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 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 1 of 9 Engineering Technician (EngTech) Incorporated Engineer (IEng) Chartered Engineer (CEng) The Competence and Commitment Standard for Engineering The Competence and Commitment Standard for Incorporated The Competence and Commitment Standard for Chartered Technicians Engineers Engineers 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. 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