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- 1. Nidhi Shukla Senior Partnership Account Manager IET Membership & Professional Registration
- 2. Working to engineer a better world 155,000 Members 153 Countries Multi-disciplinary 4,000 Volunteers The UK’s largest Professional Engineering Institution that offers Professional Registration via the Engineering council With offices in the UK, USA, India and China, the IET supports members across 153 countries The IET offers support for industry and its members across key sectors: Built Environment, Design and Manufacture, Digital, Innovation and Skills, Energy, Engineering Safety, Healthcare, Transport Our members play a vital role in supporting the engineering community globally
- 3. Inspire • Educate & inspire youngsters reaching over 170,000 school children; • 2000 STEM ambassadors; • £1m of awards and prizes each year Inform • World-class publications and knowledge resources; • Trusted source of Essential Engineering Intelligence®; • Key sectors - Built Environment, Design and Manufacture, Digital, Innovation and Skills, Energy, Engineering Safety, Healthcare, Transport Influence • Change opinion through thought leadership; • Professional Home for Life®; • Support more engineers to achieve Professional Registration. “To inspire, inform and influence the global engineering community” IET Mission
- 4. Built Environment Including Building Services and Construction, Infrastructure, Environmental Science 16.3% Communications including Telecommunications 24.8% Transport including Aerospace, Automotive, Rail 25.1% Energy including Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Renewable Energy, Utilities, Oil, Gas, Fossil 38.7% Design & Production including Manufacturing and Processing, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Control & Automation, Design Engineering, Food and Beverages 36.0% IT including Computing and Systems, Software 26.1% Specialist Engineering including Space, Marine 6.2% Public Services/ Government/Banking Financial Services/Retail 14.3% Healthcare including Pharmaceuticals, Medical, Life Sciences, Biotechnology 15.2% Electronics including Consumer Electronics, Commercial Electronics 8.2% Consultancy and Project 16.9% Electrical 19.3% Education and Academic 9.8% Defence/Military 12.2% Our Members
- 5. MOD/Armed Forces Focusing on competency development and assessment across the services, highlighting the engineering skillset. Healthcare Partners Launched in 2020, a partnership offering for companies operating in the Healthcare industry. The aim is to increase awareness of engineering excellence across Healthcare. Enterprise Partners Launched in 2016, providing development for engineers in SMEs and exposure for SME businesses. We have 197 Enterprise Partners Academic Partners 75 Academic Partners across the UK, with a focus on using the IET to increase student engagement and enhance links with industry. Corporate Partners 204 partners with a global reach. Majority of focus is on provided competency assessments for engineers and technicians as well as connecting these large organisations with our community IET Partnership Community
- 6. SCOTLAND NORTHERN IRELAND SOUTH WEST NORTH WEST NORTH EAST MIDLANDS EAST SOUTH LONDON IET Partnership Community
- 8. IET Membership Your Membership Journey
- 9. Associate Membership as an Associate is perfect for anyone with an interest in engineering Member (TMIET/MIET) Members are awarded designatory letters. TMIET for a Technician Member or MIET for Members with bachelor degree or equivalent work experience Fellow (FIET) We award Fellowship to those respected professionals at the forefront of engineering and technology who want to give back to the profession Membership Categories Students and apprentices can join the category Student to start their professional development journey while still learning Student
- 10. Inspire Education Awards Campaigns • FIRST® LEGO® League • Faraday Challenge Days • IET Education Ambassadors • Engineering Open House • Young Woman Engineer of the Year • Innovation Awards • Apprentice of the year • Over 1 million pounds in awards, bursaries and scholarships each year • 9% is not enough • #DifferenceMakers • Smash Stereotypes to bits • #IAmAnEngineer Venues • Be inspired by engineering history at our flagship venue IET London: Savoy Place and IET Birmingham: Austin Court • World class venues available to our members and their guests
- 11. Inform IET.TV Library E&T Magazine • Thousands of hours of video content • Searchable by keywords • Award winning magazine for members of the IET • Available in physical and digital formats • The largest technical library in the world • Books, journals and articles Events • Thousands of events each year • Award ceremonies, conferences, webinars, research seminars, workshops & networking
- 12. Influence Communities - Local Professional Registration • Local Networks throughout the UK and rest of the world • Like-minded engineers and technicians can network and collaborate • Technical Networks on a vast range of subjects and topics • Online communities to discuss latest developments Insight & Policy Communities - Technical • Demonstrate your competence • Increase your employability • Get recognised • Built Environment, Design and Manufacture, Digital, Education and Skills, Energy, Engineering Safety, Healthcare, Innovation, Transport
- 13. Growing Your Experience Contributing To The Profession
- 14. Getting involved The IET offers a variety of platforms for those looking to get involved with the engineering community and boost their profile. Thought Leadership Volunteering Networking Mentoring
- 15. Thought Leadership Our Insight & Policy team is at the forefront of providing thought leadership to industry, academia and government. The Policy & Insight team co- ordinate and work alongside 250 volunteers, who are experts in their field, from a range of engineering and technical disciplines across key sector areas. These include built environment, design and production, digital, energy, healthcare, and transport.
