FIET applications for CSCS cards….

It looks as if e.g. ICE and IMechE etc agreed that Fellow would be acceptable but the IET didn't...

https://www.cscs.uk.com/card-type/professionally-qualified-person/

So bizarrely I couldn't get one (if I wanted) based on my FIET, but I could in practice based on my MIRSE!

Next challenge - which part of the IET would have negotiated this agreement? They should probably be told (I wouldn't assume they'll spot this thread).

Thanks,

Andy

Is it possible that some FIET's don't meet the requirements for MIET?

For example, not that King Charles III would be likely to apply for a CSCS card, he is an FIET - albeit honorary.

Is it possible that some FIET's don't meet the requirements for MIET?

For example, not that King Charles III would be likely to apply for a CSCS card, he is an FIET - albeit honorary.

I think we'd need to separate Hon Fellows from Fellows (the IET can make anyone an Hon Fellow they like). That aside, strictly you're right and it's a good point - I had it in my head that you needed to be eligible for Membership or TMIET first, but actually there's nothing in the Fellow criteria that says that.

However, that said, given that in the context of a CSCS card MIET isn't actually telling you very much anyway (imagine a graduate software engineer who's only ever worked in an office environment) I'd happily say that anyone who's competent enough to be a Fellow is going to be at least as competent as the least site-savvy Member.

And even some Hon Fellows - I'm sure there are many MIETs and FIETs who've worn hi-vis and hard hats less often than Charles has. I'm probably one of them.

Of course all that does beg the question of why Members should be eligible anyway, but I guess the point is just that a Member / Fellow should have enough general awareness of technology to know that sparky bits hurt if you touch them and lumpy bits hurt if they fall on you. And enough professionalism to know that you you follow the rules and don't go where you're not supposed to. Everything else is covered in the exam you have to take anyway.

Thanks,

Andy

Andy Millar said:

Of course all that does beg the question of why Members should be eligible anyway

I've got an Academically Qualified Person ECS card. I had to do the health and safety exam etc which is over and above the academic / professional criteria. It doesn't say very much about me - in fact it they don't put my electrical qualifications on like they would for a gold card which i presume is to prevent anyone from using it to suggest they are an electrician. I got it because I was visiting construction sites to debug a product and it just makes for a lot less paperwork every time you're visiting a site - otherwise my clients client would have to come and greet me as a visitor.

So I can imagine a software engineer similarly needing one - even if they never imagined themselves sitting in a corner of a building site trying not to get brick dust in their laptop whilst they figure out why a system isn't working, our careers take us to these weird places.

They're not a ticket onto a site or anything, ultimatly they just show that you're under the direction of someone and you're converse with site health and safety procedures.

As for HonFIET - clearly the holders of these would be directly accompanied anyway. And His Majesty presumably has someone else fill in the paperwork before he arrives.