IRSE - Registration

Employers increasingly, for tendering, or post-tender contract compliance, require the key members of the project team to have professional registration. Some quality assurance systems rely on key responsible staff to be registered. As the Health and Safety Commission has said, employing registered engineers and technicians on important safety-related work helps to demonstrate commitment to good health and safety practice.

Employers of registered engineers have the assurance of knowing that their engineers have received education and training that has enabled them to gain the recognition of their peers as meeting UK and international standards for knowledge and experience.

If you are an IRSE member, you may be eligible to apply for ECUK registration. For details please contact Christine White, Professional Development Manager (christine.white@irse.org / +44 (0)20 7808 1187).

As one of the licensed bodies of the Engineering Council (UK), the IRSE can register suitably qualified engineers and technicians as chartered (CEng) or incorporated (IEng) engineers or engineering technicians (EngTech).

Why Register as an Engineer or Technician with the Engineering Council UK?

Registering with ECUK as a Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer or Engineering Technician through the IRSE brings the following benefits:

It identifies you as having competences that employers value
It indicates that your competence, and your commitment to professionalism, have been assessed by other engineering professionals
It demonstrates that your competence may be compared with standards applicable in other parts of the world
It confirms that your commitment to professionalism is underwritten by the support of a national engineering institution or society licensed by the Engineering Council UK

As a result, registrants often find that:

It is easier to gain promotion, or a new job
Their pay compares favourably with unregistered engineers and increasingly against other qualified professionals
They are more likely to be listened to, whether in the boardroom or the court, their engineering credentials are respected in most parts of the world
They have access to a network of similarly qualified and experienced experts in their field - through their Institution. Each Institution has been assessed by ECUK as being capable of providing comprehensive professional development guidance and opportunities, with a regular magazine to assist in this, and many opportunities to network. The Institutions keep them abreast of job opportunities, with regular reminders of their professional standing - and of the obligations they owe to society.