- 16. Volunteering IET Volunteering is the perfect way to discover what you’re good at, at a pace that suits you. Volunteering can be life-changing – an unbeatable opportunity to apply your skills and experience to make a profound impact on our community and the wider world. You could offer to speak at an event, volunteer to chair a meeting, or manage a project – all excellent ways of developing personal and professional skills that you’ll bring back to the workplace, while contributing towards your continuing professional development. “I’m responsible for reviewing and contributing to documents and discussions relating to Knowledge Services & Solutions, in alignment with the IET’s objectives and purpose.” – Kerrine Bryan, IET Volunteer
- 17. Mentoring The IET connects Mentors with our members who need guidance and support in their career journey and professional development. IET Mentors help champion the next generation of engineers as well as being incredibly fulfilling. As a Mentor you’ll be able to: • Share your knowledge and experience • Widen your network • Gain satisfaction from being able to encourage and guide others • Continue with your own professional development • Give something back to the engineering and technology community.
- 18. Networking Meeting the right people in the right places is essential in boosting business and growing your network. The IET provides opportunities to network both in person and online through our IET Communities and events. We also offer networking tips to help you spot opportunities and make the most of them.
- 20. Find the category that fits Apply proven techniques and procedures to practical engineering problems Hold supervisory or technical responsibility Contribute to design, development, manufacture, commissioning, decommissioning or operation Maintain products, equipment, processes or services Show a creative approach to your work Apply safe systems of working. Support or enable the use of ICT equipment and applications by others Select and use appropriate ICT resources, techniques, configurations, procedures and methods Install, operate, support, or maintain ICT systems Protect ICT systems from intrusion, damage or data loss Accept or exercise personal responsibility for ICT systems. Applying
- 21. Find the category that fits Develop new or existing technology Problem solve Make a key contribution to your business’ success, through innovation, creativity and change Promote advanced designs or design methods Develop better production techniques, marketing or construction concepts Pioneer technology or engineering services and management methods. Maintain and manage applications of current and developing technology Apply existing and emerging technology in their work Problem solve Contribute to continuous improvement in business processes Manage the planning, budgeting and organisation of tasks, people and resources Have involvement in design, development, manufacture, construction and operation. Applying
- 22. Why become Professionally Registered? Applying Stand out from the crowd Demonstrate professional competence Career prospects Help your organisation succeed
- 23. UK-SPEC Applying PART D. Interpersonal skills PART B. Application to practice PART A. Knowledge & Understanding PART E. Commitment to professional standards PART C. Leadership, Management or Supervision
- 24. Can I apply? Level 3 qualification Bachelors degree Masters degree 70% of successful applicants via the IET do not have these academic qualifications Benchmark UK&U achieved by demonstrating: Further learning Work-based learning Applying
- 25. What are the assessors looking for? Your Involvement What did you personally do? Speak in the first person: I designed, I developed, etc. Best Projects Pick two or three projects to demonstrate your engineering ability from your career. Consider the S.T.A.R. model. The Value Indicate size, complexity, strategic importance, etc. The Application Form Applying
- 26. Be Reflective What problems did you face, how did you solve them, what did you learn? How was this beneficial to the project or piece of work? Responsibility If appropriate, quantify budget, resources, staffing required, etc. Applying The Application Form What are the assessors looking for?
