Comparison Table for Engtech, Ieng and Ceng Standards

Comparison table for EngTech, IEng and CEng Standards

Taken from the UK Standard for Professional Engineering The Engineering Council and UK-SPEC Competence and Commitment (UK-SPEC) The Engineering Council is the UK’s regulatory body for the Fourth edition engineering profession. It sets the Standards which need to be met Published by the Engineering Council 2020 for an individual to become professionally registered. The Engineering Council operates under a Royal Charter and is governed by a Board that represents UK Licensees as well as individuals from industries Professional registration and sectors with an interest in the regulation of the profession. Achieving professional registration as an Engineering Technician (EngTech), Incorporated Engineer (IEng), or Chartered Engineer These competence statements are taken from the UK Standard for (CEng) demonstrates that an engineer or technician has reached a set Professional Engineering Competence and Commitment (UK-SPEC), standard of knowledge, understanding and occupational competence. fourth edition. UK-SPEC forms part of the Standard used by the UK A note on examples: engineering profession to assess the competence and commitment of The examples of evidence offered (to the right of each competence) are Professional registration sets individual engineers and technicians individual engineers and technicians. It was developed collaboratively intended as guidance to help identify activities that might demonstrate the apart from those who are not registered. Gaining a professional in consultation with engineers representing the breadth of the required competence and commitment for each category of professional title establishes a person’s proven knowledge, understanding profession, from industry, academia and many different disciplines and registration. They are intended as examples only, as the most appropriate and competence. Registration also demonstrates an individual’s specialisms. evidence will vary with each individual role. The list is not exhaustive commitment to professional standards and demonstrates their and other types of evidence might be valid. There is no requirement to commitment to developing and enhancing competence through To download the full UK-SPEC document for free please visit the provide multiple examples of evidence for each area of competence, but examples from two or three projects or tasks would be useful. Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Engineering Council website: www.engc.org.uk/ukspec

Engineering Technician (EngTech) Incorporated Engineer (IEng) Chartered Engineer (CEng) Engineering Technicians apply proven techniques and procedures to Incorporated Engineers maintain and manage applications of current Chartered Engineers develop solutions to complex engineering the solution of practical engineering problems. and developing technology, and may undertake engineering design, problems using new or existing technologies, and through innovation, development, manufacture, construction and operation. creativity and technical analysis.

Engineering Technicians shall demonstrate: Incorporated Engineers shall demonstrate: Chartered Engineers shall demonstrate: • Engineering knowledge and understanding to apply technical and • The theoretical knowledge to solve problems in developed • The theoretical knowledge to solve problems in new and practical skills technologies using well proven analytical techniques established technologies and to develop new analytical techniques • Evidence of their contribution to either the design, development, • Successful application of their knowledge to deliver engineering • Successful application of the knowledge to deliver innovative manufacture, commissioning, decommissioning, operation or projects or services using established technologies and methods products and services and/or taking technical responsibility for maintenance of products, equipment, processes or services • Contribution to the financial and planning aspects of projects or complex engineering systems • Supervisory or technical responsibility tasks and to leading and developing other professional staff • Responsibility for the financial and planning aspects of projects, • Effective interpersonal skills in communicating technical matters • Effective interpersonal skills in communicating technical matters sub-projects or tasks • The ability to operate in accordance with safe systems of work • The ability to specify and operate to safe systems of work and • Leadership and development of other professional staff through and to demonstrate appropriate understanding of the principles of to demonstrate appropriate consideration of the principles of management, mentoring or coaching sustainability sustainability • Effective interpersonal skills in communicating technical matters • Commitment to professional engineering values. • Commitment to professional engineering values. • Understanding of the safety and sustainability implications of their work, seeking to improve aspects where feasible • Commitment to professional engineering values.

