Introduction to the Engineering Council, what we do and our Making It Work webinar
Summary
TLDRThe Engineering Council, a regulatory body for the engineering profession, sets international standards for formation, training, and professional conduct, emphasizing ethics and sustainability. It assures competence through professional registration with member institutions, providing societal confidence in engineers' knowledge and commitment. The council updates its standards and guidance, offering free resources to support engineers in their professional development and address global challenges, such as sustainability and cybersecurity, in collaboration with the global engineering community.
Takeaways
- đïž The Engineering Council is a regulatory body that oversees the engineering profession, ensuring standards for formation, training, and competence to practice.
- đ The board of the Engineering Council includes representatives from professional engineering institutions and independent members from the engineering and wider professional world.
- đ The Council develops and quality assures standards for continuing professional development, which is essential for registration as a professional engineer.
- đ Membership with a licensed professional engineering institution is central to becoming a registered professional engineer.
- đ„ The Council's work aims to instill confidence in the engineering profession among employers, government, and society.
- đ The Engineering Council collaborates with the global engineering community to harmonize standards and address global challenges.
- đ The Council publishes guidance on emerging practices and areas of strategic importance, such as sustainability, ethical conduct, and cybersecurity.
- đ Professional registration, although not legally required in the UK, provides a register that assures employers and government of engineers' knowledge, experience, and societal commitment.
- đ The Council encourages stakeholders to demand evidence of competence and commitment in engineering project teams and leadership structures.
- đ All documents related to the Council's standards and guidance are freely available on their website for engineers, technicians, and employers.
- đ€ Joining a licensed professional engineering institution is the first step for individuals seeking professional recognition, as they provide advice and support for professional registration and continuing development.
Q & A
What is the primary role of the Engineering Council?
-The Engineering Council is a regulatory body for the engineering profession, responsible for developing standards for formation, training, competence to practice, and professional conduct, including ethical and sustainable practices.
Who are the members of the Engineering Council's board?
-The board of the Engineering Council is composed of representatives from professional engineering institutions as well as independent members from both the engineering and wider professional world.
Why is continuing professional development important for engineers?
-Continuing professional development is important as it ensures that engineers stay updated with the latest practices and technologies, which is a requirement for membership in licensed professional member institutions and registration as a professional engineer.
How does the Engineering Council ensure the quality of its standards?
-The Engineering Council quality assures the implementation of its standards by its member institutions, which helps maintain the high quality and relevance of the standards in the engineering profession.
What is the significance of professional registration for engineers in the UK?
-Although not a legal requirement, professional registration provides employers, government, and society with confidence in the knowledge, experience, and societal commitment of registered engineers and technicians.
What is the Engineering Council's stance on encouraging the demand for professional competence?
-The Engineering Council strives to encourage customers, suppliers, and employers to demand evidence of competence and commitment in their project teams, leadership structures, and supply chains.
How does the Engineering Council work with the global engineering community?
-The Engineering Council collaborates with the global engineering community to harmonize and promote standards, ensuring that its own standards are internationally recognized and address global challenges.
What are some areas of emerging practice or strategic importance that the Engineering Council provides guidance on?
-The Engineering Council provides guidance in areas such as sustainability, ethical conduct, and cybersecurity, which are considered emerging practices or of strategic importance.
How have the Engineering Council's standards and guidance on sustainability been updated recently?
-The standards and guidance on sustainability have been recently reviewed and updated with feedback from across the profession to better support the development of engineering competence for a sustainable world.
What is the purpose of the event mentioned in the script?
-The event aims to show the big picture of how internationally recognized standards and guidance develop engineering competence for a sustainable world and to explore how this supports individual engineers in their day-to-day work.
How can engineers interested in professional recognition get started?
-Engineers interested in professional recognition should join one of the licensed professional engineering institutions, which will provide advice, support, and contextualize guidance for continuing professional development in their sector or discipline.
Outlines
đ ïž Introduction to the Engineering Council
The script introduces the Engineering Council as a regulatory body overseeing the engineering profession. It highlights the Council's role in developing standards for education, training, competence to practice, and professional conduct with an emphasis on ethics and sustainability. The Council's board includes representatives from various professional engineering institutions and operates independently. The script also mentions the importance of continuing professional development and the role of licensed professional member institutions in the registration process of professional engineers. It underscores the Council's aim to instill confidence in the engineering profession among employers, government, and society, and its efforts to encourage the demand for competence and commitment in engineering services.