- 27. Apply for professional registration using the IET’s online tool, Career Manager. Assess your current competency and then write your application form, upload supporting documents and submit your application. Guidance notes It’s important to read these before starting. Support Contact our Career Manager team if you need any support. Apply Online using Career Manager Secure Our servers meet stringent security requirements. Backed up No more misplacing that file or paper copy. Career Manager
- 31. Here to help Online IET Career Manager UK-SPEC Engineering Council IET.tv – Video Guides IET webinars The IET IET Registration Department IET Mentors Professional Registration Advisors (PRA) At work Mentors Registered colleagues Supporters Line managers IET Industry Reps Support There is plenty of help available: Before you’re ready to apply, helping you to develop your competence. When you are ready, to apply for Professional Registration.
- 32. Application form submission Professional Registration webinar Virtual PRA meetings Competence Development Webinar Pre-registration Assessment Candidates receive email and phone support from our team at every stage Ongoing development support Not ready If ready When ready Introduction Webinar Membership Support IET Support for you to develop and achieve Professional Registration – You can follow GRS or PR support, depending on your competency readiness. Partnership Registration Scheme IET Support
- 33. Additional Support IET Support If you feel that you require additional support to complete either your membership or professional registration applications. For example, if you are: D/deaf Hearing impaired Visually impaired Neurodiverse Managing anxiety or mental health Please let us know in advance so we can connect you with the correct IET colleague to support you. The IET is committed to reducing and removing barriers to applying for membership & professional registration.
- 34. Fees Application Fee CEng/IEng - £215 EngTech/ICTTech - £47.50 EC Entrance Fee CEng - £54.25 IEng - £45.80 EngTech/ICTTech - £18.77 *Professional Registration application fees more expensive using a paper application rather than via Career Manager IET Membership MIET/TMIET/Associate - £173 Fellowship - £201 We recommend that individuals about to apply for professional registration apply for associate membership Apply online using Career Manager and pay the professional registration application fee If your application is successful, an Entrance Fee is paid to the Engineering Council via the IET *Reduced membership fees are available for students, apprentices, recent graduates, recent ex-apprentices, retired members and those on reduced incomes.
- 35. Next Steps How to join the IET Check with your internal IET contact Scan QR code or use jot form to apply for your membership under company scheme Your IET Account Manager https://form.jotformeu.com/theiet/epmembership Nidhi Shukla Senior Partnership Account Manager +44(0)7725 498 150 nshukla@theiet.org
- 36. After becoming member - You can purse developing your competencies through GRS process. This is a flexible approach and is for individuals who are not quite ready to apply. - With the PRS process, if you are ready with all the competencies on Career Manager, have draft application ready and would like to apply for CEng/IEng or EngTech ; then contact us and we will allocate you a slot in our monthly intakes for registration application.
- 37. Thank you
Editor's Notes
- Hello. I’m [Nidhi] from the IET, the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Thanks for joining this webinar. Today I’m going to provide an introduction to the IET and the benefits of being a member of the institution. We’ll also be looking at Professional Registration for Chartered Engineer, Incorporate Engineer and the Technician registrations EngTech and ICTTech. By joining the webinar today you’re already registered to be included in what we call our Partnership Registration Scheme, where we provide you with all the help you might need to apply for a professional registration following the webinar today. I’ll let you know more about this programme and what’s going to happen next later on.
