Becoming an Apec Professional Engineers

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BECOMING AN APEC PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS

APEC REGISTER

"Becoming an APEC Engineer of the Philippines may allow you to join overseas

projects and practice your profession in APEC Engineer economies without

having to undertake further examination or interview. In some cases, you may

also be able to obtain discounted dual membership in both your APO and an

equivalent engineering society or institution overseas. PTC has negotiated

mutual understanding agreements with overseas organizations that provide

reciprocal membership. PRC

Eleven general areas of practice are currently available for registration as APEC

Engineer: Agricultural Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering, Chemical

Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communications

Engineering, Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Geodetic Engineering,

Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Mining Engineering, and

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.

APEC ENGINEER

An APEC Engineer is assessed in his/her own jurisdiction as a professional

engineer eligible for independent practice, who has gained a minimum of seven

years experience since graduation, and has spent at least two years in

responsible charge of significant engineering work. An APEC Engineer has also

maintained their continuing professional development at a satisfactory level.

A person who is recognized as a professional engineer within an APEC

economy, and who has satisfied an authorised body in that economy, operating

in accordance with the criteria and procedures approved by the APEC Engineer

Coordinating Committee.

CRITERIA & PROCEDURE FOR AECC: APEC ENGINEER

Completed an accredited or recognised engineering program, or assessed

recognised equivalent

Been assessed within their own economy as eligible independent practice


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Gained a minimum of seven (7) years practical experience since graduation

Spent at least two (2) years in responsible charge of significant engineering

Maintained their continuing professional development at a satisfactory level.

Bound by the codes of professional conduct established and enforced by their

home jurisdiction by any other jurisdiction within they practice

Held individually accountable for their actions, both through requirements

imposed by the licensing or registering body in the jurisdictions in which they

work and through legal processes

Identified with one or more recognised engineering disciplines, selected from a

list approved by the Coordinating Committee, within which that practitioner has

been assessed as being eligible for independent practice by the Monitoring

Committee holding the Register.

GRADUATE ENGINEER

A person who has satisfactorily completed a higher education engineering

program that is assessed as meeting required criteria in a discipline of engineering

determined by a recognised professional engineering body or state authority

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

A general descriptor used to identify engineers with capabilities to undertake

independent professional engineering practice, recognised by a national professional

engineering body or state authority. APEC member economies have specific

nomenclatures and requirements.

APEC ENGINEER COORDINATING COMMITTEE

Ensures consistency in application of the agreed criteria, ultimate authority for

conferring the title of APEC Engineer .

Facilitate the maintenance and development of authoritative and reliable

decentratlised Registers of APEC Engineers, and promote the acceptance of

APEC Engineers in each participating economy as possessing technical and


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professional competence that is substantially equivalent to that of professional

engineers registered or license in that economy

PROCEDURES FOR COMPETENCY BASED ASSESSMENT OF PAEC ENGINEERS

(PREREQUISITES)- To be eligible to apply for APEC Engineer, one must:

be a holder of a baccalaureate degree from an engineering institution

considered as Center of

Excellence or Center of Development or its equivalent;

be a holder of valid professional certificate of registration and/or

professional identification card;

have gained a minimum of seven years practical experience since

graduation, at least two years of

which have been in responsible charge of significant engineering work;


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maintain continuing professional development at a satisfactory level;

be a bona fide member in good standing of the Accredited Professional

Organization (APO) in your

profession, which APO shall be a member of the Philippine TechnologicalCouncil.

Obligations of Persons Registering in APEC Engineering Register

Persons who apply for registration in the APEC ENGINEER Register undertake

to be bound by the Code of Ethics of his profession. All registrants are required to

practice only within the limits of their competence and to maintain records of their

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for audit purposes. Registered engineers

are obliged to undertake the required number of CPD during any three year period. He

must also certify that he/she spent a total of at least one (1) year of independent

practice during the last three years.

ANALYSIS:

The APEC Engineers register has been operation since year 2000. The

registered APEC Engineers for each economy at June 2011 or for the last ten (10)

years has been slow. This number is small in comparison with the total profession

engineers in the 21economies. It is been smaller if it is compared with the total

engineers including young engineers and professional engineers who are not licensed

or certified to practice independently in their own economy. One of the criteria to qualify

for APEC is having license International Engineers Register and certificate to practice

independently.

The mobility of licensed professional engineers is generally small in comparison

with the total population of engineers. This is thru in the other economies.

Many professional engineers do not register themselves thru the following

reasons:

No significant benefit to be registered

No major difference for them before and after having certification

Lack of engineers working in destination country and origin country

No clear paths in using the ASEAN certification

Lack of promotion in the register


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Nevertheless, benchmark registers are necessary to facilitate mobility of

engineers in promoting liberation of trade in service.

The APEC Engineers Register should be promoted as the recognized register forbilateral or multilateral trade negotiations between APEC economies. Thus,

representatives of APEC Engineer Registers should work with their respective

government agencies in charge of trade negotiation to promote PEAC Engineers

Registers. This will provide the impetus to expedite trade in engineering services.

The benefits of APEC Engineers include:

1. Benchmark of achievement of professional engineers

2. Migration of the imbalance of demand an supply of engineers within countries

in the region

3. Better use of technology and resources

4. Technology transfer

5. Common code of practice and standard for the regional national annex to suit

each national need and affordability while maintaining the minimum standard

of the regional for trade purposes.

The way forward to achieve the full potential of the APEC Engineers on mobility

of engineers is to integrate benchmarking and trade negation through public and private

partnership together with the input [professional bodies such as institutions of

engineers and licensing or certification board of engineers for practice.

Trade in services includes plant and equipment , products including materials,

engineering design and construction management such as Engineering procurement

and construction management which is the build of the trade while engineering design is

a small portion of the total trade in engineering services.

This integrated engineering service wish classes under the World Trade

Organization and covers engineering design service. Consequently trade in service

should include engineering, technologist and technicians.

Multilateral agreement in regional and international trade organization also

encourages the use of bilateral agreement to expedite MRA in the trade regional to

improve trade and services. The benchmarking register of APEC should be used as the

MRA for the trade win within PEAC economic.

The number of registered engineers in APEC is much higher that the EMF

international Professional Engineers for he reason that involvement os APEC economic

minsters in the EPEAC engineers.


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In fact, the benchmarking of the APEC Engineers was promoted by APEC

Human Resources Development Ministers in Manila in January 1996 urging the

acceleration and expansion of mutual recognition of skills qualification to facilitate trade

within the region.

Trade within the 21 economies of APEC will of course complement the initiativeof World Trade Organization in liberating world trade.

Bear in mind that the code of practice and standard was well as quality of

engineering plant and equipment achieve a minimum standard for cross-boarder trade.

Nevertheless, the need and affordability within an economy could vary from the

economies in the regions.

Continues promotions of APEC engineering Register through various national,

regional and international activities as well as harmonization of engineering education

accords and register s are needed This will promote better use of resource inassessment of standards, monitor an review of accords and register.

REFERENCES:

Choo K.B. (2012) , The ASEAN Engineering Community in 2015, 2nd

Engineering

Summit, Manila Philippines

APEC Handbook 2003.PDF

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