Engineering Technicians must be competent throughout their working Incorporated Engineers must be competent throughout their working Chartered Engineers must be competent throughout their working life, life, by virtue of their education, training and experience in the following life, by virtue of their education, training and experience in the following by virtue of their education, training and experience in the following ways: ways: ways: A. Knowledge and understanding A. Knowledge and understanding A. Knowledge and understanding Engineering Technicians shall use engineering knowledge and Incorporated Engineers shall use a combination of general and Chartered Engineers shall use a combination of general and understanding to apply technical and practical skills. specialist engineering knowledge and understanding to apply specialist engineering knowledge and understanding to optimise existing and emerging technology. the application of advanced and complex systems. The applicant shall Examples of evidence: The applicant shall Examples of evidence: The applicant shall Examples of evidence: demonstrate that they: demonstrate that they: demonstrate that they: 1. Review and select • Evaluating potential methods of 1. Have maintained and • Identifying the limits of your 1. Have maintained and • Formal training related to your role appropriate techniques, carrying out an engineering task extended a sound theoretical knowledge and skills extended a sound theoretical • Learning and developing new procedures and methods to and selecting the most appropriate approach to the application • Taking steps to develop and extend approach to enable them to engineering knowledge in a different undertake tasks solution of technology in engineering personal knowledge of appropriate develop their particular role industry or role • Recognising a difficulty and then practice technology, both current and • Understanding the current and identifying an approach to resolve it emerging emerging technology and technical • Identifying an improvement in a • Applying newly gained knowledge best practice in your area of technique, procedure, process or successfully in a task or project expertise method • Reviewing current procedures • Developing a broader and deeper • Interpreting and carrying out test and processes and recommended knowledge base through research procedures improvements or changes to reflect and experimentation best practice • Learning and developing new • Developing knowledge needed engineering theories and techniques to work in a new industry area or in the workplace discipline 2. Use appropriate scientific, • Drawing on your technical 2. Use a sound evidence- • Applying knowledge and experience 2. Are developing • Carrying out technical research and technical or engineering knowledge to complete a task based approach to problem- to investigate and solve problems technological solutions development principles. • Performing calculations using solving and contribute to arising during engineering tasks and to unusual or challenging • Developing new designs, processes standard formulae continuous improvement. implementing corrective action problems, using or systems based on new or • Analysing performance or test • Identifying opportunities for their knowledge and evolving technology data or comparing performance improvements and how these have understanding and/or dealing • Carrying out complex and/or non- information with published material been (or could be) implemented with complex technical standard technical analyses • Using an established process issues or situations with • Developing solutions involving to analyse issues and establish significant levels of risk. complex or multi-disciplinary priorities technology • Developing and evaluating continuous improvement systems • Developing solutions in safety- critical industries or applications

© Engineering Council 2020. The Engineering Council encourages publication of extracts from this Standard, subject to attribution. Download the full UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence and Commitment (UK-SPEC) at: www.engc.org.uk/ukspec page 2 of 9 Engineering Technician (EngTech) Incorporated Engineer (IEng) Chartered Engineer (CEng) B. Design, development and solving engineering problems B. Design, development and solving engineering problems B. Design, development and solving engineering problems Engineering Technicians shall contribute to the design, Incorporated Engineers shall apply appropriate theoretical and Chartered Engineers shall apply appropriate theoretical and development, manufacture, construction, commissioning, practical methods to design, develop, manufacture, construct, practical methods to the analysis and solution of engineering decommissioning, operation or maintenance of products, commission, operate, maintain, decommission and recycle problems. equipment, processes, systems or services. engineering processes, systems, services and products. The applicant shall Examples of evidence: The applicant shall Examples of evidence: The applicant shall Examples of evidence: demonstrate that they: demonstrate that they: demonstrate that they: 1. Identify problems and • Using knowledge to identify a 1. Identify, review and select • Establishing the engineering steps 1. Take an active role in the • Identifying projects or technical apply appropriate methods to problem or an opportunity for techniques, procedures needed to carry out a task efficiently identification and definition improvements to products, identify causes and achieve improvement and methods to undertake • Identifying the available products or of project requirements, processes or systems satisfactory solutions • Investigating a problem to identify engineering tasks processes needed to undertake an problems and opportunities • Preparing specifications, taking the underlying cause engineering task and establishing account of functional and other • Identifying a solution to a problem or a means of identifying the most requirements improvement opportunity suitable solution • Establishing user requirements • Contributing to the design of an item • Preparing technical specifications • Reviewing specifications and or process • Reviewing and comparing tenders to identify technical issues responses to the technical aspects and potential improvements of tender invitations • Carrying out technical risk analysis • Establishing user requirements for and identifying mitigation measures improvements • Considering and implementing new and emerging technologies 2. Identify, organise and • Balancing these factors in selecting 2. Contribute to the design • Contributing to the identification 2. Can identify the • Identifying and agreeing appropriate use resources effectively appropriate materials and development of and specification of design and appropriate investigations research methodologies to complete tasks, with • Identifying precautions as a result of engineering solutions development requirements for and research needed to • Investigating a technical issue, consideration for cost, evaluating risks and other factors engineering products, processes, undertake the design, identifying potential solutions and quality, safety, security and • Considering how waste can be systems and services development and analysis determining the factors needed to environmental impact. minimised, recycled or disposed of • Identifying operational risks and required to complete an compare them safely if recycling is not possible evaluating possible engineering engineering task and conduct • Identifying and carrying out physical • Contributing to best practice solutions, taking account of these activities effectively tests or trials and analysing and methods of continuous improvement cost, quality, safety, reliability, evaluating the results • Improving the quality of an operation accessibility, appearance, fitness • Carrying out technical simulations or or process for purpose, security (including analysis cyber security), intellectual property • Preparing, presenting and agreeing constraints and opportunities, and design recommendations, with environmental impact appropriate analysis of risk, and • Collecting and analysing results taking account of cost, quality, • Carrying out necessary tests safety, reliability, accessibility, appearance, fitness for purpose, security (including cyber security), intellectual property constraints and opportunities, and environmental impact

