Routes to Membership (MICE)

ICE 3001A

2Routes to membership(For Routes to Technician Membership see ICE 3002A)

1 For details of various types of Non-standard Routes, see ICE 3004A. Further learning and IPD can take place in parallel, but both must be completed before Review.2 For details of ICE Approved Employer Training Schemes and self managed schemes leading to Career Appraisals, refer to this document.3 For details of TRR, see ICE 3004A.4 For details of the Progressive Route to the CPR via the Member Professional Review (MPR), refer to this document.5 For details on the Chartered Environmental (CEnv) qualification see ICE 3008A.6 For details on the award of AMICE combined with CEnv see ICE 3003A.

Award of MICE5 and Chartered Civil Engineer

(option to register as CEng)

Chartered Professional Review (CPR) or Chartered

Professional Review Progressive (CPRP)

Award of MICE5 (option to register as IEng)

Award of MICE

Award of AMICE6

Member Professional

Review (MPR)

Technical Report Route (TRR) includes

Academic Review and CPR3

Technical Report Route (TRR) includes

Academic Review and

MPR3

Member Professional

Review (MPR)

Associate Member

Professional Review (AMPR)

With further learning

Initial Professional

Development (IPD) based on engineering principles2

InitialProfessional

Development (IPD) based on engineering

principles(optional)

Initial Professional

Development (IPD) based on engineering principles2

Initial Professional

Development (IPD) based on engineering

principles(optional)

Initial Professional

Development (IPD) based on engineering principles2

Initial Professional

Development (IPD) based on

scientific principles2

Further learning1

Further learning1

Other MEngBEng

(Hons)BSc

or BEng HND OtherAny UK

bachelors degree

(Optional) progressive

route

With further learning or

optional progressive

31. Introduction 42. Educational base 53. Initial Professional Development (IPD) 64. Professional Reviews 75. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) 96. Regional Support Teams (RST) 107. Detailed guidance 10

Appendix AA1 Attributes of Member (MICE, IEng MICE) and Member Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng MICE) 11

Appendix B Professional Reviews detailed guidance 13B1 Professional Review process 13B2 Application process for Reviews 13B3 Sponsorship 14B4 Professional Review reports 14B5 The presentation 15B6 The interview 15B7 Written exercise 15B8 Summary of Review requirements 16B9 Review results 16

Table of contents

ICE values the diversity that individuals with differing backgrounds and abilities bring to the Institution; it respects all members and applicants through fairness, tolerance and consistency of professional standards; ensuring that professional qualification and membership of ICE is open to all who meet its standards.

To supplement this document ICE has placed on its website ice.org.uk a number of Membership Guidance Notes (MGNs) which give more detailed practical advice on a number of issues regarding membership. A list of current MGNs appears in MGN 0.

Revision A no criteria have been modified. Changes relate to procedures. Principal changes are: Engineering Council Professional Reviews in English; clarification but no change of educational base for IEng; additional information concerning the use and submission of S/NVQs; clarification of Progressive Route in diagram; CPD in hours and minimum before Review; reference to diversity issues: reference to completion of HKIE training scheme; change in timing of submission of reports to Reviewers; additional duties of Lead Sponsors; clarification of requirements of a Re-sit Review; update to Attributes; change of title for written exercise.

Page

... it is accordingly of importance that there should be a ready means heretofore of ascertaining persons who by proper training and experience are qualified...Extract from Royal Charter

4Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers (MICE) can be awarded to a wide range of engineers practising in the broad area encompassed by civil engineering. For full details of all the grades of membership available, see ICE 3000A.

The stages in qualifying as a member at any grade are: the achievement of the required educational base a period of responsible work experience under early guidance and decreasing supervision, known as Initial Professional Development (IPD) while following the systematic maintenance, improvement and broadening of knowledge, skills and competence known as Continuing Professional Development (CPD) success at a Professional Review

1.1

Educational base Initial Professional Development (IPD)

Professional Review Membership

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Figure 1- Route to membership. The achievement of the educational base and IPD can take place at the same time, but both need to be completed before the Review.