Mindmap
Keywords
đĄEngineering Council
đĄProfessional Registration
đĄContinuing Professional Development (CPD)
đĄEthical Conduct
đĄSustainability
đĄGlobal Challenges
đĄInternational Recognition
đĄGuidance
đĄCybersecurity
đĄCollaboration
đĄProfessional Conduct
Highlights
The Engineering Council is a regulatory body for the engineering profession.
The board consists of representatives from professional engineering institutions and independent members.
The Council develops standards for education, training, competence to practice, and professional conduct.
Continuing professional development is defined as a requirement for maintaining membership.
Professional registration is not legally required but provides confidence in an engineer's knowledge and experience.
The Council encourages the demand for evidence of competence in project teams and leadership structures.
International recognition of the Council's standards addresses global challenges.
The Council publishes guidance on areas such as sustainability, ethical conduct, and cybersecurity.
Collaboration with the global engineering community ensures standards are kept relevant.
Engineering Council standards and guidance on sustainability have been recently reviewed and updated.
The aim of the event is to show how standards develop engineering competence for a sustainable world.
All documents are available free on the website for engineers, technicians, and employers.
Joining a licensed professional engineering institution is the first step for professional recognition.
Institutions provide advice on professional registration and support for continuing professional development.
Dr. Lyrisa Suzuki will explain how standards support individual engineers in practice.
Terry Fuller, a board member, will discuss the developments in the guidance on sustainability.
Professor John Chudley will introduce the opening speaker, Nikhil Seth, from the United Nations.
Transcripts
let me start off by giving you
an introduction to the engineering
council
the engineering council is a regulatory
body for the engineering profession
our board is drawn from representatives
of the professional engineering
institutions
uh as well as independence from both
engineering and the wider professional
world
as a collaborative institution the
engineering council
develops standards for formation and
training
as well as competence to practice and
commitment to
professional conduct which includes
acting
in an ethical and sustainable manner
we define requirements for continuing
professional development
which is why membership of one of our
licensed professional
member institutions is core to
registration as a professional engineer
making use of our broad base of
institutions and professional
registrants
we also quality assure the
implementation of our standards
by our member institutions a key aim of
our work
is to provide society with confidence in
the engineering profession
and these activities are all summarized
on
on the next slide so while professional
registration is not a legal requirement
to work on engineering projects in the
uk
the register provides employers
government and society
with confidence in the knowledge
experience and societal commitment
of professionally registered engineers
and technicians
we are therefore striving to encourage
customers
and suppliers of engineering services to
demand this
evidence of competence commitment in
their own project teams
as well as in their leadership
structures and indeed their supply
chains
the engineering council works with the
global engineering community
to harmonize and promote standards and
our own standards are therefore
internationally recognized and address
global challenges as we'll hear today
the engineering council also publishes
guidance in areas of emerging practice
or strategic importance such as
sustainability
but also ethical conduct and cyber
security to name a few
we collaborate broadly to keep our
standards and guidance relevant
for example our engineering ethics
reference group
a joint initiative with the royal
academy of engineering
so let's move on to tell you a little
bit more about today
so the engineering council standards and
our guidance on sustainability
have recently been reviewed and updated
with feedback from across the profession
the aim of this event is both to show
the big picture of how
internationally recognized standards and
guidance develop engineering competence
for a sustainable world
and to drill down into how that supports
individual engineers
in their day-to-day work importantly
all our documents are available free on
our website
for any engineer technician or employer
to use
for those who are interested in seeking
professional recognition
the first step is to join one of our
licensed
professional engineering institutions
they will provide advice and support on
how to become professionally registered
and they will also contextualize our
guidance
and provide support for continuing
professional development for their
sector
or discipline and we'll be hearing an
example of this later
from sibsi the chartered institution of
building services engineers
dr lyrisa suzuki will explain how our
standards support individual engineers
in practice
and terry fuller the engineering council
board member
who chaired the working group which
revised our guidance on sustainability
we'll talk a little bit about those
developments
but right now i take great pleasure in
handing over
to professor john chudley also a fellow
board member of the engineering council
and chairman of our registration
standards committee
who will introduce our opening speaker
nikhil seth
the united nations assistant secretary
general
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