Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Proposed New Title for Engineers

THE PROPOSED NEW INTERNATIONAL TITLE

The proposed new international title for engineers is Engineer International and the new initials Eng - i and P.Eng-i . Also, Ing-i and P.Ing-i for Continental Europe.
Any approved Graduate Engineer and a FULLY paid-up member of any of the following Engineering Societies / Institutions mentioned below, are entitled to use the new International Initials, Eng - i , or Ing - i , FREE of CHARGE . The Engineering Societies / Institutions include: Engineers Ireland. ( Associate Engineer, Chartered Engineer, Eur-Ing ), Engineering Council (UK). ( Incorporated Engineer, Chartered Engineer, Eur-Ing ), Engineers Australia, IPENZ (NZ), IEI (India), NSPE (US), CCPE (CANADA), The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Pakistan Engineering Council, Professional Engineers Board (Singapore), ECSA (South Africa), The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET ) – US, and The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) - Canada.
Licensed Professional Engineers to use the International Initials, P.Eng - i , or P.Ing - i for Continental Europe. Eng - i is a single identity and is equivalent to all existing approved Graduate qualification initials in existence, worldwide. These initials are self-explanatory as far as the public are concerned, something that is not the case with most of the other Engineer-initials in existence at present, e.g., P.E , C.Eng , CPEng, IntPE , etc.
A study has shown that the public see P.E as meaning Physical Education or Physical Educator since this is the interpretation, internationally. C.Eng meaning Certified Engineer. CPEng meaning Certified P.... Engineer. In Addition, the Engineer must ; Be a FULLY paid-up member of an approved Professional Engineering Society / Institution, must adhere to the ethics of that Professional Engineering Society, and must, where professionally possible, refrain from facilitating the misuse of the title, “Engineer “.

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