Andy , agreed, the figures were taken from Engineers Canada Website and OSPE. I would say that, it is quite noticeable that there are many younger women aspiring to becomes engineers here over the UK system. It is a profession that is not pushed into the category of the washing machine repair man.


​Simon, no, but it does keep the inexperienced and untrained out of the profession who would normally be allowed to masquerade as engineers. But the corollary is that how many lives have been lost through non-registered engineers; the evidence of this being that many key UK employers are actually implementing their own 'back-door' licencing as a reaction to some significant failing in the profession. This may even become a more dangerous situation as we can have widely varying standards between employers. 


I am not saying this is perfect by all means, but it is a system that works well and raises the standards of the profession.

Improvement of the environment - Yes this would be safeguarding the public so would be top of the agenda.

Economic gain - You have licenced individuals that have been assesed and legally mandated to follow an act of law and a code of ethics, they are certainly a marketable commodity around the world and I have bumped into licensed professionals in a number of countries. Could I quantify that economic benefit? No. I suspect that it would be just as difficult to quantify within the UK.

Andy , agreed, the figures were taken from Engineers Canada Website and OSPE. I would say that, it is quite noticeable that there are many younger women aspiring to becomes engineers here over the UK system. It is a profession that is not pushed into the category of the washing machine repair man.


​Simon, no, but it does keep the inexperienced and untrained out of the profession who would normally be allowed to masquerade as engineers. But the corollary is that how many lives have been lost through non-registered engineers; the evidence of this being that many key UK employers are actually implementing their own 'back-door' licencing as a reaction to some significant failing in the profession. This may even become a more dangerous situation as we can have widely varying standards between employers. 


I am not saying this is perfect by all means, but it is a system that works well and raises the standards of the profession.

Improvement of the environment - Yes this would be safeguarding the public so would be top of the agenda.

Economic gain - You have licenced individuals that have been assesed and legally mandated to follow an act of law and a code of ethics, they are certainly a marketable commodity around the world and I have bumped into licensed professionals in a number of countries. Could I quantify that economic benefit? No. I suspect that it would be just as difficult to quantify within the UK.