Technician Professional Review Guidance
Technician Professional Review Guidance
Technician Professional Review Guidance
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Technician
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Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 3
The application...................................................................................................................... 4
Making your application ................................................................................................. 4
Application deadlines and locations ................................................................................... 4
Individual Requirements .................................................................................................... 4
Unspent Convictions ...................................................................................................... 4
Demonstrating the Standards ............................................................................................ 5
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) records ....................................................... 5
Appendices .................................................................................................................... 6
Sponsors ........................................................................................................................... 6
Plagiarism and Collusion................................................................................................ 6
Submitting your application................................................................................................ 7
By-law 15 ....................................................................................................................... 7
Interview details ................................................................................................................. 8
Conflict of interest .............................................................................................................. 8
Presentation ...................................................................................................................... 8
The interview ..................................................................................................................... 8
Result ................................................................................................................................... 8
Appeals ................................................................................................................................. 8
Appendix A – Standards required of a Civil Engineering Technician ................................... 10
Appendix B – Individual requirements ................................................................................. 14
Disability or sensory impairment .................................................................................. 14
Security clearance ....................................................................................................... 14
Appendix C – Remote Professional Review ........................................................................ 15
At the TPR you will need to demonstrate how you meet the five Standards below in
writing and by attending an interview.
A. Use engineering knowledge and understanding to apply technical and practical
skills;
B. Contribute to the design, development, manufacture, construction,
commissioning, operation or maintenance of products, equipment,
processes, systems or services;
C. Accept and exercise personal responsibility;
D. Use effective communication and interpersonal skills;
E. Make a personal commitment to an appropriate code of professional conduct,
recognising obligations to society, the engineering profession and the environment
It is estimated that more than one million people in the UK work in different engineering and
technician roles. Many will have a BTEC NC/ND, NVQ or SVQ Level 3, advanced modern
apprenticeships – or similar qualifications. Others will have developed their skill and status
primarily through hands-on experience.
To check if you have approved qualifications to apply for a TPR please see our Educational
base page. If you don’t have approved qualifications you can still apply but you will need to
provide more detail on how you meet Standards A1 and A2 through your experience gained
in the workplace please see the Demonstrating the Standards section on page 5 for more
information.
If you have any queries about the application process, please contact a member of the
Professional Reviews Team on +44 (0) 207 665 2344 or email [email protected]
An application form
A copy of your academic qualifications (if applicable)
Continuing professional development (CPD) records
Appendices to illustrate your work
Two sponsor questionnaires sent separately
A recent photograph of yourself (Jpeg or pdf format)
An application fee must be paid – you can find more details on the fees page of our
website
Before you start, you will need an ICE membership number. If you don’t already have one,
please create a non-member account by registering with MyICE. This will enable you to
make payments online and access information on our website tailored to your particular
interests. You will find your membership number within “My Profile” in your MyICE account.
While face to face Professional Reviews remain the preferred approach, ICE can now offer
remote Professional Reviews, via video conference, for international candidates:
Who are unable to travel to one of the Professional Review locations, or
Whose specialism does not match any of the available Reviewers at that location
Individual Requirements
You should state any individual requirements you would like taken into account at your
interview – for example, a disability or a security issue. You can find out more in Appendix B
Unspent Convictions
No person with an unspent conviction relating to a Serious Criminal Offence* will be
admitted to any grade of membership unless there are special circumstances that show
beyond reasonable doubt that the person is a fit and proper person to be admitted to
membership of the Institution.
If you don’t have approved academic qualifications, in addition to the above you must also
place a particular focus on Standards A1 and A 2 in describing your technical abilities. You
should demonstrate both your understanding of the engineering principles and your
knowledge of how to apply them in practice, when completing the application form.
Development action plan (DAP) – This will detail your personal development
objectives for the current/forthcoming year. A copy of your personal company
appraisal showing your objectives for the current/forthcoming year is acceptable in
lieu of a DAP
Personal development record (PDR) – This will detail the training and development
you have undertaken. This should include a minimum of 30 hours of effective
learning per year. We would normally expect to see three years of records if your
experience allows it, although one (30 hours) is acceptable. It should describe all the
training you have undertaken.
Up to 3 A3 documents or drawings
Up to 12 A4 sides of additional information, including any relevant calculations
Sponsors
Your application must be supported by two sponsors who can confirm your suitability for
membership. They both must fill out a sponsor questionnaire and return it to
[email protected] before you submit your application. It is your duty to ensure this has
been completed.
