Is it possible to remain a CEng if IET membership is ended?

Keeping professional registration when retired is an interesting topic, I can very much see two sides to this. I can see that if I am ever lucky enough to retire I would want to retain the professional status that I have held for many years now. On the other hand, the whole point of CEng, and the reason we have to keep renewing it every year, is to indicate to third parties that we are assessed as being currently competent to make significant engineering judgements. I suspect that (say) two years after retirement it is likely - if I'm still compos mentis - I will be undertaking lots of CPD, but there's a difference between increasing one's skills in the technology of guitars and duck houses (and maybe finally building and developing my Theremin!) and still being competent to sign off a significant engineering project. Obviously this is going to be different for all individuals after official "retirement", some stay as directors of several engineering companies, some play golf and go on cruises (and why not?). Many stay somewhere in the middle, technically interested but no longer spending their lives engineering at CEng level.


I seem to remember someone (possibly me!) put forward a proposal on these forums some years back that there should be a CEng (Retd.) or similar designation, personally if I get to that point I would be very happy with that.


It's a knotty problem, and no answer is going to please everyone.


Cheers,


Andy

Keeping professional registration when retired is an interesting topic, I can very much see two sides to this. I can see that if I am ever lucky enough to retire I would want to retain the professional status that I have held for many years now. On the other hand, the whole point of CEng, and the reason we have to keep renewing it every year, is to indicate to third parties that we are assessed as being currently competent to make significant engineering judgements. I suspect that (say) two years after retirement it is likely - if I'm still compos mentis - I will be undertaking lots of CPD, but there's a difference between increasing one's skills in the technology of guitars and duck houses (and maybe finally building and developing my Theremin!) and still being competent to sign off a significant engineering project. Obviously this is going to be different for all individuals after official "retirement", some stay as directors of several engineering companies, some play golf and go on cruises (and why not?). Many stay somewhere in the middle, technically interested but no longer spending their lives engineering at CEng level.


I seem to remember someone (possibly me!) put forward a proposal on these forums some years back that there should be a CEng (Retd.) or similar designation, personally if I get to that point I would be very happy with that.


It's a knotty problem, and no answer is going to please everyone.


Cheers,


Andy