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Where is the IET going?

Raymond Cragg
The IET on Twitter is mostly about women in engineering and it appears we also have or have had an Executive member who represents the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK). Since when did we get away and direct our selves at subsections of the organization? There is no minorities that I am aware of in the IET at least not because of bias in any way shape of form. The same goes for women in engineering, no one is biased against them. Low numbers are because they dont want to be in engineering..

Where is the IET heading? It does not seem to be going in a place most of the member wold probably want or is it?
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    The matter should be about equal opportunities for all. If someone wants to advance within a field and they study and work hard to to so that is good. In engineering it is essential that the results work and the produced result is safe and reliable. It can not be good to advance somebody just because they are within a "minority group". They have to be competent as others' safety may be put at risk.


    I believe that in the U.K. we have a more balanced view these days about equal opportunity recruitment. Some countries (such as S.Africa) in the world where forced diversity in employment is enforced can result in detrimental results as the applicants for a job may be unsuited due to poor experience, ability or bad education etc. 


    A doctor who recently administered the wrong drug in the U.K. due to a poor understanding of language, whilst reading the contents of a bottle,  with dire results, shows that employees must be competent and thoroughly trained in all aspects of their work. 


    Equal opportunities exist these days but that comes with a need for competence as well.


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    The matter should be about equal opportunities for all. If someone wants to advance within a field and they study and work hard to to so that is good. In engineering it is essential that the results work and the produced result is safe and reliable. It can not be good to advance somebody just because they are within a "minority group". They have to be competent as others' safety may be put at risk.


    I believe that in the U.K. we have a more balanced view these days about equal opportunity recruitment. Some countries (such as S.Africa) in the world where forced diversity in employment is enforced can result in detrimental results as the applicants for a job may be unsuited due to poor experience, ability or bad education etc. 


    A doctor who recently administered the wrong drug in the U.K. due to a poor understanding of language, whilst reading the contents of a bottle,  with dire results, shows that employees must be competent and thoroughly trained in all aspects of their work. 


    Equal opportunities exist these days but that comes with a need for competence as well.


    C.
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