- We’re the largest engineering institution that awards professional registrations, with 155,000 members around the world and we operate in 153 countries. We’re the only multi-disciplinary engineering institution and our focus is on several key sectors – The Built Environment, Design and Manufacture, Digital, Innovation and Skills, Energy, Engineering Safety, Healthcare and Transport The IET has 500 members of staff but in addition, many of our members, around 4000, volunteer for roles with the institution which I’m going to tell you a bit more about later.
- The IET’s mission is to inspire, inform and influence the global engineering community Inspiring though our work with young people, encouraging an interest in the world of engineering and technology through competitions and events organised though our Education Team, our 2000 STEM Ambassadors and Schools Liaison Officers. We award over £1m worth of scholarships, awards and prizes to young people every year. We keep our members informed through our publications and knowledge resources across our key sectors. And influence Academia, Industry and Government by employing the expertise and thought leadership of our members. And of course encouraging and supporting our members to demonstrate their professionalism by achieving Professional Registration qualifications.
- This diagram is from a survey we run to find out what engineering sectors our members work in. As you can see our members work across multiple engineering sectors and disciplines, which in turn means the IET needs to cater for their particular interests and requirements.
- The IET has an active partnership community which encourages networking, and collaboration across all our different partnership types
- These are the companies who have a Corporate Partnership with the IET, forging a closer relationship and ensuring their employees as constantly supported with their professional development and to achieve professional registration.
- The first step with the IET is to become a member. So now I want to spend a little time explaining IET membership and the benefits that come with it. Then we’ll move onto Professional Registration and explain that in more detail.
- There are several categories of membership you can have with the IET. We offer Students and Apprentices their own membership category at a discounted rate. Anyone can join the IET as an Associate. Unlike other member categories, Associates are not awarded designatory letters to use after their name. TMIET and MIET member types relate to the designatory letters awarded that members can use after their name to demonstrate membership to the institution, for example on business cards, a CV or an email signature. When you apply for IET membership, you can choose to apply for TMIET or MIET, dependant on meeting a set criteria. TMIET stands for Technician Member of the IET, MIET stands for Member of the IET. As employees of a partner company, our membership team can help you with this application and suggest which you might qualify for and advise the information they require from you. Then there’s FIET, which stands for Fellow of the IET. Fellow applicants need to demonstrate evidence of 2 out of 9 possible criteria. Some examples of these criteria are providing evidence of leadership, responsibility, creativity or voluntary services to the institution.
- Our Education team offer a wide range of resources and activities for those teaching STEM to young people aged 4 to19 years. Our awards programme includes awards for individual excellence, research and innovation, scholarships, travel awards, prizes and competitions within the engineering and technology sector. We run a variety of campaigns to change the image of engineering and promote the wider profession. From inspiring future generations to championing equality, diversity and inclusion, we aim to address the key issues our industry faces and engineer a better working world. Our centrally located conference and meeting venues in London and Birmingham offer well-appointed meeting spaces with the latest audio-visual equipment.
- IET.tv is our video service for our members and offers the world’s largest collection of engineering and technology videos. It’s a source of engaging and inspiring content from leading academics and influencers. You can watch seminars from universities and research institutions worldwide, access interviews with leading experts, lectures and presentations from all major IET events and bite-sized content like news, product demonstrations and showcases. The E&T is our award-winning members magazine that covers all types of engineering and technology – featuring analysis, news, innovations and job announcements. Curated by our specialist editors, we cover all sorts of topics across our key sectors. The IET Library is part of our Knowledge Centre which can be found in the heart of London, managed by our professional and welcoming team. We also have a virtual library where you can search for Ebooks and Ejournals The IET also run over 1700 events across the world annually. Perhaps a course you might want to attend to help with your development, a seminar on a specific subject you might be interested in or some other sort of award or networking event where you can meet other IET members.