It is important that you read the questionnaire as it provides guidance on who is eligible to
sponsor your application and what they are required to demonstrate.
You need to select one sponsor to be your ‘lead sponsor’ and one to be a supporting
sponsor. The lead sponsor must be an ICE Member or Fellow registered at the same grade
or higher than the one you are applying for, as they have a responsibility to mentor you
during the submission process and play an important part in the success of your application.
The lead sponsor is particularly important if you do not hold approved qualifications, because
they will assess whether your submission clearly demonstrates that you understand the
engineering principles that underpin the work you have been involved with. They will also
help you prepare for your interview.
The supporting sponsor must be professionally qualified with one of the organisations listed
in the supporting sponsor requirements table on the sponsor questionnaire.
Upon receiving your application, ICE will check it for completeness and contact you to
acknowledge receipt and, if necessary, request any missing documents.
Your submission must include:
Application form
Copy of academic qualifications (if appropriate)
DAP and PDR
Appendices
A recent photograph of yourself as a JPEG file
Include hyperlinks to link data in the appendices. Links to documents outside of your
submission must not be used
Use colour where necessary – for example, images and drawings
Where possible, convert individual documents to PDF electronically, rather than scan
them
Ensure file is printable in the correct format and can be read in black and white when
printed
We recommend a font size bigger than ten.
By-law 15
Your name will be published on the ICE website for a minimum of 28 days in accordance
with By-law 15.
Conflict of interest
Your reviewers should not be connected to either you or your employer. If you know one of
your reviewers or feel there may be a conflict of interest, you should let us know immediately
on +44 (0) 207 665 2344 or at [email protected].
Your reviewers will also have been given the opportunity to identify any conflicts prior to you
being notified of who they are.
Presentation
You have the option of giving a five minute presentation at the start of your interview across
the desk from your reviewers. You should indicate on your application form if you wish to do
so. This must expand on the information in your submission.
You can use a laptop computer or tablet but external power supplies will not be provided.
The interview
The interview normally lasts up to 45 minutes and will involve a discussion with your
reviewers based on all aspects of your application as how you have demonstrated the
Standards.
If you do not have the required academic qualifications, your interview will last up to 60
minutes, as your reviewers will be looking to confirm that the experience and knowledge
you’ve gained demonstrates that you’ve achieved all of the standards, with a particular focus
on standards A1 and A2.
Result
The result of your Professional Review will be emailed to you around six weeks after the
interview. Providing you select the tick-box on the application form, your name will be
published on ICE’s website and will subsequently appear on the ‘New Civil Engineer’
website, if successful.
If you are unsuccessful at your Professional Review, you will be given the reasons why.
Appeals
Candidates have the right to appeal where they feel there was an error in the process, and in
cases of unforeseen events. Appeals must be received within two months of the date of your
result letter. Appeals after this date will not be considered.
If you plan to appeal, we recommend that you read our appeals guidance and contact your
contact your Membership Recruitment Team as listed below:
Civil Engineering Technicians are required to apply safe systems of work and demonstrate:
The competence and commitment The examples given below are intended to
standard for Civil Engineering Technicians. help you identify activities you might quote
to demonstrate the required competence
and commitment for EngTech registration.
These are not exhaustive.
Civil Engineering Technicians must be Tell us about your career, education and
competent throughout their working life, by training. Explain how the experience you have
virtue of their education, training and gained has made you more competent.
experience, to:
A Use engineering knowledge and The reviewers will be looking for evidence
understanding to apply technical and that you have the know-how to do the job,
practical skills. and were able to go beyond the immediate
requirements and use your initiative and
experience to solve a problem or improve a
This includes the ability to: process.
A2 Use appropriate scientific, technical or Drawing from your direct experience, this might
engineering principles be an explanation of how a piece of equipment,
system or mechanism works.
B1 Identify problems and apply Show an example of how you have used
appropriate methods to identify measurement, monitoring and assessment to:
causes and achieve satisfactory
solutions Identify the source of a problem; or
Identify an opportunity; or
Propose a solution
B2 Identify, organise and use resources Illustrate how you make decisions about:
effectively to complete tasks, with
consideration for cost, quality, safety, What information, material, component,
security and environmental impact people or plant to use; or
How to introduce a new method of
working; or
What precautions you took
C1 Work reliably and effectively without Your evidence should show how you identified
close supervision, to the appropriate and agreed what had to be done and to what
codes of practice standards on a typical project.
