How to become a

Chartered engineer

Lyuba Beal CPEng →

Structural Engineer

Ulf Johansson CPEng →

Mechanical Engineer

Who we are

As Australia’s national body for engineering,

we proudly represent and champion
our 130,000-plus members.

Our mission is straightforward: we support the engineering

profession in every way possible.

Whether it's advocating for policy change, upholding

professional standards, nurturing the next generation of talent
or celebrating the achievements of our members, we're here
to guide and champion the profession at every step.

Myriam Wright CPEng →

Civil Engineer

Clive Dayao CPEng →

Fire Safety Engineer

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What we do

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newcomers of engineers development opportunities engineers across
industries

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Why become a Chartered engineer?

“It’s a prestigious credential that can

enhance one’s reputation within the
industry and gives confidence to clients
and stakeholders we work with.”

Sylvia Iskander CPEng →

Electrical Engineer

Why become a Chartered engineer?

Each year we credential close to

6,000 new Chartered engineers.

Global Competitive Career

Respect Compliance
recognition edge mobility

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Global recognition

International
recognition

Current registration landscape

Registration is required when providing engineering services in or for the jurisdiction.

Some certifying engineer

requirements

Registration in place since 1930

19 areas of engineering
All industries
Registration in place since July 2024
4 areas of engineering
Building industry only
Professional Engineers, Technologists &
Associates
Contractors (companies) Registration in place since 2021
6 areas of engineering
Building industry only

Registration in place since March 2024

5 areas of engineering
All industries & building and construction
industry

Start date for registration - TBC

Legislation drafted
Phase 1 – structural and fire safety
Registration in place since 2021
engineers working on medium, high and
5 areas of engineering
very high complexity buildings as
All industries & building industry
specified in the NCC
Limited licensing of engineers
in the building industry

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Pathways to become Chartered

1. Mutual recognition

2. Standard Pathway (5 - 15 years of experience)

3. Chartered via interview for 15+ years’ experience

4. Engineering Workforce Credentialing (EWC)

Joao Castro CPEng →

Environmental Engineer

Standard pathway

1. Member of EA​ (MIEAust, TMIEAust, AMIEAust) ​

2. 5+ years of industry work experience​

(generally 5 to 7 years as a minimum)​

3. Demonstrate 16 competencies with evidence​

4. Demonstration of continuing professional

development, that is CPD

Clive Dayao CPEng →

Fire Safety Engineer

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6-step Chartered Process​ - Standard Pathway

1. Self-assessment 2. Industry review 3. Ready for Chartered

Rate your experience against the See if your peers agree that you are Supply CPD records, CV
Chartered competencies. ready for Chartered. and photo ID.
Are you Developing, Functional, Do you still meet the level of Submit your application.
Proficient or Advanced? Chartered?

4. Chartered evidence 5. Professional interview 6. Outcome

We will contact you if any further Confirm your Chartered You will be awarded the
documents are required. competency by undertaking a appropriate outcome of the
professional interview with an Chartered assessment from
Gather your work examples as
Engineers Australia Assessor. Engineers Australia.
evidence.
During the interview you will be
requested to share supporting
evidence on screen.

Areas of Practice (AoP)​

Aerospace Engineering (QLD) Environmental Engineering (QLD) Naval Architecture (QLD)

Amusement Rides & Devices (QLD) Fire Safety Engineering (QLD, VIC, NSW, Oil & Gas Pipeline Engineering
ACT, WA)
Asset Management Petroleum Engineering (QLD)
Geotechnical Engineering (QLD, NSW,
Biomedical Engineering (QLD) VIC*)
Pressure Equipment Design
Verification
Building Services Engineering Heritage & Conservation Engineering
Project Management
Chemical Engineering (QLD) Information, Telecommunications &
Electronics - ITEE (QLD) Risk Engineering
Civil Engineering (QLD, VIC, NSW, ACT, WA)
Leadership & Management Structural Engineering (QLD, VIC, NSW, ACT,
Construction Engineering WA)
Cost Engineering Mechanical Engineering (QLD, VIC, NSW,
ACT, WA)
Subsea Engineering
Cyber Engineering Systems Engineering
Mechatronics Engineering (QLD)
Electrical Engineering (QLD, VIC, NSW, ACT)

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The 16 competencies
1. Deal with ethical issues
2. Practise competently
Personal
3. Responsibility for engineering activities
Commitment

12. Advanced engineering knowledge 1 2 3

13. Local engineering knowledge
14. Problem analysis
15. Creativity and innovation
16. Evaluation
4. Develop safe and sustainable solutions
Technical Obligation 5. Engage with the relevant community
proficiency To community and stakeholders
You 6.
7.
Identify, assess and manage risks
Meet legal and regulatory requirements
12 13 14 4 5 6 7

15 16

8. Communication Value in the

9. Performance Workplace
10. Taking action
11. Judgement 8 9 10 11

*Professional Engineer Stage 2 competencies listed

Professional Engineer Stage 2 Competency

Professional Engineer Stage 2 competencies

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1. Self-assessment

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Self-assessment ratings

Developing Functional Proficient Advanced

You are learning and You can act Your ability to act You can lead teams,
need supervision to independently at an independently is train others and act
practice at an acceptable standard recognised as at a decisively from
acceptable standard. without help or high standard and experience and a very
supervision. you can train and high knowledge base.
supervise others.

