Preparation for the Professional
Review Examination in
Engineering
Dr Sam Man Keong (岑文强)
CEng, FIET, MICE, MIMMM, CEng, MIEI, FBEng, CEnv,
FSPE, PEng(UK), MIPENZ, MIEAust, CPEng,
CMath, MIMAm CSci, FCQI, CQP
Email: sammk@singnet.com.sg ;
HP: 96740515
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About the Speaker
- Dr Sam Man Keong (岑文强)
• Singapore : SP/NUS/NTU.
• Australia :
MelbU/RMIT/CQU.
• Chartered Engineer
(UK/Ireland/Australia)
• Chartered Builder (UK)
• Chartered Mathematician
(UK)
• Chartered Scientist (UK)
• Chartered
Environmentalist (UK).
• A life-long learner.
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Great
Wall of
China –
October
2007
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Highlights
• Introduction [Source : NSPE-USA]
– What is PE?
– What makes a PE different from an engineer?
• Professional Registration -UK [Source : IET
- UK]
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Why become registered?
Categories of registration.
Benefits of registration.
Maintaining your registration.
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Highlights
• PR Exam in Engineering in UK.
– The Society of Professional Engineers : PEng(UK).
– Chartered Engineering Institutions : CEng
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PR Exam in Engineering in Singapore.
PR Exam in Engineering in Malaysia.
Preparation for the PR Exam.
International Professional Registration.
Questions & Answers.
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Introduction : What is PE?
[Source : NSPE-USA; website : www.nspe.org ]
• A century ago, anyone could work as an engineer
without proof of competency. In order to protect the
public health, safety, and welfare, the first
engineering licensure law was enacted in 1907 in
Wyoming. Now every state regulates the practice of
engineering to ensure public safety by granting only
Professional Engineers (PEs) the authority to sign and
seal engineering plans and offer their services to the
public.
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Introduction : What is PE?
[Source : NSPE – USA; website : www.nspe.org ]
• To use the PE seal, engineers must complete
several steps to ensure their competency.
– Earn a four-year degree in engineering from an
accredited university
– Pass the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)
exam
– Complete four years of progressive engineering
experience under a PE
– Pass the Principles and Practice of Engineering
(PE) exam
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Introduction : What makes a PE
different from an engineer?
• PEs must also continuously demonstrate their
competency and maintain and improve their skills by
fulfilling continuing education requirements
depending on the state in which they are licensed.
– Only a licensed engineer may prepare, sign and seal, and
submit engineering plans and drawings to a public
authority for approval, or seal engineering work for public
and private clients.
– PEs shoulder the responsibility for not only their work,
but also for the lives affected by that work and must
hold themselves to high ethical standards of practice.
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Introduction : What makes a PE
different from an engineer?
– Licensure for a consulting engineer or a private practitioner is not
something that is merely desirable; it is a legal requirement for those
who are in responsible charge of work, be they principals or employees.
– Licensure for engineers in government has become increasingly
significant. In many federal, state, and municipal agencies, certain
governmental engineering positions, particularly those considered
higher level and responsible positions, must be filled by licensed
professional engineers.
– Many states require that individuals teaching engineering must also
be licensed. Exemptions to state laws are under attack, and in the
future, those in education, as well as industry and government, may
need to be licensed to practice. Also, licensure helps educators prepare
students for their future in engineering.
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Professional Registration –UK
[Source : IET – UK]
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Why become registered?
Categories of registration.
Benefits of registration.
Maintaining your registration.
[Source : Institution of Engineering &
Technology, UK. Website : www.theiet.org ]
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Why become registered?
• Professional registration is an important milestone for
any engineer or technologist. The IET is licensed by
the Engineering Council to award the professional
engineering qualifications defined in the UK Standard
for Professional Engineering Competence (UKSPEC) and the Information and Communications
Technology Technician (ICTTech) Standard.
Becoming professionally registered shows your peers
and employers that you have demonstrated
professional competence.
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Professional registration
recognises your
competence, commitment,
skills and experience.
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Categories of registration
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Chartered Engineer (CEng);
Incorporated Engineer (IEng);
Engineering Technician (EngTech);
ICT Technician (ICTTech).
• Chartered Engineers (CEng) who are IET registered can apply
for International Professional Engineer (IntPE) professional
registration.
• Incorporated Engineers (IEng) who are IET registered can
apply for International Engineering Technologist (IntET)
professional registration.
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Benefits of registration.
