How To Apply For UK-SPEC Chartership (IET)
UK-SPEC stands for the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence. It defines the value to become registered as an Incorporated Engineer (IEng), Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Engineering Technician (Eng Tech).
If you have a keen desire to work in the UK
as a Chartered engineer and look for all information regarding this, you must
have heard the word ‘UK-SPEC’.
Here, in this blog, we will not only give
you a clear idea of the UK-SPEC, but we will also provide you with the
necessary information on how to become a Chartered Engineer (CEng) as per IET,
Institution of Engineering and Technology. So, give your undivided attention to
this blog.
UK-SPEC:
The full form of UK-SPEC is the UK Standard
for Professional Engineering Competence. It describes the value of becoming
registered as a Chartered Engineer, which is also called CEng.
It describes the requirements that a
candidate has to satisfy to become a Chartered Engineering. Apart from that, it
also gives examples of ways to do this.
UK-SPEC
eligibility criteria to become a Chartered Engineer:
The following are the UK-SPEC
Chartered Engineer eligibility criteria:
Competency:
Competency is the ability to do a task to
an acceptable or high standard. Here, it is against the UK-SPEC standard. It is
a combination of the right level of skills, knowledge and understanding. One
can develop competence with a combination of formal and informal learning,
training and experience.
While applying, there are five general
areas of competency that are taken into consideration for assessment:
·
Professional commitment
·
Knowledge and
understanding
·
Design, development
sorting out engineering problems
·
Communication and
interpersonal skills
·
Management, responsibility
or leadership
Commitment:
Commitment is to show dedication and
engagement to the engineering profession, environment and society. While
applying, you have to show that you have had a set of values and behaviors
upholding the high reputation of your reputation.
Provide the proof of the following:
·
Maintaining employee and
public safety
·
Taking up work in a way
that protects the environment and contributes to sustainable development
·
Adhering to codes of
conduct, codes of practice and the legal and regulatory framework
·
Handling, using and
enhancing safe systems of work
·
Carrying out the CPD which
is necessary to maintain and improve competence related to responsibilities and
duties
·
Actively taking part
within the profession
·
Exercising
responsibilities ethically
·
Adopting a security-minded
way
·
Recognizing diversity and
inclusivity
How
to apply for becoming a CEng?
You can apply for Chartership in the two
ways listed below:
1. Online
via Career Manager, the IET’s online skills development and recording tool for
fewer application fees.
2. Using
a paper application form that can be requested from the IET website.
Things
you are required to submit:
Proof of your competency and commitment:
adhere to the UK-SPEC
competency framework given above for guidance on how to do this.
You
will also be required to have:
1. One
person to support your application. If you want, you may have two additional
supporters.
2. An
accountability diagram
3. Your
development action plan
4. Higher
educational certificates
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