CHARTERED ENGINEER GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION

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1 ? CHARTERED ENGINEER GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION March 2014

2 INTRODUCTION YOUR GUIDE TO MAKING A SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION This documet has bee prepared to provide support, assistace, ad advice to you as you prepare your applicatio for assessmet of your Phase 2 formatio as a Chartered Egieer. whe preparig your applicatio. If you do have questios or queries at ay stage of the applicatio process, please cotact our Membership Team: This documet should be used i cojuctio with the published regulatios for the registered professioal title Chartered Egieer, ot istead of it. Tel or, membership@egieersirelad.ie. It is importat that you uderstad the curret requiremets for becomig a Chartered Egieer. You should be absolutely cofidet that you meet the educatioal stadard, have the requisite professioal egieerig experiece ad have acquired the five competeces listed i the Chartered Egieer Phase 2 documetatio before makig your applicatio. Please esure that you read the full regulatios for the registered professioal title of Chartered Egieer carefully Good luck o your jourey to becomig a Chartered Egieer the ext importat goal i your egieerig career! Damie Owes Chartered Egieer Membership Director ad Registrar PAGE 2 CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION

3 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 THE COMPETENCES OF A CHARTERED ENGINEER EXPLAINED 4 SECTION 2 COMPLETING THE APPLICATION 9 SECTION 2.1 Competece statemets 9 SECTION 2.2 Career summary table 9 SECTION 2.3 Career summary report 10 SECTION 2.4 CPD ad future developmet statemet 10 SECTION 2.5 Essays 11 SECTION 2.6 Glossary of terms 11 SECTION 2.7 Geeral tips 11 SECTION 3 DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETENCE 12 SECTION 4 TIPS FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW 17 SECTION 5 WHAT CONSTITUTES CPD 18 SECTION 6 THE ENGINEERS IRELAND CODE OF ETHICS 21 CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION PAGE 3

4 SECTION ONE THE COMPETENCES OF A CHARTERED ENGINEER EXPLAINED Use your copy of the five competeces from the regulatios for the registered professioal title of Chartered Egieer ad read them i cojuctio with these guidace otes. Make comparisos ad the see where they fit ito YOUR professioal career ad how YOU ca demostrate how you satisfy each competece. This is NOT a layout for your applicatio, but a useful tool whe draftig your ideas i advace of preparig your applicatio. COMPETENCE ONE YOUR KNOWLEDGE Use a combiatio of geeral ad specialist egieerig kowledge ad uderstadig to optimise the applicatio of existig ad emergig techology. Icludes, but is ot restricted to: Examples How YOU use the egieerig theory you leared through your qualificatio ad apply it to your practical experiece. How YOU keep aware of, ad improve your kowledge of, techological advaces ad iovatios. How YOU implemet iovatio ad kowledge gaied i problem solvig. How YOU successfully pass this kowledge o to the advatage of your project ad compay. PAGE 4 CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION

5 SECTION ONE THE COMPETENCES OF A CHARTERED ENGINEER EXPLAINED COMPETENCE TWO APPLYING YOUR KNOWLEDGE Apply appropriate theoretical ad practical methods to the aalysis ad solutio of egieerig problems. Icludes, but is ot restricted to: Examples How YOU apply your egieerig kowledge ad experiece to improve ad iovate. How YOU cotiually review situatios ad take the iitiative to ehace products ad processes. How YOU pla, cost, aalyse, correct, ad modify. How YOU actively participate i cosultatio. CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION PAGE 5

6 SECTION ONE THE COMPETENCES OF A CHARTERED ENGINEER EXPLAINED COMPETENCE THREE DEMONSTRATING YOUR LEADERSHIP Provide techical, commercial, ad maagerial leadership. Icludes, but is ot restricted to: Examples How YOU prepare, structure ad agree the developmet ad improvemet of a project. How YOU project maage resources, processes ad techical ad o-techical teams. How YOU develop ad improve the capabilities ad skills of your staff. How YOU promote, apply, ad improve quality stadards ad quality cotrol. PAGE 6 CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION

7 SECTION ONE THE COMPETENCES OF A CHARTERED ENGINEER EXPLAINED COMPETENCE FOUR HOW YOU COMMUNICATE Use effective commuicatio ad iterpersoal skills. Icludes, but is ot restricted to: Examples How YOU develop, maitai, ad promote effective workig relatioships. How YOU preset, clarify, discuss, ad idetify plas, proposals ad commo goals. How YOU cotiuously improve your writte ad spoke commuicatio skills. How YOU resolve coflicts, promote cofidece, ad effectively egotiate with all project participats. CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION PAGE 7