C2 Accept responsibility for work of self or Your evidence could include: minutes of
others meetings; site notes and instructions; Variation
Orders; programmes of work; specifications,
drawing and reports; or appraisals.
C3 Accept, allocate and supervise
technical and other tasks Activity not associated with your job can
contribute evidence. Provide evidence as to
how you contribute to the management of
costs. Show examples of the use of contract
documents.
D1 Use oral, written and electronic Your evidence could include: letters; reports;
methods for the communication in drawings; emails; minutes, including of
English* of technical and other progress meetings; appraisals; work
information
instructions; and other task planning and
organising documents. Your application itself
will be relevant.
E1 Comply with the Code of Conduct of your The Professional Review involves
institution. demonstration of, or discussion of, your
position on typical ethical challenges.
Demonstrate your underpinning knowledge of
the ICE Code of Conduct.
E2 Manage and apply safe systems of work. Provide evidence of applying current safety
requirements, such as risk assessment and
other examples of good practice you adopt in
your work. You will need to show that you have
received a formal safety instruction relating to
your workplace (such as a CSCS safety test in
the UK), or an update on statutory regulations.
In the UK an example would be COSHH
requirements.
Demonstrate how you manage your own health
and safety and that of others around you.
A failure at health, safety and welfare will
result in a fail at the review.
E4 Carry out and record CPD necessary to This means demonstrating that you have
maintain and enhance competence in own actively sought to keep yourself up to date,
area of practice including: perhaps by studying new standards or
techniques, or made use of magazines,
Undertake reviews of own
development needs lectures organised by professional engineering
Plan how to meet personal and institutions, and other opportunities to network
organisational objectives in order to keep abreast of change.
Carry out planned (and unplanned)
CPD activities
Record and maintain evidence of
This is an opportunity to demonstrate your
competence development
Evaluate CPD outcomes against any involvement/support of ICE activities.
plans made
Assist others with their CPD
E5 Exercise responsibilities in an ethical manner. Give an example of where you have applied
ethical principles. There are four fundamental
principles to guide Engineering Technicians in
achieving the high ideals of professional life:
Accuracy and rigour
Honesty and integrity
Respect for life, law and the public
good
Responsible leadership – listening and
informing
Give an example of where you have
applied/upheld ethical principles as defined by
your organisation or company, which may be in
its company or brand values.
*Any interviews will be conducted in English, subject only to the Welsh Language Act 1993
and any regulations which may be made in implementation of European Union Directives on
free movement of labour.
Security clearance
You should consider whether information in your review submission should be omitted or
reduced in its level of detail due to security reasons. However, there’s no reason why this
should detract from the quality of your report.
If your submission is affected by security issues, you should consider the following
suggestions:
Make your report non-site specific - don’t state that the facility was on the Sellafield
site or on the Hinkley site, or that the asset serves a critical function to the site or
country, or is or was vulnerable to various threats Don’t state building numbers or
names – it’s sufficient to say ‘nuclear facility’ or ‘nuclear store’
Remove site and building names from drawings or snapshots of models
Don’t include photographs which reveal the location of buildings and facilities
Avoid stating, or showing in drawings or extracts from models, technical details (such
as wall thickness) which may reveal security-sensitive information
ICE will make every effort to allow candidates to sit their Professional Review face to face
and, where possible, will send reviewers to interview candidates in person. However, in
countries where there are very small numbers of candidates wishing to sit their Professional
Review, this may not be feasible.
How will remote Professional Review differ from face to face?
There is no difference in the Professional Review requirements. Your reviewers will be
seeking to confirm that the evidence of competence, which you have provided, is supported
by your responses to their questioning and meets the requirements of the Attributes.
Remote review requirements
You can access the ICE video conference via another company’s video conference room
system or, where you do not have access to such a facility, via a laptop or desktop
computer.
You must make sure that you will have undisturbed use of a meeting room within a place of
work for the entire duration of the remote review.
There is no specific requirement with regard to the broadband speed; however, we ask that
you sit the remote review in a place work with access to a reliable internet connection.
If your request for a remote review is approved, ICE will provide more detailed instructions.
Further information
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
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