CPEng Workshop 260808 - 1

How to become a Chartered Professional Engineer
CHARTERED WORKSHOP
Accredited
4 PDUs
Accredited by PEB
by PEB
4 PDUs
Facilitator:
Ng Chee Peng, FIEAust CPEng
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The Institution of Engineers Australia - Singapore Group
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What is Competency Based Assessment?
Outline of the
Overseas Qualifications Assessment
How to write your Engineering Practice Report

Workshop
Peer Review – Professional Interview
Mobility Issues – Washington Accord, Mutual Recognition
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Why should I become chartered?

International recognition – global mobility
through MRA
World best practice
Competitive edge in the market place
What is the process?

Competency based assessment
Chartered Status is exclusive to IEAust and is

a protected property. But can be taken away!!
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Engineering Times July 1993 Civil Engineering Australia October 1992
Engineering Times December 1993

Engineering Times May 1993
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USEFUL TERMS
Competency Ability to perform activities in an
occupational category or function
to the standard expected in
employment.
Professional formation the period during which a GE

gains the necessary
professional engineering
competencies
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ROADMAP
FOR
APPLICANTS
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SKILLS ASSESSMENT (OSQA)
Washington Accord
Refer to the OSQA Kit for more details
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WRITING YOUR COMPETENCY

DEMONSTRATION REPORT (CDR)
Format of the CDR:
1. Introduction (about 50 words)
2. Background (200 ~ 500 words)
3. Body - Work experience (500 ~ 1000 words)
4. Summary (50 ~ 100 words)
Written in first person singular and should be a

minimum of 1000 words for each narrative
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Career Episode 1
Career Episode 2
Career Episode 3
Analysis against the standard
Summary Statement of competency elements The picture can't be display ed.
claimed
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Documenting your
professional work experience
Use A Logbook
Sample Logbook Entries
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What is needed?
Academic Academic
Application testamurs transcripts
Form
CDR
Registration CPD
license (if any) Record
IELTS CV Fee
Results
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What you will get - Letter of Assessment

Thank you for the application for an assessment of your
engineering qualifications from ………
I am pleased to advise that your qualification ….. meets the

current academic requirements for standing as a
Professional Engineer in Australia.
The appropriate occupational classification …..your case for

migration purposes is Civil Engineer ASCO 2124-11
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SELF ASSESSMENT- Attributes of a CPEng (1)

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SELF ASSESSMENT- Attributes of a CPEng (2)

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PATHWAYS TO CPEng - SARTAR
Route 1 - Planned development program (3 yrs)
Route 2 - Supervised experience program (3.5 yrs)
Route 3 – Experiential development (> 4 yrs)
Route 4 – Mature Experienced Engineers (>15 yrs)
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Matured Experienced Engineers Route
Who is eligible
• MIEAust (Stage 1 – Academic competencies)
•15+ years experience (5 yrs major responsibility)
•150 CPD hours
What is required
•CV (not less than 3 pgs)
•Verified Statement of Experience (approx 2500 words)
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COMPETENCY Units
STANDARDS
Elements
Performance
Criteria (Defining Activities)
Range Statements
Evidence Guide
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CORE COMPETENCY UNITS

C1- Engineering Practice (5)
C2 - Engineering Planning and Design (6)
C3 - Self Management in the Engineering Workplace (6)
All 17 Elements within the Units must be addressed
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ELECTIVE COMPETENCY UNITS

E1A - Engineering Business Management (5/8)
E1B- Engineering Project Management (5/8)
E2 - Engineering Operations (5/6 - E2.2 + 4 others)
E3 - Materials/Components/Systems (4/5 - E3.1, E3.2 + 2 others)
E4A - Environmental Management (4/5 - E4A1 to 3 + 1 other)
E4B - Investigation and Reporting (4/4)
E5 - Research/Development/Commercialisation (5/6 - E5.1 to 5.4 + 1 other)

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ELECTIVE COMPETENCY UNITS

E6 – Source and Estimate Materials (4/4)
E7 – Change and Technical Development (3/3)