8 SECTION ONE THE COMPETENCES OF A CHARTERED ENGINEER EXPLAINED COMPETENCE FIVE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS Make a persoal commitmet to abide by the appropriate code of professioal coduct, recogisig obligatios to society, the professio ad the eviromet. Icludes, but is ot restricted to: Examples How YOU place resposibility for the welfare, health ad safety of the commuity at all times before resposibility to the professio, to sectioal iterests, or to other egieers. How YOU comply with the Code of Ethics of Egieers Irelad. How YOU maitai adequate kowledge i order to implemet appropriate safe systems of work. How YOU take precautios whe dealig with hazards. How YOU approach issues which impact o the eviromet. How YOU set persoal goals to achieve persoal ad professioal objectives. PAGE 8 CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION

9 SECTION TWO COMPLETING THE APPLICATION This sectio aims to explai each part of your applicatio ad should be read i cojuctio with Sectio 8 of the regulatios for the registered professioal title of Chartered Egieer. 2.1 COMPETENCE STATEMENTS What is competece? Competece is simply the prove ability to do somethig effectively. Your professioal competece as a egieer is your ability to apply ad exted your skills ad kowledge of egieerig priciples to solve o-routie problems i a safe, effective, ad ethical way. The hallmark of a professioal egieer is the ability to apply the learig outcomes gaied durig study to work-based situatios. Durig your professioal review, this is assessed as competeces. The Europea Quality Framework defies competece as "a demostrated ability to apply kowledge, skills ad attitudes for achievig observable results". You should review Sectio 8 of the Regulatios before completig this sectio of your applicatio. Please ote that the attributes listed i this sectio of the regulatios are to assist you i your applicatio, you are ot obliged to aswer all of the questios. It is quite likely that you will ot be able to demostrate work experiece i every area, but you should be able to demostrate sufficiet experiece withi each of the competeces. 2.2 CAREER SUMMARY TABLE This is a sample of the table that will form part of your applicatio. This should be completed i chroological order from graduatio to curret date. Employmet dates Compay/Project ame Positio Resposibilities Supervisior From To Sept 03 Oct 04 ABC Group Graduate Maufacturig Egieer Traiig, bill of materials, review of product materials. Breda Ahere, Lead Egieer Oct 04 May 05 XYZ Egieerig Assistat Project Egieer ETC!! CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION PAGE 9

10 SECTION TWO COMPLETING THE APPLICATION 2.3 CAREER SUMMARY REPORT This sectio of your applicatio should expad o the details you have provided i your career summary table, i particular the resposibilities colum. You should describe the resposible experiece ad traiig you have udertake durig your iitial professioal developmet. You should pay careful attetio to idetifyig your ow persoal resposibilities throughout the applicatio. The assessmet will ot be o how your employer or team delivered services but o your ow ivolvemet. Whe describig your career, please highlight: your persoal cotributio ad resposibilities; the problems you faced; the solutio(s) you foud; the egieerig judgemets you made; ad, the impact did your solutio(s) or judgemets have. This sectio should be o more tha 2,000 words 2.4 CPD AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT STATEMENT CPD table This is a sample of the table that will form part of your applicatio. This should be completed i reverse chroological order from curret date back. Please list your CPD activities uder the headigs below. Ideally your CPD should be a bled of these various types as per the table below. Please expad to give iformatio o each of the activities icludig why it was importat ad how you applied/icorporated it ito your role. For iformatio o what costitutes CPD, please see Sectio Five of these guidace otes. For your applicatio you are required to demostrate a miimum of five days, or 40 hours, CPD per aum for the two years prior to applicatio for the registered professioal title of Chartered Egieer. Courses/semiars E.g., i-compay traiig, post graduate academic courses, exteral traiig courses. Date CPD hours claimed Work based learig E.g., metorig, coachig, research, IT skills developmet. Self-directed study E.g., professioal istitutio activities attedig/preparig lectures, preparatio of articles/papers, structured readig. PAGE 10 CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION

