Alec Hay Pr Eng C Eng

Chair EMF

Washington, Sydney & Dublin

Accords,

EMF, ETMF, APEC, FEANI

EDUCATION FORUM

MOBILITY FORUM

http://www.washingtonaccord.org/

http://www.ieagreements.com/

Websites

Graduate Attributes

and

Professional Competencies

For Engineers, Technologists and Technicians

Benchmarks

Programme for an Academic

Qualification

Professional Development and

Registration

Basic Development Stages

PURPOSE

Recognition of equivalence of accredited engineering education programs leading to the engineering degree

Applicable to engineers only

• Accept that accreditation procedures are comparable

• Accept one another’s accredited

degrees – from date of Full

Membership

• Agree to identify & encourage

implementation of best practice

The signatories:

• Accept mutual monitoring

• Accept that it applies to

accreditations in home

jurisdictions only

• Accept the need to encourage

licensing & registration authorities

to apply the agreement

The signatories:

“Graduate Attributes” for the Engineer

–

Benchmark for a “Washington Accord” Graduate

Full Members

•Australia EA1989

•Canada CCPE 1989

•Ireland IEI 1989

•New Zealand IPENZ 1989

•U K EC1989

•USA ABET1989

•South Africa ECSA1993/9

•Hong Kong, China HKIE1995

•Japan JABEE 2005

Provisional Members

•Malaysia BEM 2003

•Singapore IES2003

•Germany ASIIN 2003

•Korea ABEEK 2005

•Chinese Taipei IEET 2005

Chair – Dr Greenwood - EA

Secretariat - ABET

• National Accreditation System – independent of educational institutions being accredited, and

• Academic standards for

Engineering Qualifications

close to benchmark for a

“WA” Graduate

Entry Requirements for a Provisional Signatory :

• Agreement

• Rules & Procedures

• Graduate Attributes for the Engineer

• Guidelines

-For Admission to provisional and signatory status

-Systematic Monitoring & Verification of Signatories

-Mentoring

Documentation:

PURPOSE

To establish and maintain

an International

Register of

Professional Engineers

• Facilitate international mobility of

professional engineers

• Establish de-centralised

International Register of

Professional Engineers

• Promote best practice

OBJECTIVES

• Continue mutual monitoring

• Understand existing barriers to mobility

and develop strategies to assist

governments and licensing authorities to

manage the barriers

• Encourage governments and licensing

authorities to adopt the EMF agreement

OBJECTIVES

• Committee within the EMF consisting of

representatives of all Provisional and Full Members

• Only signatories with an approved Assessment

Statement are Full Members and they have a vote

Responsible for:

• Approving Assessment Statements

• Authorising a signatory to have a de-centralised

Register

• Controlling the monitoring process

The Chair and Secretariat - same as EMF

International Register Coordinating Committee

• reached an overall academic level substantially

equivalent to a WA degree

• been assessed in own economy as eligible for

independent practice

• had seven years practical experience since

graduation

• spent at least two years in responsible charge of

significant engineering work

• maintained CPD at a satisfactory level

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS - International Register

Candidates must have:

“Professional Competencies” for the Engineer

-

Benchmark for an “International Professional

Engineer”

Post-nominal IntPE (Jurisdiction)

Full Members

Australia IEAust

1997

Canada CCPE

1997

Hong Kong, China HKIE 1997

Ireland IEI

1997 New Zealand IPENZ

1997

South Africa ECSA 1997

UK EC 1997

USA USCIEP 1997

Japan IPEJ 1999

Malaysia IEM 1999

Korea KPEA 2000

Provisional MembersBangladesh BPERB

2003

India IEIndia 2003

Singapore IES 2005

Sri Lanka IESL 2005

Observers FEANI 1997

APEC 1997

Chair: Alec Hay - ECSA

Secretariat: EC(UK) – Chris Simpson

Entry Requirements for a Provisional Member:

• National Register of professionally

qualified engineers

• Professional Competencies close

to benchmark of the international

register

Documentation:Constitution of the EMF with Schedules covering:

•Guidelines on Criteria and Procedures

•International Coordinating Committee Rules

•IntPE Protocol

•Guidelines for Admission as Provisional & Full Members

•Mentoring Guidelines

•The EMF IntPE Review Process Guidelines

•Glossary of Terms

Competency Profile for a Professional Engineer

Qualification requirements of the EMF:

Schedule 2: Guidelines on Criteria and

Procedures

EMF Full Members:

• 9 WA signatories

• 2 Provisional Status in the WA

In context of the complete package –

appropriate degree listed on the FEANI index

Challenge facing the EMF is the

question of

Granting Right to Practice.

APEC situation - buy in by governments

Role of Bi-laterals under investigation

Statutory difficulties constitute barriers to mobility

Of 11 full members:

•5 are fairly open

•2 have residency requirements

•4 have major statutory restrictions

• Real and meaningful international recognition only

comes through fairly rigorous processes built into

agreements

• Not like “club” agreements which focus on cooperation

• Critical issues in the process are quality assurance,

competency, risk management and accountability

• IEM critical mass as primary movement for International

recognition of Engineering Professionals

CONCLUSIONS