© Engineering Council 2020. The Engineering Council encourages publication of extracts from this Standard, subject to attribution. Download the full UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence and Commitment (UK-SPEC) at: www.engc.org.uk/ukspec page 4 of 9 Engineering Technician (EngTech) Incorporated Engineer (IEng) Chartered Engineer (CEng) C. Responsibility, management and leadership C. Responsibility, management and leadership C. Responsibility, management and leadership Engineering Technicians shall accept and exercise personal Incorporated Engineers shall provide technical and commercial Chartered Engineers shall provide technical and commercial responsibility. management. leadership. The applicant shall Examples of evidence: The applicant shall Examples of evidence: The applicant shall Examples of evidence: demonstrate that they: demonstrate that they: demonstrate that they: 1. Work reliably and • Completing challenging tasks 1. Plan the work and • Identifying factors affecting the 1. Plan the work and • Preparing budgets and associated effectively without close successfully within your area of work resources needed to enable project implementation resources needed to enable work programmes for projects or supervision, to the • Identifying issues which fall outside effective implementation • Carrying out holistic and systematic effective implementation of a tasks appropriate codes of practice of your current knowledge and of engineering tasks and risk identification, assessment and significant engineering task • Systematically reviewing the factors seeking advice projects management or project affecting the project implementation • Identifying standards and codes of • Preparing and agreeing including safety, sustainability practice relevant to a new task implementation plans and method and disposal or decommissioning statements considerations • Securing the necessary resources • Carrying out a task or project and confirming roles in a project risk assessment and identifying team mitigation measures • Applying the necessary • Leading on preparing and agreeing contractual arrangements with implementation plans and method other stakeholders (clients, statements subcontractors, suppliers, etc) • Negotiating and agreeing arrangements with customers, colleagues, contractors and other stakeholders, including regulatory bodies • Ensuring that information flow is appropriate and effective 2. Accept responsibility for • Fully understanding drawings, 2. Manage (organise, direct • Operating appropriate management 2. Manage (organise, direct • Operating or defining appropriate the work of themselves or permits to work, instructions or other and control), programme systems and control), programme management systems including risk others similar documents after appropriate or schedule, budget and • Working to the agreed quality or schedule, budget and registers and contingency systems checking, and identifying issues resource elements of standards, programme and resource elements of a • Managing the balance between • Inspecting work carried out by engineering tasks or projects budget, within legal and statutory significant engineering task quality, cost and time others requirements or project • Monitoring progress and associated • Checking the status of equipment, • Managing work teams, coordinating costs and cost forecasts, taking the work environment and facilities project activities appropriate actions when required and taking appropriate actions • Identifying variations from quality • Establishing and maintaining before commencing work standards, programme and budgets, appropriate quality standards within and taking corrective action legal and statutory requirements • Evaluating performance and • Interfacing effectively with recommending improvements customers, contractors and other stakeholders

