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** Ask the Expert ** - Professional Registration

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Hello and welcome to the IET Women's Network’s first ''Ask the Expert'' discussion area, focusing on professional registration!

 

This area of the discussion forum allows you to interact with skilled IET Professional Registration Advisors, (PRA’s) helping you to get a feel for the benefits of becoming professionally registered but to also address any misconceptions associated with the application process.





This discussion forum provides you with:

 


An online, professional, global networking platform, in which you can ask questions that may be answered by members, volunteers, PRA’s and members of the interview panel;

 



An opportunity for further networking and knowledge sharing / acquisition;

 



A means of encouragement and support for you and others;

 



Builds confidence in initiating the application process;


 

There are significantly lower numbers of professionally registered women, within the IET, when compared to that of their male counterpart.

 

If the reason for this is due to a misconception surrounding the application process or uncertainty as to what the benefits are, then this forum will serve as a means of helping to alter those perceptions and inform you of how professional registration can be of benefit to you.

 

We do hope that you will take advantage of this ‘’Ask the Expert’’ discussion area.



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Jo Foster
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    Hi Nicola, it is not that unusual to find someone with confidential work (think especially of all the applicants from the armed forces).  Talk to your PRA, talk to your mentor (they may well have experience of similar situations)  make sure it is highlighted int he application form - basically make sure it is known.  It is possible for the reviewers to be selected with this issue in mind (again the armed forces and other industries have people who are "cleared" for reviews).

    Are there any chartered engineers within your business?  is there an in-company representative to the IET?  these people can also help and advise with their own expeience, or even just read through your application to advise where there may be issues about confidentiality.



    However, this can be avoided by avoiding oo much detail.  the main point is to find out WHAT YOU DID, how did you perform as an engineer.  In many cases this can be achieved without giving confidential information.

    For example if you are responsible for the design of a product you can explain some of the engineering thinking that went into the design - you don't need to supply actual drawings of the product.  It can also be useful where there is no material available to use (for confidentiality reasons) you could perhaps use in-house personal assessments (these will rarely contain company or product specific details).  There are ways to work around the restrictions.  again keep the focus on YOU and not on the product/projects and you should be fine.


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    Hi Nicola, it is not that unusual to find someone with confidential work (think especially of all the applicants from the armed forces).  Talk to your PRA, talk to your mentor (they may well have experience of similar situations)  make sure it is highlighted int he application form - basically make sure it is known.  It is possible for the reviewers to be selected with this issue in mind (again the armed forces and other industries have people who are "cleared" for reviews).

    Are there any chartered engineers within your business?  is there an in-company representative to the IET?  these people can also help and advise with their own expeience, or even just read through your application to advise where there may be issues about confidentiality.



    However, this can be avoided by avoiding oo much detail.  the main point is to find out WHAT YOU DID, how did you perform as an engineer.  In many cases this can be achieved without giving confidential information.

    For example if you are responsible for the design of a product you can explain some of the engineering thinking that went into the design - you don't need to supply actual drawings of the product.  It can also be useful where there is no material available to use (for confidentiality reasons) you could perhaps use in-house personal assessments (these will rarely contain company or product specific details).  There are ways to work around the restrictions.  again keep the focus on YOU and not on the product/projects and you should be fine.


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