2004
E8 – Technical Sales and Promotion (4/4)
E1A & E1B and E4A and E4B are mutually exclusive
Address two of the ten Elective Units
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Evidence Examples
Whole life/life cycle analysis, cost benefit analysis
Hazard/risk analysis, SMS, etc
Tender documentation/analysis & evaluation
Company’s quality schemes, TQM, QA/QC
Conduct value engineering exercises, feasibility studies.
Preparing documentation for claims & disputes
Analyse Client specifications and requirements
Prepare agendas & minutes for meetings (site, progress, etc)
Project closing/hand over
CPD - Preparing DAP & PDR, mentoring
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Writing your Engineering Practice Report (EPR)
What is an EPR?
How do I write my report?
How long should an EPR be?
Who can verify my EPR?
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Writing your EPR
MUST show you have demonstrated 3 Compulsory

+ 2 Elective units of competency
Career episode narratives (CEN) should emphasise:

- your personal contribution and responsibilities
- the problems you encountered
- the solution(s) you found
- the engineering judgements you made

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1. Write in the first person singular
2. Write in a spontaneous way
Can I demonstrate an element more than once?

What if I have only been involved in part of a
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Do I have to satisfy all of the defining activities?
Avoid vague generalities and

ambiguous phrases
Examples:
“I was involved in..”, “I worked on..”, “I
was engaged in..” and other similar
phrases
“I worked on the design of a cooling
system for XYZ Company, “
“I was responsible for,” or “I had full
responsibility for,”
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Avoid vague formulations

regarding the amount of time
you have spent performing each
type of work
One way to address this is by indicating the
period:
Example:
Dates of Career Episode: 25.02.2004 -
03.04.2005
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Try to hide deficiencies in your experience

through the use of vague, general
language.
Better to wait until your experience is

sufficient to qualify
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Samples of Career Episode Narratives
1. Career Episode 2001/2004
2. Career Episode 1998
3. Career Episode 1994 (1)
4. Career Episode 1994 (2)
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EPR Cover Sheet
Career Episode Report

Cover Sheet
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PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW
60 0
55 5
50 10
45 15
20
30 25
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Signed in 1989. Provisional Members

Mutual recognition and GAASPEI (Germany)
acceptance of the BEM (Malaysia)
processes and standards of
IESL (Sri Lanka)
accreditation of
AICTE (India)
undergraduate degree
courses. RAEE (Russia)
New Members
IEET (Chinese Taipei) Back
ABEEK (Korea)
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The Singapore Situation

“No undertaking was received that the Singapore
PEB would adopt WA qualifications for the purpose of
registration – although informal discussions outside
the meeting suggested such a change was being
considered.”
Report on Equivalencies, August 2003
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MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS

•Equivalent level (grade) of membership without
undertaking further examinations or PI
•Formal academic qualifications must be acceptable to both

bodies in accordance with the Washington Accord
•“Base” membership must be obtained through the normal

admission procedures, i.e. Daisy chaining is not allowed.
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What is ‘daisy chaining’?
Consider this example:

Institution B has MRA with A
Institution A has MRA with C, D and E.
Suppose you are a member of Institution B.
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FORUMS
1. ASEAN Engineer Registers

2. APEC Engineer Registers
3. Engineers Mobility Forum (EMF) –
International PE Registers
4. ASEAN Chartered Professional
Engineers (ASEAN MRA – PEB)
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S/N Country WA APEC EMF Remarks

1 Australia - IEAust    WA - 1989
2 Canada - CCPE    WA - 1989
3 Ireland - IEI  x  WA - 1989
4 New Zealand - IPENZ    WA - 1989
5 United Kingdom - ECUK  x  WA - 1989
6 United States – ABET    WA - 1989
7 Hong Kong – HKIE    WA - 1995
8 South Africa – ECSA  x  WA - 1999
9 Japan – JABEE    WA - 2005
10 Malaysia - BEM *   *Provisional
11 Singapore - IES   * WA - 2006
12 Germany – GAASPEI * x x *Provisional
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S/N Country WA APEC EMF Remarks