© Engineering Council 2020. The Engineering Council encourages publication of extracts from this Standard, subject to attribution. Download the full UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence and Commitment (UK-SPEC) at: www.engc.org.uk/ukspec page 6 of 9 Engineering Technician (EngTech) Incorporated Engineer (IEng) Chartered Engineer (CEng) D. Communication and interpersonal skills D. Communication and interpersonal skills D. Communication and interpersonal skills Engineering Technicians shall use effective communication and Incorporated Engineers shall demonstrate effective Chartered Engineers shall demonstrate effective communication interpersonal skills. communication and interpersonal skills. and interpersonal skills. The applicant shall Examples of evidence: The applicant shall Examples of evidence: The applicant shall Examples of evidence: demonstrate that they: demonstrate that they: demonstrate that they: 1. Communicate effectively • Contributing to meetings and 1. Communicate effectively • Contributing to, chairing and 1. Communicate effectively • Preparing reports, drawings, with others, at all levels, in discussions with others, at all levels, in recording meetings and discussions with others, at all levels, in specifications and other English • Preparing communications, English • Preparing communications, English documentation on complex matters documents and reports on technical documents and reports on technical • Leading, chairing, contributing matters matters to and recording meetings and • Exchanging information and • Exchanging information and discussions providing advice to technical and providing advice to technical and • Exchanging information and non-technical colleagues non-technical colleagues providing advice to technical and • Engaging or interacting with non-technical colleagues professional networks • Engaging or interacting with professional networks 2. Work effectively with • Contributing constructively as part of 2. Clearly present and • Preparing and delivering appropriate 2. Clearly present and • Contributing to scientific papers or colleagues, clients, suppliers a team discuss proposals, presentations discuss proposals, articles as an author or the public • Successfully resolving issues in justifications and conclusions • Managing debates with audiences justifications and conclusions • Preparing and delivering discussions with team members, • Feeding the results back to improve presentations on strategic matters suppliers, clients and/or others the proposals • Preparing bids, proposals or studies • Persuading others to accept • Contributing to the awareness of risk • Identifying, agreeing and leading suggestions or recommendations work towards collective goals • Identifying, agreeing and working towards collective goals 3. Demonstrate personal and • Knowing and managing own 3. Demonstrate personal • Knowing and managing own 3. Demonstrate personal • Knowing and managing own social skills and awareness of emotions, strengths and and social skills and emotions, strengths and and social skills and emotions, strengths and diversity and inclusion issues. weaknesses awareness of diversity and weaknesses awareness of diversity and weaknesses • Being confident and flexible in inclusion issues. • Being confident and flexible in inclusion issues. • Being confident and flexible in dealing with new and changing dealing with new and changing dealing with new and changing interpersonal situations interpersonal situations interpersonal situations • Creating, maintaining and enhancing • Identifying, agreeing and working • Identifying, agreeing and working productive working relationships, towards collective goals towards collective goals and resolving conflicts • Creating, maintaining and enhancing • Creating, maintaining and enhancing • Being supportive of the needs and productive working relationships, productive working relationships, concerns of others, especially where and resolving conflicts and resolving conflicts this relates to diversity and inclusion • Being supportive of the needs and • Being supportive of the needs and concerns of others, especially where concerns of others, especially where this relates to diversity and inclusion this relates to diversity and inclusion

© Engineering Council 2020. The Engineering Council encourages publication of extracts from this Standard, subject to attribution. Download the full UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence and Commitment (UK-SPEC) at: www.engc.org.uk/ukspec page 7 of 9 Engineering Technician (EngTech) Incorporated Engineer (IEng) Chartered Engineer (CEng) E. Personal and professional commitment E. Personal and professional commitment E. Personal and professional commitment Engineering Technicians shall demonstrate a personal Incorporated Engineers shall demonstrate a personal Chartered Engineers shall demonstrate a personal commitment commitment to an appropriate code of professional conduct, commitment to professional standards, recognising obligations to professional standards, recognising obligations to society, the recognising obligations to society, the profession and the to society, the profession and the environment. profession and the environment. environment. The applicant shall Examples of evidence: The applicant shall Examples of evidence: The applicant shall Examples of evidence: demonstrate that they: demonstrate that they: demonstrate that they: 1. Understand and comply • Demonstrating compliance with your 1. Understand and comply • Demonstrating compliance with your 1. Understand and comply • Demonstrating compliance with your with relevant codes of Licensee’s Code of Professional with relevant codes of Licensee’s Code of Professional with relevant codes of Licensee’s Code of Professional conduct Conduct conduct Conduct conduct Conduct • Working within all relevant legislative • Identifying aspects of the Code • Identifying aspects of the Code and regulatory frameworks, particularly relevant to your role which are particularly relevant to including social and employment • Managing work within all relevant your role legislation legislative and regulatory • Being aware of the legislative and frameworks, including social and regulatory frameworks relevant to employment legislation your role and how they conform to them • Leading work within relevant legislation and regulatory frameworks, including social and employment legislation 2. Understand the safety • Providing evidence of applying 2. Understand the safety • Identifying and taking responsibility 2. Understand the safety • Identifying and taking responsibility implications of their role and current safety requirements, such as implications of their role and for your own obligations for health, implications of their role and for your own obligations and apply safe systems of work risk assessment and other examples manage, apply and improve safety and welfare issues manage, apply and improve ensuring that others assume similar of good practice you adopt in your safe systems of work • Managing systems that satisfy safe systems of work responsibility for health, safety and work health, safety and welfare welfare issues • A sound knowledge of health and requirements • Ensuring that systems satisfy health, safety legislation, for example: • Developing and implementing safety and welfare requirements HASAW 1974, CDM regulations, appropriate hazard identification • Developing and implementing ISO 45001 and company safety and risk management systems and appropriate hazard identification policies culture and risk management systems and • Managing, evaluating and improving culture these systems • Managing, evaluating and improving • Applying a sound knowledge of these systems health and safety legislation, for • Applying a sound knowledge of example: HASAW 1974, CDM health and safety legislation, for regulations, ISO 45001 and example: HASAW 1974, CDM company safety policies regulations, ISO 45001 and company safety policies