11 SECTION TWO COMPLETING THE APPLICATION Future developmet statemets This will form part of your applicatio. It is importat to realise that your learig ad developmet will ot cease after successful achievemet of the registered professioal title of Chartered Egieer. Istead, it should remai a essetial part of your professioal career, i lie with your commitmet to your professioal developmet ad the code of ethics. Your future developmet statemet should iclude a idicative pla for your developmet over the short, medium, ad log term. Short-term goals (12 moths) Medium-term goals (12-24 moths) Log-term goals (2-5 years) 2.5 ESSAYS Essay oe ca be from a egieerig subject area of your choice, articulatig your professioal opiio. Essay two must be chose from the curret list of essay titles o the website. Please esure that both essays are a clear articulatio of your opiios, argumets, coclusios ad aalysis. Use phrases like I thik ; I my opiio ; or, I foud. 2.6 GLOSSARY OF TERMS I the glossary sectio of your applicatio, you should iclude ay term which you use. Example of a possible glossary CEg MIEI CPD IPD MIEI BIM Chartered Egieer ad Member of Egieers Irelad Cotiuig Professioal Developmet Iitial Professioal Developmet Member of Egieers Irelad Buildig Iformatio Modellig 2.7 GENERAL TIPS Esure you submit your applicatio olie i time for oe Esure that alterative supporters are approved at least of the two aual deadlies. two moths prior to the deadlie. Cosult with a colleague who has successfully completed CHECK, CHECK ad RE-CHECK, especially spellig, grammar the process to read your submissio ad offer commets. ad sytax, as your applicatio will be rejected util the ext Esure that both of your supporters have give permissio deadlie if these are a issue. to receive your applicatio for review to their Remember, your applicatio is a perfect example of your address. achievemet of competece four. CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION PAGE 11

12 SECTION THREE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETENCE I order to be successful i achievig the registered professioal title of Chartered Egieer, you must achieve the followig miimum levels of developmet i each of the five competeces: a miimum of level 2 i all five competeces; ad, a miimum of level 3 i three of the five competeces, oe of which must be competece oe or two. The levels of developmet are defied i Sectio 10 of the regulatios. To give you more guidace, these levels of developmet are expaded below. This aims to give you a greater uderstadig of what is required withi each competece. 3.1 COMPETENCE ONE: ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE Use a combiatio of geeral ad specialist egieerig kowledge ad uderstadig to optimise the applicatio of existig ad emergig techology. Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Cadidate: may provide evidece of broadeig the kowledge or skills gaied from their academic formatio; demostrates havig applied egieerig priciples i routie situatios uder supervisio ad with a low level of persoal resposibility; ad, has awareess of the opportuity to use, create ad/or advace ew techologies i their orgaisatio. Cadidate: provides evidece of broadeig their egieerig kowledge ad skills; demostrates havig applied egieerig priciples i routie situatios with persoal resposibility, ad uder supervisio i more complex situatios; demostrates evidece of cotributig to the applicatio, adoptio, or advacemet of ew techologies withi their orgaisatio; ad, provides examples of cotributig to creative solutios that have bee successfully implemeted. Cadidate: provides evidece of their resposibility i ehacig effectiveess of their project(s) through their techical kowledge ad skills; provides evidece of persoal resposibility for the developmet of o-routie products/services/ desigs through the applicatio of their kowledge ad uderstadig of egieerig priciples; provides examples of their use of ad/ or developmet of ew techologies; ad, provides examples of their techical creativity i aalysig, recommedig, ad implemetig solutios. PAGE 12 CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION Cadidate: provides evidece of exemplary persoal resposibility for the developmet of sigificat products/ services/desigs through the applicatio of their excellet kowledge ad uderstadig of egieerig priciples; provides clear evidece of leadig the advacemet of, or exploitatio of, ew or existig techologies; ad, provides examples of iitiatig ad leadig iovative approaches to egieerig problems. NOVICE >>> >>> EXPERT