• Recognition as a professional in your field;
• Improved self motivation, career opportunities and
salary prospects;
• Greater influence within your organisation and
industry;
• Confirmation that you are a competent engineer;
• Connecting you with innovative, influential and
inspirational people;
• International recognition of your qualifications.
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Maintaining your registration.
• Currently there are no requirements for re-assessment
once registration has been granted, and you will
remain on the Engineering Council register whilst
you remain a member of a licensed body. Joining the
register confirms your commitment to both the
Engineering Council's Guidelines for Institutions
Codes of Conduct and the IET Rules of Conduct and
your obligation to remain professionally competent
through CPD.
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PR Exam in Engineering in UK.
• The Society of Professional Engineers (1969):
[website: www.professionalengineers-uk.org ]
– The Society of Engineers (1854).
– Professional Engineer : PEng(UK)
• Chartered Engineering Institutions :
– ICE (1818; RC-1828) ; IET (formerly IEE)(1871; RC –
1921); IMechE (1847; RC – 1930), etc
– Engineering Council [website : www.engc.org.uk ]
– Chartered Engineer : CEng
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PR Exam in Engineering in UK –
PEng(UK)
• Qualification : at least 8
points (an accredited First
Degree in Engineering)
• Training & Experience : at
least 8 points; at least 4
years of professional
engineering experience.
• Total : at least 18 points.
• PR : Report +
Professional
Interview
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SPE-UK : Basic Qualifications
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SPE-UK : Supplementary
Qualifications
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SPE-UK : Training & Experience
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PR Exam in Engineering in UK CEng
• Education Base : MEng;
BEng(Hons) + Further
Learning
• Initial Professional
Development (IPD) :
Training & Experience
• Chartered Professional
Review (ICE) or Chartered
Membership Examination
(IStructE).
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Sample Review Report -UK
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Sample Review Report - UK
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PR Exam in Engineering in Singapore
– Professional Engineers Act
• Approved Qualification, e.g. BEng awarded
by National University of Singapore (NUS) or
Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
• Experience : not less than four years of
practical experience in such professional
work and at such level of responsibility as to
be sufficiently competent for registration as a
professional engineer.
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PR Exam in Engineering in Singapore
– Professional Engineers Act
• Sat and passed the following examinations:
– Fundamentals of Engineering Examination (FE Exam),
– Practice of Professional Engineering Examination (PE
Exam).
• FE Exam
– Part 1 – 3 hours (9am – 12 noon); 40 MCQs
– Part 2 – 3 hours (2 pm – 5 pm); Answer 5 out of 9
questions (Civil)’ Answer 5 out of 7 questions (Electrical,
Mechanical)
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PR Exam in Engineering in Singapore
– Professional Engineers Act
• PE Exam :
– Summary of Postgraduate Professional
Experience
– Report on Postgraduate Engineering Experience :
2,000 – 4,000 words; in detail his involvement in
not more than four projects in the branch of
engineering that he is seeking registration. See
‘Check List for PI in Appendix A’. [website:
www.peb.gov.sg ]
– Professional Interview (PI)
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Pathways to become Professional
Engineer in Singapore
Approved Qualifications,
e.g. BEng from NUS/NTU
PEB – PE Exam
PEB – FE Exam
. Report on
Postgraduate
Engineering Experience
Experience
. Professional
Interview (PI)
. Summary of
Postgraduate
Professional Experience
Professional
Engineer (PE)
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Professional Interview for Registration as
Professional Engineer - Singapore
• Requirements:
– 1. Appropriate qualifications – Section 15(1);
– 2. Appropriate experience – Section 15(2)(a);
– 3. Sat and passed prescribed examinations –
Section 15(2)(b);
– 4. Good character and reputation – Section
15(4)(a); and
– 5. Able to carry out the duties of a professional
engineer effectively – Section 15(4)(b).
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Professional Interview for Registration as
Professional Engineer - Singapore
• The Purpose of PI is to determine the
following:
– 1. The duration and adequacy of practical
experience;
– 2. The type, quality and relevance of practical
engineering experience;
– 3. The character and reputation; and
– 4. The ability to carry out the duties of a
professional engineer effectively.
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Professional Interview for Registration as
Professional Engineer - Singapore
• The PI process comprises three components:
– 1. review the Summary of Postgraduate
Professional Experience;
– 2. assessment of the Report on Postgraduate
Engineering Experience; and
– 3. attending the interview.