© Engineering Council 2020. The Engineering Council encourages publication of extracts from this Standard, subject to attribution. Download the full UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence and Commitment (UK-SPEC) at: www.engc.org.uk/ukspec page 8 of 9 Engineering Technician (EngTech) Incorporated Engineer (IEng) Chartered Engineer (CEng) E. Personal and professional commitment (continued) E. Personal and professional commitment (continued) E. Personal and professional commitment (continued) 3. Understand the principles • Recognising how sustainability 3. Understand the principles • Operating and acting responsibly, 3. Understand the principles • Operating and acting responsibly, of sustainable development principles, as described in the of sustainable development taking account of the need to of sustainable development taking account of the need to and apply them in their work Guidance on Sustainability and apply them in their work progress environmental, social and and apply them in their work progress environmental, social and (www.engc.org.uk/sustainability) can economic outcomes simultaneously economic outcomes simultaneously be applied in your day-to-day work • Recognising how sustainability • Providing products and services • Identifying actions that you can and principles, as described in the which maintain and enhance the have taken to improve sustainability Guidance on Sustainability quality of the environment and (www.engc.org.uk/sustainability) can community, and meet financial be applied in your day-to-day work objectives • Providing products and services • Recognising how sustainability which maintain and enhance the principles, as described in the quality of the environment and Guidance on Sustainability community, and meet financial (www.engc.org.uk/sustainability) can objectives be applied in your day-to-day work • Understanding and encouraging • Understanding and securing stakeholder involvement in stakeholder involvement in sustainable development sustainable development • Using resources efficiently and • Using resources efficiently and effectively effectively in all activities • Taking action to minimise • Taking action to minimise environmental impact in your area of environmental impact in your area of responsibility responsibility 4. Carry out and record the • Undertaking reviews of your own 4. Carry out and record the • Undertaking reviews of your own 4. Carry out and record the • Undertaking reviews of your own Continuing Professional development needs Continuing Professional development needs Continuing Professional development needs Development (CPD) • Planning how to meet personal and Development (CPD) • Planning how to meet personal and Development (CPD) • Planning how to meet personal and necessary to maintain and organisational objectives necessary to maintain and organisational objectives necessary to maintain and organisational objectives enhance competence in their • Carrying out and recording planned enhance competence in their • Carrying out and recording planned enhance competence in their • Carrying out planned and unplanned own area of practice and unplanned CPD activities own area of practice and unplanned CPD activities own area of practice CPD activities • Maintaining evidence of competence • Maintaining evidence of competence • Maintaining evidence of competence development development development • Evaluating CPD outcomes against • Evaluating CPD outcomes against • Evaluating CPD outcomes against any plans made any plans made any plans made • Assisting others with their own CPD • Assisting others with their own CPD • Assisting others with their own CPD 5. Understand the ethical • Understanding the ethical issues 5. Understand the ethical • Understanding the ethical issues 5. Understand the ethical • Understanding the ethical issues issues that may arise in that you may encounter in your role issues that may arise in that you may encounter in your role issues that may arise in that you may encounter in your role their role and carry out their • Giving an example of where you their role and carry out their • Giving an example of where you their role and carry out their • Giving an example of where you responsibilities in an ethical have applied ethical principles as responsibilities in an ethical have applied ethical principles as responsibilities in an ethical have applied ethical principles as manner. described in the Statement of Ethical manner. described in the Statement of Ethical manner. described in the Statement of Ethical Principles (www.engc.org.uk/ethics) Principles (www.engc.org.uk/ethics) Principles (www.engc.org.uk/ethics) • Giving an example of where you • Giving an example of where you • Giving an example of where you have applied or upheld ethical have applied or upheld ethical have applied or upheld ethical principles as defined by your principles as defined by your principles as defined by your organisation or company organisation or company organisation or company