13 SECTION THREE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETENCE 3.2 COMPETENCE TWO: APPLICATION OF ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE Apply appropriate theoretical ad practical methods to the aalysis ad solutio of complex egieerig problems. Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Cadidate: Cadidate: Cadidate: Cadidate: is ivolved i repetitive demostrates demostrates evidece demostrates evidece type desig/project work, applicatio of of persoal resposibility of sigificat applyig curret egieerig kowledge, i deliverig o-routie resposibility i kowledge without icludig how they egieerig solutios to deliverig o-routie opportuity to expad or coducted research, complex problems; egieerig solutios to deepe it; aalysis, ad derive provides examples of complex problems; has limited resposibility solutios uder havig persoally provides examples of for desig solutios/ supervisio; delivered egieerig persoal resposibility value egieerig; ad, provides examples of solutios usig aalysis for, ad demostrates has limited opportuity their ivolvemet i ad evaluatio to clearly sigificat creativity i, for applyig egieerig busiess cocept preset optios to the evaluatio, kowledge to all aspects developmet, leadig to cliets/colleagues; ad, presetatio ad of a problem. clear project outcomes; demostrates plaig implemetatio of ad, ad implemetatio of a solutios to complex demostrates a holistic approach i egieerig problems; uderstadig of holistic delivery of a project. ad, approach i delivery of a demostrates project. resposibility for a holistic approach i the delivery of a project. NOVICE >>> >>> EXPERT CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION PAGE 13

14 SECTION THREE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETENCE 3.3 COMPETENCE THREE: LEADERSHIP Provide techical, commercial ad maagerial leadership. Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Cadidate: Cadidate: Cadidate: Cadidate: ormally works uder demostrates evidece demostrates persoal demostrates clear supervisio with limited of leadership, with resposibility for the evidece of leadership level of persoal icreasig resposibility cotributio of techical withi their orgaisatio; resposibility; for the cotributio of ad other staff; provides examples of cotributes to idetifyig techical ad other staff; provides examples of their persoal ow traiig eeds demostrates evidece their resposibility for resposibility for the demostrates havig of cotributig to the key egieerig busiess outcomes limited resposibility for overall outcome ad decisios, demostrated through the supervisio of others; delivery of a project o process/systems budget/cost cotrol ad ad, time ad o budget; improvemets ad team ivolvemet i busiess demostrates awareess demostrates areas of developmet; developmet; of the implemetatio of persoal resposibility i demostrates evidece demostrates clear quality maagemet the project decisio- of achievig cotiuous evidece of their makig ad delivery improvemet i busiess resposibility for the process; outcomes through motivatio, developmet displays evidece of quality maagemet; ad performace iput to decisios i has resposibility for maagemet of progressig projects ad idetifyig the traiig techical ad other staff; developig systems; eeds of their team; ad, ad, cotributes to the demostrates evidece demostrates evidece developmet of the of plaig a project of strategic thikig i capabilities of staff; ad, where they have led a project/assigmet cotributes to the team, without implemetatio, implemetatio of ecessarily havig direct particularly with respect quality maagemet. lie maagemet to risk assessmet ad resposibility for the risk maagemet. staff ivolved. NOVICE >>> >>> EXPERT PAGE 14 CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION

15 SECTION THREE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETENCE 3.4 COMPETENCE FOUR: EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS Use effective commuicatio ad iterpersoal skills. Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Cadidate: Cadidate: Cadidate: Cadidate: demostrates limited demostrates evidece demostrates evidece demostrates evidece commuicatio or of good writte, of very good writte, of excellet writte, presetatio skills, commuicatio, ad commuicatio ad commuicatio ad icludig writte ad iterpersoal skills; iterpersoal skills; iterpersoal skills; iterpersoal skills; demostrates evidece provides examples of provides examples of demostrates limited of hadlig egotiatios their resposibility for their resposibility i evidece of with a rage of egotiatios withi a deliverig optimal commuicatios with stakeholders ad project ad their ability results through stakeholders; ad, evidece of sucessul to coalesce maagig strog or provides evidece of outcomes; ad, multidiscipliary teams difficult egotiatios havig had oly limited demostrates evidece resultig i effective with stakeholders; opportuity to build of team work ad delivery of projects; demostrates evidece teams ad egotiate. egotiatio skills. provides examples of of kowledge sharig papers or presetatios through the preseted to developmet of peers/cliets/ techical papers or stakeholders; ad, delivery of iformatio achieves outcomes by sessios or peer utilisig a etwork of reviews; ad, professioal cotacts. iflueces stadards ad/or policy by utilisig a etwork of professioal cotacts. NOVICE >>> >>> EXPERT CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION PAGE 15

