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Employers also benefit from the critical assessment of training and qualifications and the corroborating evidence of competence that registration provides.  The workshop will afford a forum for invited senior managers and marketing and HR executives from professional engineering institutions and employers to share their experience.  The event will be chaired by Professor Bill Banks, Deputy President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a former Chairman of the Engineering Professors’ Council.

The workshop will be lively and interactive, identifying new strategies and marketing initiatives to address the key issues that inhibit applications for recognition.   These include establishing the benefits that accrue to registrants and their employers from professional recognition.

According to John Morton, Chief Executive of the ETB said: “This workshop presents an excellent opportunity for key stakeholders, especially the professional engineering institutions, to work together on fresh ideas to convince potential registrants of the significant value this status provides."

ECUK’s CEO, Andrew Ramsay commented: “UK engineers are fortunate in having access to a strong and competitive system of professional societies providing a wide range of cost-effective services.  Better, more consistent marketing will make these benefits available to the many engineers who are missing out.”

Professor Bill Banks, the workshop’s Chair and a former Chairman of the Engineering Professors’ Council outlined the value of registration: “Registration is evidence of achievement. It indicates that peer assessment has been successfully conducted and gives access to networking opportunities leading to potential for career enhancement.”

The ETB is an independent organisation that promotes the essential role of science, engineering and technology in society. The ETB partners business and industry, Government and the wider STEM community. 

The Engineering Council UK (ECUK) regulates the UK’s engineering profession, setting and maintaining standards of competence and ethics for engineers, technologists and technicians. It operates through 36 engineering institutions, who are licensed to assess members for inclusion on the ECUK Register of Engineers. This has three sections: Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer and Engineering Technician, titles that are protected under the Engineering Council’s Royal Charter and can only be used by registrants. ECUK also formally represents the interests of UK engineers abroad.

For further information contact: Ed Hallatt, Communications Manager, ECUK,
Tel: 020 3206 0574 or email ehallatt@engc.org.uk