- Through the IET’s Insight & Policy team, we seek to influence technology innovation, develop best practice, provide robust, impartial information to key stakeholders, and influence academia, industry and government policy, particularly across our key industry sectors. Lots of members are interested in connecting with other engineers & other members, sharing information with likeminded people and building a network of industry contacts. To enable that we have IET communities – We have Technical communities who’s interest is in specific areas of engineering or technology. Although they also have physical events which you can take part in, most of their activity is online via the IET website. They have their own online news feeds and online forums where you can contact and share information with others share the same interest. We also have Local Communities, or ‘IET Local Networks’ all around the world. Essentially groups of our members who get together to provide events, courses and volunteering opportunities in their local area. You can search for the details of your local network on the IET website and request their calendar of events to be regularly emailed to you. One of the main reasons our members join the IET is to qualify for a professional registration. These awards, which I’m going to talk about in more detail later, demonstrate that you’ve reached a recognised professional level of competence By promoting and supporting our members to become professionally registered we’re constantly influencing our industry to value and recognise the professional competence of engineers working within it.
- As well as the benefits you can take from your IET membership, being a member means you have the opportunity of giving something back to the profession too.
- We offer opportunities to tap into your expertise and thought leadership, volunteering roles, offering your services to mentor early career engineers and the ability to build a wider professional network outside of the organisation you work for.
- We engage with industry, academia and government to advance engineering for the benefit of society, relying on the expertise of our volunteer led panels operating across our key sectors. Here is an opportunity to volunteer to get involved, lending your expert knowledge and thought leadership to discuss and advise on a range of engineering topics across our key sectors. You can find out more through the IET website, on our Insight and Policy pages.
- Volunteering with us is as rewarding as it is interesting and it’s vital to supporting professionalism in engineering and technology. If you’re passionate about the profession, you can join over 4,000 skilled and experienced volunteers and be an ambassador of industry expertise and influence. Roles include involvement in our policy panels, as I’ve just mentioned on the previous slide, STEM Ambassador, PRA, Mentor, Professional Registration Assessor and Interviewer and lots more.
- The IET offers a free mentoring service to our early career members and you can apply for an IET Mentor to assist you with your professional development. It’s their role to provide tailored guidance and give advice to members who are seeking professional registration. Once you’re professionally registered, becoming an IET Mentor is one of the volunteering opportunities available to you.
- I’ve mentioned already that we provide opportunities to get involved with our Communities, Policy Panels, attend IET events and volunteer for roles with the IET. Of course one of the benefits of all this is that this provides you with the ability to expand your professional network, not just online but develop relationships face to face.
- A large part of the IET’s mission is to give our members the ability to demonstrate their professionalism, so now lets look at professional registration
- There are four professional registrations offered by the IET, ICT Technician, Engineering Technician, Incorporated Engineer and Chartered Engineer. We’ll start by looking at the two technician level registrations The standard the IET, and other professional engineering institutions use to assess applicants for these registrations is called the UK-SPEC. The UK-SPEC or UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence is written by a group called the Engineering Council. We’ll talk about the UK-SPEC standard a little more soon, but as the name suggests it is there to help institutions assess the competence of an applicant for the professional registration they are applying for. Here are some of the competencies, outlined in the UK-SPEC, that are expected for ICT Technician and Engineering Technician: These are the two technician registrations, with ICT Tech being reserved for those working in ICT and Engineering Technician for those working in any other engineering discipline. If you regard the professional registrations as being steps on a ladder these registrations would be the first step, but someone beginning with a technician registration could also progress to IEng and/or CEng during their development. As an ICT Technician they would be IT specialists – supporting other people using IT equipment and software As an EngTech they would be very hands on with the technology – installing, maintaining and servicing equipment But again, all the required competencies are outlined in the UK-SPEC standard
- An Incorporated Engineer will have: Good technical knowledge but less than that expected for CEng. They will be applying new and existing technology in their work Although there may be an element of problem solving in what they do, they’ll be the engineers who are more hands-on implementing the solutions possibly chosen by someone else. They’ll need to demonstrate some management skills – managing resources, planning and other people for example. And will be contributing to improving processes and having involvement in design, development and manufacture A Chartered Engineer applicant should be: Someone who has a high level of technical knowledge Someone who develops new or existing technology to find solutions to engineering problems Demonstrating innovation, being creative, designing and changing processes Pioneering new technologies. Professional Registration could be a journey an engineer might take. For example, dependant on your competence level initially, perhaps you may decide to apply for one of the technician registrations. Then you could either retain that registration or, if your development allows for it, later apply for IEng or CEng when you’re ready. Anther example might be to apply first for IEng and then develop towards applying for CEng later. If you use this ‘stepping stone’ method, assessors will look at each subsequent application favourably as you’ve already demonstrated the competences for a previous category before applying for the next. However, you might want to apply first for Chartered Engineer, as you may have developed the relevant competencies to do so in a shorter amount of time than others or left it until later in your career before applying.
