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
My understanding is that the requirement for MEng as the exemplar qualification for CEng was down to international pressure from other countries that have 4 year degrees as standard. They didn't consider that the UK 3-year BEng was adequate. Of course, all those people who already got CEng with a 3-year degree get to keep it!
The Engineering Council seem somewhet confused as to what the distinction between IEng and CEng is supposed to be. We've have "equal but different" and we've had "IEng is for engineering managers". Whoever came up with these obviously never read UKSPEC.
Having gone through the process last year (and eventually deciding on IEng), and having read UKSPEC more times than I ever care to, I came to a couple of conclusions:-
If somebody qualifies for CEng, then they meet or exceed all the requirements for IEng. Obviously, the reverse isn't true.
The primary differences between CEng and IEng are:-
A CEng must have managed things - people and/or projects. An IEng can assist in management (e.g. by status reports).
A CEng must have done new and innovative things. An IEng should know how to apply best practice.
So there's two, largely unrelated, differences. None of this seems to be properly recognised or explained by the Engineering Council.
My understanding is that the requirement for MEng as the exemplar qualification for CEng was down to international pressure from other countries that have 4 year degrees as standard. They didn't consider that the UK 3-year BEng was adequate. Of course, all those people who already got CEng with a 3-year degree get to keep it!
The Engineering Council seem somewhet confused as to what the distinction between IEng and CEng is supposed to be. We've have "equal but different" and we've had "IEng is for engineering managers". Whoever came up with these obviously never read UKSPEC.
Having gone through the process last year (and eventually deciding on IEng), and having read UKSPEC more times than I ever care to, I came to a couple of conclusions:-
If somebody qualifies for CEng, then they meet or exceed all the requirements for IEng. Obviously, the reverse isn't true.
The primary differences between CEng and IEng are:-
A CEng must have managed things - people and/or projects. An IEng can assist in management (e.g. by status reports).
A CEng must have done new and innovative things. An IEng should know how to apply best practice.
So there's two, largely unrelated, differences. None of this seems to be properly recognised or explained by the Engineering Council.