Self-assessment tool

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 2. Industry review

Industry review

Why? Who can I nominate to be my reviewer?

Provides a peer assessment on your ▪ Nominate up to 16 reviewers (aim for a few at
knowledge, skills and attitude. least)
▪ Preferably a Chartered engineer, but not
essential
▪ Someone who knows you and has worked with
you on some projects
▪ Someone who can verify that you personally,
did the work

Myth buster: I don’t work with other engineers so I can’t complete the industry review

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Competencies – a good example
Competency 14: Problem analysis
As a Process Engineer, I was tasked with investigating a wastewater treatment plant that was experiencing issues
with its final disinfection process. Specifically, the plant was struggling to maintain its chlorine residual, which was
impacting its ability to meet reuse quality requirements.

To address the problem, I began by discussing the situation with the Project Manager, who mentioned that the plant
had recently updated its control systems. I visited the site and conducted in-depth discussions with the operators to
understand their observations and experiences.

I then reviewed historical SCADA data to analyze trends and gain insights into the system's performance over time.
To further investigate, I performed residence time calculations to assess how long the treated water was in contact
with the chlorine. I also verified the local laboratory test procedures and checked the calibration of reagents to
ensure accuracy in the testing process.

Through this comprehensive analysis, I identified that the plant had highly variable treated water flows, which were
not adequately accounted for in the chlorine dosing system. I concluded that the chlorine plant was insufficiently
designed to handle the rapid changes in flow and ammonia concentrations, which were contributing to the failure in
maintaining the desired chlorine residual.

Your industry reviewers...

▪ Must have overseen your work and be able to comment on it

▪ Do not need to be engineers for some competencies

▪ Can be in Australia or overseas

▪ That are Chartered hold more weight

Dennis Graf CPEng →

Civil Engineer

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Criteria for reviewers to consider

1. Say how long you’ve worked with the candidate ​

2. Say in what capacity you worked with them​

3. Show you are familiar with the area of competency​

4. Indicate your support for the candidate’s claims and evidence​

5. Give reasons for your support​

6. Provide supporting comments

Lyuba Beal CPEng →

Structural Engineer

Industry review – a good example

A good example
I have found Engineer A to be a diligent and highly curious engineer. When faced with a problem, she consistently
approaches her investigation from multiple angles, employing different techniques and ensuring that she has various
sources of input to support the suspected root cause.

In the example above, Engineer A could have easily concluded that the chlorine system was inadequate and
recommended an upgrade. However, she didn’t stop there. Her deeper analysis uncovered that the root cause of the
issue was more complex, involving flow balancing and the management of holiday residents. By expanding her
investigation, she was able to uncover a more complete picture of the problem, preventing us from addressing only a
portion of the issue.

Her analysis of laboratory tests and practices also led to insightful suggestions for improvement. Engineer A’s
thorough approach allowed us to fully understand the problem, ensuring we didn’t overlook key factors. As a result,
rather than rushing to upgrade the chlorine system, we redirected our focus to optimizing the delivery network. By
adjusting pump operations and installing a smaller surge tank, we were able to significantly reduce flow variations
and mitigate the impact of fluctuating demand due to holiday residents.

Ultimately, while we invested more upfront, this solution saved us a significant amount of money in the long term,
and it preserved our reputation by preventing the need for a second, corrective fix.

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Industry review
Your competency dashboard

3. Ready for Chartered

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Making your application​
What you need to start:

▪ Current membership (MIEAust, TMIEAust or AMIEAust)

▪ 5+ years of industry work experience

▪ Rated as Functional or above in self-assessment and industry review

▪ Demonstration of continuing professional development

Calvin Ewe CPEng →

Marine Engineer

Get your detailed CV right​

Assessors tip:
Think ‘How can I highlight my professional
experience’?