- So why bother applying for a professional registration? Stand out from the crowd – ‘Engineer’ is not a protected word so anyone can say ‘I’m an engineer’ but that could mean just about anything in regards to knowledge and experience. However, by achieving a registration you are immediately able to demonstrate your level of professionalism as an engineer or technician. The letters that you add to the end of your name on business cards, email signature, your CV give you instant credibility with your industry peers, your employer, clients and suppliers. They show you are an expert in your field to a recognised professional level of competence. It can improve career prospects and help you move up the career ladder. And it helps your company to succeed. One of the reasons your company is a Corporate Partner of the IET is because they are keen to have professional engineers working for them. This is a marketable concept for a company, can help to win business and sets out a standard of professional development that the company can tap into to help you grow as engineers.
- Each registration category has it’s own standard within the UK-SPEC but generally each is broken down into 5 areas. Competence A is an expected level of Technical Knowledge – We’ll look at this in more detail on a different slide Competence B is showing how you’ve used your technical knowledge in practice, in the workplace. Particularly being able to provide details of projects or pieces of work where you can show the type and level of engineering you’ve been involved in. Competence C, D & E are softer skills a rounded engineer of technician would also need to have. Competence C is demonstrating leadership skill for CEng, Management skill for IEng and being able to supervise others for the technician level. Competence D is showing how you communicate – both verbal and written Competence E is showing you have a professional approach to your work. One of the areas here, for example is CPD – Continuous Professional Development. Showing how you keep yourself up to date with changes in technology in your area of engineering to enable you to develop in your role. Other areas are that you understand the health & safety aspects of your job, how you contribute towards sustainability and have an understanding of the ethics of being an engineer.
- As part of the assessment of competence A, the IET assesses applicants for their Underpinning Knowledge and Understanding (or UK&U) This assessment helps decide if you have the right level of technical knowledge required for the registration you’re applying for. The expected benchmarks for UK&U are set against academic engineering courses. For EngTech/ICTTech this is a level 3 qualification, such as an NVQ3 or equivalent. For IEng an accredited bachelors degree For CEng an accredited bachelors plus a top up accredited masters or an accredited masters of engineering. So one way of demonstrating you have the required UK&U is by having one of these qualifications. If you do have one this is a straight forward ‘tick in the box’. However, not all successful applicants with the IET have these qualifications. In fact 70% of successful applicants don’t have one of these academic qualifications. So, if you need to, how do you show you’ve reached the same benchmark level of underpinning knowledge? On your application, you list other further academic qualifications you might have, such as: Non-accredited Bachelor or Masters degrees Overseas qualifications considered equivalent Other formal qualifications providing good background technical knowledge, for example Science courses They you can show other evidence of learning from work-based learning, such as: Providing detail of the work/projects you’ve been involved in which demonstrates to the assessors a level of learning needed to do it. Details of technical reports or technical presentations you’ve written Training and other learning during the course of your work experience So the challenge that this 70% of successful applicants meet is to show that they have reached the required bachelors or masters benchmark level even though they haven’t got the academic qualification itself. So is it possible to achieve the likes of Chartered Engineer without a masters degree? With the IET absolutely, but it is true to say the more experience you’ve had, the more evidence of additional learning you’ll be able to provide, and the easier it will be.