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Professional Interview for Registration as
Professional Engineer - Singapore
• The Professional Interview (PI):
– Applicant : 10 – minute presentation of one or
more of his projects highlighted in his report.
– About 45 minutes : to discuss with the panel on
his involvement in achieving the various
competent elements as presented in his report; to
answer questions on other aspects relating to his
application and professional practice such as
summary of postgraduate experience.
– Further information or clarification.
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PR Exam in Engineering in Malaysia.
• IEM : Institution of Engineers, Malaysia.
[website : www.iem.org.my ]
• BEM : Board of Engineers Malaysia. [website
: www.bem.org.my ]
• IEM/BEM Graduate Examination
• BEM : Professional Assessment
Examination (PAE)[= Professional Review
Exam]
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Pathways to become a PE in Malaysia
Working adults in
Engineering with at least 2
STPM/GCE(A) passes in
Mathematics and/or
Science subjects
IEM/BEM –
Graduate
Examination
An Approved Qualification,
e.g. BE from University of
Malaya
BEM – Graduate Engineer
Report on Training & Experience
BEM - PAE
Professional Engineer
(PE)
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PR Exam in Engineering in Malaysia – BEM
Professional Assessment Examination
• Documents for Professional Assessment
Examination (PAE)
– Report : Training and Experience ; 1500 – 2000
words.
– Drawings and Calculations (Civil) : Drainage,
Irrigation and Flood Mitigation; Hydrology and
other areas in water resources; Geotechnical, Soil
& Rock Mechanics; Public Health and
Environmental; Permanent Way; Roads, Highways
and Transportation; Town Planning.
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Professional Exams in Engineering in Malaysia
– BEM Professional Assessment Examination
• Professional Interview (PI)
• Easy Writing :
– To test the candidate’s ability to marshal his knowledge and
thoughts and express them in words in a clear and concise
manner.
– two essays ; 1 ½ hours per essay.
– One from Section A : an essay related to the candidate’s
training and experience as stated in his report
– One from Section B : on the code of ethics from two
alternative questions selected by the examiners.
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International Professional
Registration
• European registration : FEANI – EUR ING
• International Register of Professional
Engineers – International Professional
Engineer (IntPE). [website :
www.washingtonaccord.org ]
• Asia – Pacific : APEC Engineer
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MIPENZ – CPEng - IntPE
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Source : IPENZ (2010)
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Source : IPENZ (2010)
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Source : IPENZ (2010)
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Preparation for the PR Exam.
• Find a suitable ‘mentor’ or a ‘supervising
engineer’.
• Attend ‘preparation course’ or ‘workshop’,
e.g. The Institution of Structural Engineers
(IStructE) - Chartered Membership
Examination Preparation Course, organized by
IES/IStructE Joint Committee.
• Reading of relevant books and articles in
professional journals/magazines.
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Chartered Membership Examination
Preparation Course – February 2011
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Preparation for the PR Exam.
• Submission
– Summary of Postgraduate Professional Experience
– Report on Training & Experience
– Drawings & Calculations
• Professional Interview (PI)
• Essay Writing
– Technical Report Writing
– Engineering Ethics
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Books for Reading
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1. The Professional Engineer in Society by
Stephen Collins, John Ghey and Graham Mills.
Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London
(1994)
2. Preparation for the Professional Reviews of
the Institution of Civil Engineers by Jean
Venables, MBE, Director, Venables Consultancy
Services Ltd; Chairman, Crane Environmental Ltd,
Surbiton, Surrey. Published by Whittles Publishing
(1995).
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Books for Reading
• 3. Civil Engineering Practice : Engineering
Success by Analysis of Failure by David D.A.
Piesold. Published by McGraw-Hill Publishing
Company (1991).
• 4. Engineering Ethics by Charles Fleddermann.
Published by Prentice Hall, 3rd Edition(2008).
• 5. 4 Es : Ethics, Engineering & Environment by
John St. J. S. Buckeridge. Published by RMIT Press
(2008).
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Professional Engineer in Society
by Stephen Collins, John Ghey and Graham Mills
• Part 1. Technology and Society. 1. The Professional Engineer in
Society. Education and engineering. Is engineering a true profession? 2.
The Work of the Engineering Council. Standards and routes to registration.
Counting education and training. Campaigns and initiatives. 3. Technology
and Society. The concept of a technological revolution. Technology
transfers to the Third World. The impact of technology in society. 4. Energy
Sources and the Environment. Fossil fuels. Acid rain. The Greenhouse
Effect. Nuclear power. The disposal of nuclear waste. Nuclear reactor
accidents: The Mile Island Nuclear Power Station accident. Chernobyl
Nuclear Reactor accident. Nuclear fusion - energy for the next century? 5.