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 CPD
Continuing Professional Development​

CPD can be…

Not so obvious:​ Often forgotten: ​

▪ Tertiary courses​ ▪ Industry and volunteer ▪ Your own workplace ​
▪ Workshops ​ committees ​ ▪ Learning new software or
▪ Seminars/ conferences ​ ▪ Mentoring activities ​ codes ​
▪ Research/ reading ​ ▪ Present papers at ▪ In-house presentations ​
▪ Webinars conferences and seminars ​ ▪ Reading create magazines ​
▪ EA OnDemand​ ▪ Articles for journals ​ ▪ Implementing/ creating new
systems and ways of
conducting business and
research activities

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Record your CPD online

How to record CPD

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CPD activity overview

4. Evidence

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Evidence process

▪ Gather evidence to share during the Chartered

interview using your shared screen function

▪ Assessors can still ask at the end of the

interview for additional information or
documentation to support your evidence

Evidence: Confidentiality

Candidate
Restricted Redaction responsibility to
access to your of relevant seek internal
information. sections only. permissions to
share.

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Chartered evidence

Your evidence must be…

▪ Current (in the span of the last 5 years)
▪ Sufficient (demonstrates suitable Assessors tip
complexity)​ ▪ Only provide the specific part of
▪ Authentic (it needs to be your work)​ evidence that relates to the
competency​
▪ Reliable (outcomes are repeatable)​
▪ You’re not bound by the evidence
▪ Valid you mentioned in the industry
review​
▪ If you don't have evidence, write a
narrative

Evidence process

Work evidence
▪ Plans and drawings​
▪ Reports (design, feasibility, lessons learnt
etc.)​
▪ Program schedules​
▪ Presentations​
▪ Meeting minutes​
▪ Emails​
▪ Incident investigations​
▪ Risk assessments​
▪ Written narratives​​
Myriam Wright CPEng →
Civil Engineer

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 and sustainable

Identify, assess

Communication
for engineering

Meet legal and

Responsibility

Creativity and
ethical issues

Taking action
Develop safe

requirements
stakeholders

Performance
competency

Engage with

and manage
the relevant

engineering

engineering
Judgement
community

knowledge

knowledge

innovation
regulatory

Evaluation
Advanced
activities

solutions
Deal with

Practice

analysis
Problem
Local
risks

10.

13.

14.

16.
12.

15.
11.
3.

4.

6.

8.

9.
2.

5.

7.
1.
UNIT 1 UNIT 2 UNIT 3 UNIT 4
Types of Evidence
Personal Commitment Obligation to community Value in the workplace Technical proficiency

Email trail ● ●
Minutes ● ● ●
Drawings ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Plans ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Reports ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Gantt Chart ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Presentations ● ● ● ● ●
Learning journal ●
Development plan ●
Peer review report ●
Safety management plan ● ● ●
Triple bottom line analysis ● ●
Whole of life analysis ● ●
Stakeholder engagement plan ●
HAZOP plan ● ●
Work suspension order ● ● ● ● ● ●
Project, quality or resource plan ● ● ● ●
Maintenance plan ● ● ● ● ●
Root cause analysis ● ● ● ●
Lessons learnt or project closure
report ●
Written Competency Demonstration
Report ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

5. Chartered interview

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Building Industry Assessment –
VIC, ACT & WA
Applications should include:​
▪ Evidence of any professional development related
specifically to the building and construction industry
▪ A short statement summarising your demonstrated
knowledge and practical experience in the area of
engineering they are being assessed, note there are
different requirements for each state.

Leo Lee CPEng →

Electrical Engineer

Chartered interview
Assessor's tips
▪ Be ready to discuss examples of independent
practice ​
▪ Keep the objective of Chartered in mind​
▪ Get hints and tips from others who have
become Chartered​
▪ Anticipate questions and plan your responses​
▪ Be prepared to be challenged at times
▪ Be confident​
▪ We want you to have a successful outcome!

Sylvia Iskander CPEng →

Electrical Engineer

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Engineers Australia

6. Chartered

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International registers

Strengthens your reach and mobility.

Professional Engineers​
▪ APEC Engineer​
▪ International PE (Aus) ​
Engineering Technologists​
▪ IntET (Aus) ​
Engineering Associates​
▪ IntETn(Aus)

Note: There are additional requirements to meet.

Clive Dayao CPEng →

Fire Safety Engineer

Maintaining Chartered

150 hours+ of CPD over the previous 3-year period

50 10
Hours in each area Hours in risk
of practice management

15 Plus+
Hours in business Remainder relevant
and management to your career

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Becoming Chartered with 15 or more
years of experience​

Chartered via interview

Who is eligible?
▪ 15+ years’ experience​
▪ Member of EA at the level of Member
(MIEAust, TMIEAust, AMIEAust)

Join us for our next webinar →

Tobias Salomonsson CPEng →

Fire Safety Engineer

“I applied for Engineers Australia

Chartership as a way to recognise
my capabilities as a professional in
my field and to join a network of
leaders in the industry.”

Jessie Irwanto CPEng →

Structural Engineer

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 Q&A

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