16 SECTION THREE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETENCE 3.5 COMPETENCE FIVE: ETHICAL PRACTICE Make a persoal commitmet to abide by the appropriate code of professioal coduct, recogisig obligatios to society, the professio ad the eviromet. Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Cadidate: Cadidate: Cadidate: Cadidate: demostrates limited awareess ad uderstadig of stadards ad codes of practice withi their area of expertise; demostrates evidece of their basic awareess ad uderstadig of stadards ad codes of practice withi their area of expertise; demostrates reasoably good evidece of the applicatio ad uderstadig of stadards ad codes of practice withi their area provides strog evidece of their applicatio ad uderstadig of stadards ad codes of practice withi their area of expertise; provides limited evidece of their awareess of risk assessmet; ca relate their role to this uderstadig ad give limited examples of of expertise; provides good examples of their solid provides strog examples of their ivolvemet i decisios with regard to provides limited examples of the applicatio of the Egieers Irelad code of ethics i their practice; ad, remediatio measures they applied with regard to risk ad health ad safety issues; provides evidece of their basic awareess uderstadig of the implicatios of health ad safety legislatio to their practice ad also clear evidece of their commitmet to the remediatio of health ad safety issues, risks ad evirometal sustaiability; demostrates i detail their practice i demostrates limited self-evaluatio leadig to their cotiuig professioal developmet. ad applicatio of the Egieers Irelad Code of Ethics; provides evidece of cotiuig professioal evirometal sustaiability; provides good examples of the applicatio of the Egieers Irelad Code of complyig with the Egieers Irelad Code of Ethics; demostrates that they approach their developmet but limited Ethics withi their work; developmet i a self-evaluatio ad demostrates good structured maer to future developmet self-evaluatio ifluecig achieve excellece i plaig; ad, their cotiuig their professioal provides examples of professioal developmet practice; ad, limited ivolvemet i choices ad a structured demostrates they are their professioal body. approach to their future active participats i the career pla; ad, work of Egieers provides examples of Irelad to promote the their ivolvemet i kowledge withi, ad promotig ad growig profile of, the the professio through egieerig professio. ivolvemet with the work of Egieers Irelad. NOVICE >>> >>> EXPERT PAGE 16 CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION

17 SECTION FOUR TIPS FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW 4.1. Prepare your 10-miute presetatio i advace of your iterview. This is your 10 miutes to impress, so make sure that it s ot just a summary of your applicatio your iterviewers have already read this. For example, the pael will wat to kow about sigificat egieerig work you have udertake, perhaps additioal projects which were ot icluded i your applicatio, or a update o a project which was icomplete at the time of submittig your applicatio. You are permitted to use visual aids durig your presetatio (max A3 size). You ca also use a laptop or tablet, however, this should be ready to preset whe you eter the room, you will ot be permitted access to the room i advace of your iterview. Egieer to esure you are fully familiar with what the iterviewers will be assessig you agaist durig your iterview Esure that you arrive at least 10 miutes before the start of your iterview ad check the date Do you kow the veue of your iterview? Is there parkig, ad if so, do you eed to pay for it Do t forget your photographic idetificatio Do your research. If you are givig statistics, make sure that they are correct ad up to date You are ecouraged to practice your presetatio i frot of others this will help you demostrate competece four commuicatio skills You should review your applicatio before your iterview 4.4. You should review the five competeces of a Chartered 4.9. Nervousess ca make people race through their iterview, so cocetrate o speakig slowly ad pause appropriately If you disagree with your pael, be persuasive rather tha aggressive. Covice them of your poit of view. Say that you accept their poit of view but that you feel differetly ad explai why. CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION PAGE 17

18 SECTION FIVE WHAT CONSTITUTES CPD Revisio August 2013 There are may ways to build up your CPD. Remember you are required to have five days CPD per year for the two years prior to you applyig for the registered professioal title Chartered Egieer. TYPES OF FORMAL CPD (i.e., excludig o-the-job geeral learig ad developmet) I-compay traiig courses or lectures Classroom-based traiig Lecture series or luch ad lears e-learig courses Formal iductio traiig Actual duratio Actual duratio Actual duratio Actual duratio For seior egieers Teachig classes or tutorig materials preparatio Actual class time plus material preparatio time Postgraduate further egieerig educatio Relevat Masters Degree from a istitutio recogised by Egieers Irelad Accredited degree i egieerig/sciece related subjects Accredited Diploma i egieerig/sciece related subjects Accredited Certificate i egieerig/sciece related subjects Other relevat academic courses with qualificatios Up to 50 days (up to 25 uiversity days per aum over 2 years) Up to 60 days (up to 20 uiversity days per aum over 3 years) Up to 20 days Up to 15 days Actual lecture time Exteral traiig courses/cpd semiars Courses ru by a recogised istitutio or traiig provider coverig specific techical subjects, sector specific subjects or geeric traiig (e.g., maagemet, law, fiace, accoutig, health ad safety, huma resources, evirometal issues, computer applicatios, etc.) e-learig courses Actual course duratio Actual course duratio For seior egieers Courses such as: coflict resolutio, maagemet, ifluecig skills, PR ad media traiig, advaced-level traiig, systems thikig traiig, etc. Actual course duratio PAGE 18 CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION

