How many of you are Professionally Registered?

Victoria Quinn:

I have been CEng for the last 12 years.  I am now a mentor with the IET and also an IPRA.  The process is relatively straight forward (as Faith mentioned)  It takes just a little effort to get started on your application.  In my experience for most people this is the hardest part as there is a fear of "not being able to do it".  Once you've actually started the process momentum and good advisors can help you keep going.

Anyone going through the professional registration process should contact the IET to get a mentor and/or your local PRA.  These are people trained by the IET specifically to help you through the process.  They can meet with you face-to-face which often makes the process easier and advise ont he applicaiton process and help review the aplicaiton form with you giving you a stronger application submission and therefore removing some of the stress of the "hit and hope" of sumitting your application alone.

Hi Victoria,



Thank you for your participation in this discussion.



Could you tell me what you think about setting up an online support forum for people wanting to become professionally registered?  I think that it would be good for people, to see how others have found the process and what worked for them in terms of receiving a mentor or attending a PRA session.  I would like to focus this mainly on our women members, although, not excluding men, as we have far less professionally registered women than we do men.



I would be interested to hear yours and anybody elses thoughts on this.



Thanks,

Jo Foster

Membership Exec - IET

Victoria Quinn:

I have been CEng for the last 12 years.  I am now a mentor with the IET and also an IPRA.  The process is relatively straight forward (as Faith mentioned)  It takes just a little effort to get started on your application.  In my experience for most people this is the hardest part as there is a fear of "not being able to do it".  Once you've actually started the process momentum and good advisors can help you keep going.

Anyone going through the professional registration process should contact the IET to get a mentor and/or your local PRA.  These are people trained by the IET specifically to help you through the process.  They can meet with you face-to-face which often makes the process easier and advise ont he applicaiton process and help review the aplicaiton form with you giving you a stronger application submission and therefore removing some of the stress of the "hit and hope" of sumitting your application alone.

Hi Victoria,



Thank you for your participation in this discussion.



Could you tell me what you think about setting up an online support forum for people wanting to become professionally registered?  I think that it would be good for people, to see how others have found the process and what worked for them in terms of receiving a mentor or attending a PRA session.  I would like to focus this mainly on our women members, although, not excluding men, as we have far less professionally registered women than we do men.



I would be interested to hear yours and anybody elses thoughts on this.



Thanks,

Jo Foster

Membership Exec - IET