What are the essentials for you to become a professional engineer ? • What you should do to make this happen? 5 First of all … • What is the meaning of a professional engineer? • Why this ‘professional engineer’ status is important to your career? • How to identify if someone is a professional engineer? • Can anyone simply call himself / herself a professional engineer ? 6 二叔公水電冷氣工程 Uncle Li Plumbing, Electricity and Air Conditioning Engineering What ‘professional engineer’ means? • Broadly speaking, a professional engineer is someone who has conducted sufficient • 1) academic & practical training and • 2) working experience • in a field of engineering which are • 3) recognised by a professional institution of a country/place by law • 4) abide by the code of conduct of the professional institution • May carry a ‘title’ to indicate the professional status of the person • Best of all, there is a ‘social recognition’ and there is a ‘market price’ for a professional engineer ! 7 How to let people know someone is a professional engineer? • Someone who prints the little subscripts like MHKIE, RPE, MIMechE, CEng on the name card …??? 8 ??? Which one represents a ‘professional engineer’ status? This is my friend’s name card OR • Someone who is on the list in the government registration (Engineers Registration Board) / professional institution’s membership record (HKIE Yearbook)??? 9 www.erb.org.hk Let’s have an example Is he a professional engineer? 10 11 Will this be your destination to be a