13 Philippines x  x
14 Indonesia x  x
15 Thailand x  x
16 China x  x
17 Korea (ABEEK)    WA - 2007
18 Vietnam x  x
19 Papua New Guinea x  x
20 Chinese Taipei (IEET)  x x WA - 2007
1. Observers of EMF - FEANI and APEC

2. Provisional members of EMF – Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka &
Singapore
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T h e E n d

Long Method – NO Fade, Spin Emphasis, Zoom In (Original Spiral Effect)
CODE OF ETHICS
The members of the IEAust (and bound non-members)
are committed to the Cardinal Principles of the Code:
• to respect the inherent dignity of the individual
• to act on the basis of a well informed conscience
• to act in the interest of the community, and
• to uphold its Tenets
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Graduate Engineers (GE) are Stage 1 Professional

Engineers, i.e. they have demonstrated the
attainment of essential educational competencies
through the completion of a recognised professional
engineering qualification.
Back
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www.ielts.org Back
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You are registered under the Civil Engineering discipline and are
practising as a geotechnical consultant for some years. A Client
requested you to provide him structural engineering consultancy
services for a large shopping complex project. Would you agree
to do so? If you do, what special steps do you have to take with
the view to safeguard the interest of your client with complete
fidelity?
EA Tenet No. 3, which says: “Members shall act only in areas of

their competence and in a careful and diligent manner.”
EA Tenet No. 6, which says: “Members shall, where relevant, take

reasonable steps to inform themselves, their clients and
employers, of the social, environmental, economic and other
possible consequences which may arise from their actions.”
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How to become a Chartered Professional Engineer

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Credits to PowerPoint Heaven Website http://pptheaven.mvps.org

What is Competency Based Assessment?

How to write your Engineering Practice Report

Mobility Issues – Washington Accord, Mutual Recognition

The picture can't be display ed.

Why should I become chartered?

What is the process?

Chartered Status is exclusive to IEAust and is

Engineering Times July 1993 Civil Engineering Australia October 1992

Engineering Times December 1993

The picture can't be display ed.

Professional formation the period during which a GE

The picture can't be display ed.

The picture can't be display ed.

SKILLS ASSESSMENT (OSQA)

Refer to the OSQA Kit for more details

The picture can't be display ed.

WRITING YOUR COMPETENCY

Written in first person singular and should be a

Analysis against the standard

Summary Statement of competency elements The picture can't be display ed.

The picture can't be display ed.

Sample Logbook Entries

The picture can't be display ed.

What you will get - Letter of Assessment

I am pleased to advise that your qualification ….. meets the

The appropriate occupational classification …..your case for

SELF ASSESSMENT- Attributes of a CPEng (1)

The picture can't be display ed.

SELF ASSESSMENT- Attributes of a CPEng (2)

The picture can't be display ed.

PATHWAYS TO CPEng - SARTAR

Route 1 - Planned development program (3 yrs)

Route 2 - Supervised experience program (3.5 yrs)

Route 3 – Experiential development (> 4 yrs)

Route 4 – Mature Experienced Engineers (>15 yrs)

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Matured Experienced Engineers Route

CORE COMPETENCY UNITS

C2 - Engineering Planning and Design (6)

C3 - Self Management in the Engineering Workplace (6)

All 17 Elements within the Units must be addressed

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ELECTIVE COMPETENCY UNITS

E1B- Engineering Project Management (5/8)

E2 - Engineering Operations (5/6 - E2.2 + 4 others)

E3 - Materials/Components/Systems (4/5 - E3.1, E3.2 + 2 others)

E4A - Environmental Management (4/5 - E4A1 to 3 + 1 other)

E4B - Investigation and Reporting (4/4)

E5 - Research/Development/Commercialisation (5/6 - E5.1 to 5.4 + 1 other)

ELECTIVE COMPETENCY UNITS

E7 – Change and Technical Development (3/3)

Address two of the ten Elective Units

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Writing your Engineering Practice Report (EPR)

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