19 SECTION FIVE WHAT CONSTITUTES CPD Revisio August 2013 Professioal istitutio activities Attedig a relevat lecture Orgaisig a techical coferece or lecture series Participatig i a committee, coucil or special task fore Actual lecture time Up to 3 days per aum Actual meetig time (up to 3 days per aum) For seior egieers Preparig ad deliverig a egieerig-related paper/presetatio Up to 3 days per aum Special study-leave icludig exam time This is covered by the allowaces for Masters, Degrees, Diplomas ad Certificates show above For those sittig other formal examiatios ot covered above Actual exam time Special bechmarkig visits or assigmets Targeted visits of a learig ature or active attedace at a work-related coferece/ semiar whe the cost is bore by the compay or idividual as a expese (i.e., ot charged to a cliet) Visits to compay or istallatio, at home or abroad, would fall ito this category where plaed as a developmetal activity Actual time of visit (excludig travel time) Actual time at veue or site (excludig travel time) Professioal titles Upo successful achievemet of a registered professioal title Chartered Egieer, Associate Egieer, or Egieerig Techicia Oe day Structured readig Where structured readig is idetified as part of a professioal developmet pla, e.g., familiarisatio with ew legislatio or ew techology Up to oe day per aum Kowledge maagemet Where formal kowledge sharig activities are plaed ad ru i-house Actual sessio times up to a max of 2 days per aum CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION PAGE 19

20 SECTION FIVE WHAT CONSTITUTES CPD Revisio August 2013 Techical blogs Staff who host a techical blog, deemed beeficial as a kowledge source to other techical staff Oe day per aum Metorig Staff who have completed formal traiig i metorig skills ad up-keep these skills by meetig with a desigated metee a miimum of four times per aum Oe day per aum Voluteer work for a charitable orgaisatio Egieers/techicias who voluteer to assist with the work of a registered charitable orgaisatio, at home or abroad, ca claim up to a maximum of three days, provided the voluteer work is of a techical ature ad ivolves impartig techical skills ad kow-how to aid works, local citizes, etc. Up to three days. This ca be claimed for oe year oly Other Aspects ot covered above, which you judge to be appropriate as CPD Note: We uderstad that small-sized orgaisatios ad self-employed egieers may ot have egaged i as much further educatio ad/or classroom-based CPD i recet years, as they might have doe previously. We would ecourage you to thik about how you record valuable CPD that has happeed o the job. To do this, you must idetify the o-routie elemets of your work, which have bee CPD for you i recet years, i.e., it ca t be CPD if it was your usual work routie ad you leared othig. Thik about: ew desktop research; actual research; ew ivestigatios; specific readig ad study to lear about ew codes, practices, stadards or materials, o-routie teders, etc. So, eve if you do t have five days average classroom-based CPD for each of the two years before applyig, you may still comply with the CPD requiremet by presetig evidece of ew ad o-routie work elemets that were, de facto, CPD for you as a practitioer i a small orgaisatio, or as a self-employed egieer. PAGE 20 CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION

21 SECTION SIX THE ENGINEERS IRELAND CODE OF ETHICS The backboe of our professioal orgaisatio is our Code of Ethics. Every member pledges to adhere to these ad should, at all times i their professioal practice, be cogisat of their meaig ad cotet. Membership of Egieers Irelad gives you rights ad privileges. I retur, you must meet the stadards ad coduct set by Egieers Irelad i its Code of Ethics. The Code applies to all categories of members of Egieers Irelad. It is the duty of each member to comply with the provisios of the Code. The Code is divided ito four parts: 1. Relatios with colleagues, cliets, employers ad society i geeral. 2. Evirometal ad social obligatios. 3. Maiteace ad developmet of professioal coduct ad stadards. 4. Eforcemet procedures ad discipliary actio. Dowload the Code of Ethics booklet. Egieers Irelad, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dubli 4, Irelad. Tel: +353 (0) Web: Membership team +353 (1) or membership@egieersirelad.ie CHARTERED ENGINEER: GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICATION PREPARATION PAGE 21