11 myths 1.

Age matters
It doesn’t – what matters is that you
6. You must line manage people
to become IEng/CEng

holding you
meet the competences for your You don’t have to be managing
registration category, which are set people, you could be demonstrating
out in the Engineering Council’s UK- strong technical leadership or

back from
SPEC and ICTTech Standard documents. controlling other aspects of projects.

professional
2. Academic qualifications 7. You must manage a budget
are necessary to become IEng/CEng
You don’t need a Master’s to become Managing a budget isn’t the only way

registration
a Chartered Engineer (CEng), nor of showing that you’ve had financial
a Bachelor’s Degree to become an responsibilities. Experience with
Incorporated Engineer (IEng). While mergers and acquisitions, contracts,
academic qualifications are a great tenders, legacy and end of life parts
way to demonstrate your technical replacement and experience from
knowledge, many successful registrants running your own business counts, too.
have other vocational qualifications
and/or work-based experience.
8. A long application with lots
of technical jargon shows
3. You can only gain Engineering your competence best
Technician (EngTech) or ICT Assessors want you to get to the point
Technician (ICTTech) with an in your application, while giving them
apprenticeship enough information to make a decision.
An IET approved apprenticeship is As for jargon, assessors won’t necessarily
a streamlined route to EngTech or see it as a mark of your competence,
ICTTech, but it’s not the only route. even if they’re experts in your field.
Again, it’s all about whether you
meet the relevant competences.
Time and time again, our 9. You should talk exclusively
about your day job
professional registration 4. Professional registration Assessors expect you to provide the
volunteers hear from is not for academics most detail on your current role, but
candidates who’ve been put Academics who’ve become you can also draw on previous roles,
registered with us would disagree. placements and voluntary work.
off applying for a professional They say that registration is
status and improving recognised by peers, allows them
to take on more departmental
their career prospects. responsibilities and get work abroad.
10. Q
 uestions on ethics and
sustainability don’t count
Here we address some common You can fail if you show disregard
myths, so you can put aside your for ethics, so make sure you have
5. You must work in innovation examples ready.
concerns and apply.
to become CEng
You don’t have to be working in
innovation, you could have technical 11. You don’t need help with your
responsibility for complex or high risk application
systems.
We encourage candidates to get
support from experienced, registered
engineers to help them both with
their development and with their
application. Mentors help candidates
who want to develop competences
If you’re ready to find out more about professional and professionalism, and Professional
registration, contact proreginfo@theiet.org Registration Advisors provide
or visit our website: theiet.org/profreg advice on ensuring candidates make
the best application they can.

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