How to Become A Chartered professional engineer or CPEng?

If you have a keen desire to become a Chartered professional engineer or CPEng in a developed country like Australia and New Zealand, then read this blog. Here, we will familiarize you with its requirements, the process so that you become one.

Who is a Chartered professional engineer?

An experienced engineer who has been officially registered by means of Engineering New Zealand, which is a registration authority, is called a Chartered professional engineer or CPEng.

An aspirant or candidate has to complete an evaluation test, the way required in the Charted Member class. Here, you have to demonstrate that you have the sufficient capacity to cope with complicated engineering issues, requiring special knowledge to be solved.

The CPEng has to show New Zealand-specific technical experience and be re-evaluated after a period of every 6 years. The biggest benefit of the CPEng assessment is that it proves that you have a global-level standard, which means you can travel to work anywhere without any problem.

What are the requirements to become a CPEng?

1.   if you want to be a Chartered Professional Engineer or CPEng, then you must fulfill the below-given requirements:

2.   You must have a Washington Accord-accredited qualification (Bachelor of Engineering, Honours) to show equal knowledge.

3.   You need to complete an evaluation to show you meet the competence criteria.

4.   You are expected to adhere to the CPEng Code of Ethical Conduct.

You must remember that you are not required to be a member of Engineering New Zealand for application.

Assessment of Chartered Engineer New Zealand:

Before the submission of your application, the authority will ask you to submit the draft of your application so that a member of its assessment team can check it. you must keep in mind that it is a very important step, as it will let you know the feedback and suggestions to enhance your application, which itself is a boon for a successful application.

When you submit your application online, a peer panel will:

1.   Evaluate your application based on international competence criteria.

2.   Fix a meeting with you.

3.   May ask for your further information.

4.   Receive feedback from your referees.

5.   Write a report containing recommendations to the Chartered Professional Engineers Council, also known as CPEC.

Pathways to be a Chartered Engineer New Zealand:

A New Zealand immigration aspirant has two pathways to be a Chartered Professional Engineer through Engineering New Zealand membership is a Chartered Member (CMEngNZ) or via registration as a CPEng.

The Chartered Member class offers a general quality mark of professionalism with every membership benefit. CPEng registration offers a mark of current eligibility that is based on legislation. If you want, you can be just one between a Chartered Member and Chartered Professional Engineer or both.

Which one is perfect for you?

The following are two ways. So, choose one as per your interest and eligibility: 

Chartered Member (CMEng NZ)

Quality mark of general capability and professionalism

Advantages of Engineering New Zealand membership.

Evaluated once, with a yearly commitment to ongoing professional ethics and development

Evaluation of general engineering eligibility to globally recognized criteria.

Basis of competence for international registers (IntPE, IntET and IntETN).

Registration (CPEng)

Quality mark of present New Zealand eligibility.

Independent of Engineering New Zealand and administrated by CPEng Act 2002.

Re-evaluated at every 6 years.

Evaluates general engineering capability to globally recognized criteria with current New Zealand- specific eligibility.

May be dependent on your employer or work type.