Issues in Engineering Safety. The Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974.
Explosion at Nypro (UK) Ltd, Fixborough, 1974. Release of dioxin from
ICMESA Plant, Seveso, Italy, 1976. Release of methyl isocyanate from the
Union Carbide Corporation Plant, Bhopal, India, 1984. Challenger Space
Shuttle explosion, Cape Canaveral, USA, 1986. Capsize of the Herald of
Free Enterprise, Zeebrugge, Belgium, 1987. The lessons learned. Safety in
design. Human factors in safety.
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Professional Engineer in Society
by Stephen Collins, John Ghey and Graham Mills
• Part 2. The Organisation of Engineering Activities. 6. The
Pioneers of Management Thought. Scientific management
('Taylorism'). The principles of administration (Fayol). Alfred
Sloan and General Motors. Modern criticisms of the pioneers
of management. 7. Modern Approaches to Organisational
Design. The Japanese management style. 'In search of
excellence'. Computer integrated manufacture. The Jaguar
turnaround. Contracting out. The federal organisation. 8. Team
Leadership. Leadership motivation and team building. The
power of the group. Leadership style. Quality circles.
Leadership and organisational structure.
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Professional Engineer in Society
by Stephen Collins, John Ghey and Graham Mills
• Part 3. Communication . 9. Face-to-Face
Communication. Making a formal
presentation. Chairing a meeting. Selection
interviewing. 10. Written Communications.
Style. Structure and logical order. Presentation.
Memos and letters. Study Questions and
Assignments. Bibliography.
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Preparation for the Professional Reviews of the
Institution of Civil Engineers by Venables, Jean
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This volume is designed specifically
to assist candidates for the Chartered
Professional Review, and Technician
Professional Review of the Institution
of Civil Engineers to: understand the
requirements of the ICE; decide upon
the appropriate review to take;
understand the need for thorough
preparation; prepare for the written
submissions; prepare the presentation
and/or interview; and prepare for the
written tests associated with the
reviews. The book should also be of help to
supervising civil engineers and delegated engineers who
have responsibilities under the ICE's training schemes
for the training and development of candidates for all
three grades of ICE member. The book also: is revised to
match the latest requirements for Chartered Professional
Review of ICE; covers Incorporated Review and
Technician Professional Review for the first time; and is
equally useful to candidates and supervising civil
engineers and/or delegated engineers.
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Civil Engineering Practice : Engineering Success by
Analysis of Failure by Piesold, David D. A.
• Sets out to describe why unexpected happenings occurred,
despite engineers observing the correct theories and
practices.
• The book goes on, with the help of case studies, to point out
extra safeguards and precautions that may be taken, using a
combination of project design and construction analysis.
• This reference provides an analysis of civil engineering
failures, from the benefit of using hindsight.
• David Piesold describes why many unexpected happenings
have occurred, despite engineers keeping to the accepted
methods of calculation and construction.
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Civil Engineering Practice : Engineering Success by
Analysis of Failure by Piesold, David D. A.
• Piesold illustrates through international case studies,
how adverse consequences can be avoided by a
process of project design and/or construction analysis
before implementation.
• The book also includes the latest technical advances
in current civil engineering practice that help to
avoid engineering failure. These include state-of-theart technology in deep-seated anchor methods of
disposal of environmentally unacceptable particulate
waste.
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Engineering Ethics
by Charles Fleddermann
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The purpose of this book is to provide
a text and a resource for the study of
engineering ethics and to help future
engineers be prepared for confronting
and resolving ethical dilemmas that
they might encounter during their
professional careers.Codes of Ethics
of Professional Engineering Societies
Table of Contents
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Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Professionalism and Codes of Ethics
Chapter 3 - Understanding Ethical Problems
Chapter 4 - Ethical Problem-Solving Techniques
Chapter 5 - Risk, Safety, and Accidents
Chapter 6 - The Rights and Responsibilities of
Engineers
Chapter 7 - Ethical Issues in Engineering Practice
Chapter 8 - Doing the Right Thing
Appendix A - Codes of Ethics of Professional
Engineering Societies
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Questions & Answers
Thank You
自强不息, 力求上进
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Success
Failure is never final and
Success is never ending.
Success is a journey, not a
destination.
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