C.Eng registration with Mechanical degree but working in E,C&I field

Hi James,

If he did not have a degree at all he would still be potentially eligible for CEng, so if I was his PRA I would be advising him not to worry at all about it - the question is whether he has gained suitable competence (by whatever means) to act as a CEng in his present roles.

My degree bears no resemblance whatsoever to my current role, and I suspect this is true for a large percentage, probably the majority, of CEngs. (I did actually help a client on vaguely an electrical engineering question yesterday, but that was an "off the record" bit of support that I wasn't being paid for!) And yes, I have advised several candidates who's qualifications did not match their current role, it's fine as long as they can show an appropriate progression from one to the other.

Hope that's reassuring, it is of course a view as a PRA rather than as a PRI.

Cheers,

Andy

Thanks Andy for the reply, it is as I thought, however the candidate did tell me, and showed me a letter from IMechE, that in 2015 he was rejected after an interview for C.Eng by them because they said his work didnt demonstrate his degree and therefore was not a suitable candidate for C.Eng with the IMechE.

The candidate also suggested that the interviewers admitted they did not understand control systems. This fact cannot be verified as it was verbally told to me.

Sounds like strange feedback...although I can see why they would say his work was not relevant to their CEng certification process. Anyway, as you say it's always hard to tell 2nd/3rd hand with feedback. (But also a lot of this process does still revolve around human assessors with all our failings.)


Ah well, the IMechE's loss is the IET's gain!


Cheers,


Andy

IMechE is for mechanical engineers only.

IET is for all engineers in any engineering disciplines!

IET is the Institution of Engineering and Technology!