- In order to apply for professional registration you need to complete a written application form (additionally for CEng and IEng there is an interview). On your application you will be providing information about yourself to be assessed such as your academic qualifications, training and your employment history. On the application, what the assessors will be particularly looking for…… Two or three of the projects or examples of your direct engineering ability from your career. With most engineers, often their best projects will be from recent years but not always. Perhaps a candidate has moved more into managing the technical work of others, so good examples of competence B might be from earlier is someone’s career. Consider the STAR model – Tell your engineering story by following: Situation – what was happening that needed your expertise Task – what were you required to achieve Action – what did you actually do Results – what was the outcome of what you actually did, including what you learnt Make sure you mention your involvement in projects i.e. speak in the first person – I did this and I did that. Not ‘I was part of a team that…’ The competence evidence needs to be about you. The Value - Indicate size, complexity, strategic importance, of that piece of work or project.
- Responsibility - If appropriate, quantify budget, resources and what staffing was required Be Reflective - What did you need to learn, the problems you faced and solved, how did your improved understanding benefit the project?
- Career Manager is the online system where you apply for professional registration. It’s accessed via the IET website, once you’ve set up your own username and password. A few things to note about Career Manager: All the information that you add into the system is held on a secure and backed up server and because it is password protected can only be viewed or edited by you. The Career Manager system is designed to be very intuitive and simple to use and full guidance notes are available at each stage, but if you have any questions about using it there is a dedicated Career Manager team who you can contact for help. As well as being able to assess your own competence against the UK-SPEC standards for each of the professional registration categories and apply for the one you want to, Career Manager also offers IET members an area to plan, record and declare Continuing Professional Development, Enrol in or confirm you were part of your company’s IET Accredited Professional Development Scheme or apprenticeship scheme (if they have one) and keep an up to date CV for yourself. It’s also where you can apply for Fellowship of the IET too.
- Here you can see where you can assess your competence against the UK-SPEC, to decide if you’re ready to apply. In this example, assessment against CEng. You can see that for each competency area, with full explanation and guidance notes, you can decide to what level you are currently at, with level 3 being where you need to be for each competence area in order to be ready to apply for that professional registration. If you’re not ready, then the system will save your current competency levels, so you can revisit at a later date to update them when you gain more experience.
- Here you can see where you write your professional registration application, filling out each section one by one. Sections are shown on the left of the screen, with a tick once you’ve completed each one. You can complete them in order or jump around. And the details you provide can be added to or changed as often as you want, with your form being securely saved wherever you left it the last time you used Career Manager, so the next time you logon you can pick up where you left off.
- Here you can see the section where you complete your Employment History. If you don’t understand what is being requested or would just like to sense check the information you’re providing, each section has handy help buttons, bringing up a full explanation in the form of guidance notes. There’s also a link at the bottom of each page so you can contact our Career Manager team with any questions you might have too, so you’ll always have a friendly expert on hand to help you. Once you’re happy that your application is ready to be assessed, first you should download a copy of your application form and have others review it too to make sure they are confident it’s ready to go. I’ll talk about who is suitable to do this on the next slide. You will need someone to provide a reference (called a Supporter) for your application, which you can also arrange using the system, and once everything is ready you can hit the submit button to send your application to the IET so they can begin the assessment process.
- Before you apply, it’s wise to consider and put in place all the help and support you can. Having a structure of support will mitigate the possibility of submitting an unsuccessful application. The sources of help are: Online As I mentioned, Career Manager has help and guidance note at every stage of writing your application. You should read and understand the UK-SPEC standard – again this is fully outlined in Career Manager The Engineering Council website can also be a good resource Our IET.tv service provides video guides you can watch There is this webinar and others available which explain the application process in more detail. The IET The IET Registration and Standards Department are there to answer all your questions related to professional registration. If you aren’t ready to apply yet and would like someone to mentor you through professional development, you can apply for one of our volunteer IET Mentors to help you. Professional Registration Advisors (PRAs) are more IET volunteers. It is recommended that all IET applicants use the help of a PRA. They are there to help you decide if you’re ready to apply, decide which category of registration to apply for and then help you review and change your application form to get it ready for submission. At Work If you are on a graduate programme or still developing, you may have a mentor at work. Colleagues who are already professionally registered may be willing to help you. Supporters. You’ll need a someone called a Supporter to give you a reference to support your application, but they can also help you with your application. Perhaps your line manager will be a good source of help. And some companies have groups of very helpful colleagues who run internal groups to support those who want to achieve professional registration. Using their help can be very useful.
