Chartered Engineers, Incorporated Engineers and Engineering Technicians can only use these titles if they are registered with the Engineering Council.

If your employees hold one of these professional qualifications you and your customers will know that your engineers have attained and maintained a recognised international standard.  In addition you have the assurance of knowing that their credentials have been verified, their commitment to continuing professional education established and their exposure to new developments assured. They will be governed by a professional code of conduct, and receive reminders and assistance in determining their obligations.

UK-SPEC is the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence. It provides a framework against which technical responsibilities may be assessed. Assessment may be for promotion, remuneration, annual appraisal or recruitment. Based on nationally recognised occupational standards, UK-SPEC enables alignment with other competence frameworks in management, construction and other industries.

If you employ engineers who could (or should) be registered, they will need to join one of the professional engineering institutions (PEIs) licensed by the Engineering Council to assess candidates for registration as CEng, IEng or EngTech.  These are listed on our website. Your employees can then apply for registration with the Engineering Council through their PEI.

Please note that many engineers register with the Engineering Council for their own professional standing.  So do check first to establish how many of your employees already hold our professional qualifications - you might be pleasantly surprised.

Registered engineers may cost a little more to employ, but this is more than outweighed by the benefits of enhanced engineering capability and reduction in risk to your company. Furthermore, motivation of the staff concerned will be increased by your indication of interest in their professional standing.

The process of gaining our professional qualifications can be easily incorporated into normal staff development processes, and the costs of registration usually amount to no more than a few hundred pounds per individual. Maintenance of registration (and the necessary institution membership cost, per year) can be paid by the employee (and offset against personal income tax), or paid by your company as a demonstration of the value placed on engineering competence.

Advice on setting up a system to recognise and encourage professional engineering capability can be obtained from many of the professional engineering institutions licensed by the Engineering Council.  A list can be found on our website.