes and well-trained workforce that is also competitive wages as living cost in our town and surrounding areas was much lower.
Companies such as National Semiconductor - Tower moved to our city and many others. The economic growth was fantastic, Colleges saw a high rise in STEM students etc.
The transformation was great.
Now imagine UK government with EC UK and the industry working out a plan of incentives that will elevate the UK Engineers into what I think a better place, there will be more funds for accreditation of Engineering and Technology programmes etc, etc.
I saw this happened and experienced it as well when I joined one of my former employers who required registration.We had a separate scale and benefits than un-registered professionals.
We had training fund, car allowance etc and a better pay scale.
The nonregistered professional scale 11 would be equal in pay to the registered professional scale 8.
This system still exists.
The town unrecognizable the country one of the most innovative and leading High-tech in the world,.
One way is to lobby the government to provide incentives to employers is some form that will hire registered professionals.
A case can be built that added values to the public safety and the education system etc.
That's one area that will make the employer interested.
Once Employers increase their demand for registered professional engineers then students and graduates all will be interested in getting registered.
The power of financial incentive such as for example tax reduction can't be underestimated.
At one point in my life, I lived in a small developmental city with 16,000 residents. High crime, high unemployment area. Young couples moved on to other cities with better opportunities.
Then there was an election and a new Mayor was elected. He put together a recovery plan.
One of it was that any company that will move to our industrial zone will enjoy a number of incentives, one of them was significant, I stress significantly reduced taxes and well-trained workforce that is also competitive wages as living cost in our town and surrounding areas was much lower.
Companies such as National Semiconductor - Tower moved to our city and many others. The economic growth was fantastic, Colleges saw a high rise in STEM students etc.
The transformation was great.
Now imagine UK government with EC UK and the industry working out a plan of incentives that will elevate the UK Engineers into what I think a better place, there will be more funds for accreditation of Engineering and Technology programmes etc, etc.
I saw this happened and experienced it as well when I joined one of my former employers who required registration.We had a separate scale and benefits than un-registered professionals.
We had training fund, car allowance etc and a better pay scale.
The nonregistered professional scale 11 would be equal in pay to the registered professional scale 8.
This system still exists.
The town unrecognizable the country one of the most innovative and leading High-tech in the world,.