- As employees of a Enterprose Partner, the IET will make sure you’re offered all the help and support you might need to become professionally registered. Rather than you having to seek out the information you’ll need, we pro-actively provide details of what you might need, when you need it, via our Partnership Registration Scheme. There is no obligation to act on any support the IET provides, but at least you’ll receive details of what we have to offer. Following today’s webinar, if you are not already a member of The IET then we will be in touch to give you the opportunity to join. Once you are a member, or if you already are a member, we’ll email you some questions to answer to assess what support you should be offered next. We call this our pre-registration assessment. Based on the answers you provide, if we can see you are ready to apply for a professional registration then you’ll receive an invite to attend a second webinar, should you feel you need it. This will either be a webinar with more details on applying for CEng or IEng, or one for EngTech or ICTTech, again dependant on the answers you gave. You’ll also be invited to book yourself meetings with a Professional Registration Advisor (PRA) and start your application with support and feedback from them, right up until you are ready to submit your application. If our pre-registration assessment shows us you’re not quite ready to apply for professional registration, then we’ll email you with details of how you join our Competence Development Webinar to find out more about how to use Career Manager and how to use your IET membership to support your professional development. We’ll keep in touch and provide you with ongoing support for your development and, when you’re ready to apply, we’ll give you access to the second webinars and PRA meetings.
- Just a word for anyone who feels they may need additional support with either membership or professional registration applications, so for example anyone who may be deaf, hearing impaired, visually impaired, neurodiverse or managing anxiety or mental health, please can you let us know up front so we can find the right IET colleague to support you. The IET is committed to being as inclusive as possible. You can contact me. My contact details will be on the final slide of this presentation and on the email that I send to you after the webinar. Or you can let us know at any time you contact us and let us know, but the sooner the better so we can support you in the correct way.
- Here are the fees associated with IET membership and applying for professional registration. Your company has an agreement with us called a Central Payment Scheme. This means that you can apply for both IET membership and professional registration and your fees will be paid for directly by the company. However, you mustn’t apply for IET membership in the usual ways such as via the IET website or just by calling the IET directly. There are simple, but specific, instructions to follow to join via the Central Payment Scheme. Some discounts are available for certain members
- So what happens next? Our membership team will be contacting all non-members who attended the webinar today and inviting you to join the IET. This is the simplest and quickest way to join. If you see this 01438 number, it will our membership team, so please answer if it comes up on your phone. They will be able to advise on what category you should apply for and if any discounts are available. Then you can start making the most of your membership and enjoying the benefits I mentioned earlier. Once you have joined, or for anyone who is already an IET member, as I mentioned already our team will invite you to further webinars and PRA meetings if you’re ready to apply.
- If you want to get a head start you can contact our membership team using the phone number or email address on screen I’ll also email you shortly with full details of how to join the IET via the Central Payment Scheme so your fees can be paid for directly by your company. Please only join the IET either using the phone number of email here, or online using the instructions I email you after the webinar. By applying in any other way, such as via the IET website, you will be asked to pay you fee personally. I’ll include a copy of the slides from today and details of how to download a digital support pack, which includes a variety of resources that can help you with membership and professional registration and answer some of your questions. [click] If you have any questions about anything from the webinar today or need any further assistance then my contact details are on screen. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Thanks for your time, that’s the end of the webinar today. I’ll be happy to answer any questions you have in the chat box.