Membership can be awarded at one of two levels, Member and Member Chartered Civil Engineer, as can registration with the UKs Engineer Regulating Authority, the Engineering Council7. ICE holds different Professional Reviews for different grades of membership. For details of the different Attributes of each see Appendix A. You will need to demonstrate these at a Professional Review.

The Reviews are: Member Professional Review (MPR), success at which leads to the award of MICE. If

your educational base meets its requirements, registration with the Engineering Council as an Incorporated Engineer (IEng) is possible

Chartered Professional Review (CPR), success at which leads to the award of MICE.

It also allows registration with the Engineering Council as a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and permits you to use ICEs own protected title of Chartered Civil Engineer

A two stage Progressive Route to Chartered Civil Engineer and CEng is available. If you have been successful at the MPR (and hold the prerequisite educational base for CEng), subsequent success at a modified version of the CPR called the Chartered Professional Review Progressive (CPRP) will lead to the same qualifications as success at the CPR.

7 For registration with the Engineering Council the interview will be conducted in English, subject only to the provisions of the Welsh Language Act 1993, or any other changes that the Engineering Council might introduce (see www.engc.org.uk).

1. Introduction

5The educational base required depends on which grade of membership you are seeking.

The educational benchmark for Membership only (MICE) is a Bachelors degree, or equivalent, in any subject.

The educational benchmark for Membership with Engineering Council registration as IEng is either the award of: a) a Bachelors degree in engineering or technology, accredited for IEng, or b) a Higher National Certificate or Diploma or Foundation Degree in engineering or technology, plus appropriate further learning to IEng degree level

Generally, students starting on accredited HNC/HND courses before 1999 were able to meet the academic requirements for IEng MICE registration. From 1999, new accredited Bachelor degree courses became the benchmark standard. However, some HNC/HND courses were still recognised after this date. For information on these contact your Regional Support Team (RST).

The educational benchmark for both Membership as a Chartered Civil Engineer and for Engineering Council Chartered Engineer (CEng) registration is identical and is the award of either: a) a Bachelors degree with honours in engineering or technology, accredited as a base for CEng learning, to which has been added either an appropriate Masters degree accredited or approved by a professional institution or appropriate further learning to Masters level, or b) an accredited MEng degree

Generally students starting a CEng accredited Bachelors course before 1999 are able to meet the academic requirements for CEng registration without the additional Masters level requirement.

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.6

From 1999 new accredited MEng courses became the benchmark standard. However, some Bachelors courses were still recognised after this date.

To check whether your course is accredited, you can look on the ICEs Joint Board of Moderators website www.jbm.org.uk or the Engineering Council website www.engc.org.uk

Since 1976 academic courses have been accredited by the Institution as meeting the educational base for the Engineering Council. To check whether your course is accredited, you can look on ICEs Joint Board of Moderators website www.jbm.org.uk or the Engineering Council website www.engc.org.uk

If your academic qualification does not meet the Engineering Council benchmark you may demonstrate that you have compensated for the shortfall in a number of ways. See ICE 3004A for details of how you can do this using the Non- standard Routes to Membership.

2.7

2.8

2. Educational base

6in lieu of all or part of the Development Objectives. Your SCE will still have to certify completion ofyour Development Objectives and your overall IPD.

If you have completed a Scottish/National Vocational Qualification (S/NVQ) in an ICE approved occupation, this will provide substantial evidence for the achievement of the Development Objectives. However, you will still need to certify completion of any Development Objective not explicitly covered by the S/NVQ. Details of ICE approved S/NVQs including guidance on their coverage of the Development Objectives and of the certification required is given in a Membership Guidance Note. If you have completed a Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Scheme A training scheme in the civil engineering or geotechnical discipline, you may use this to show completion of IPD.

If it is not possible for you to either enter into or to complete a Training Agreement, you must apply to ICE for a Career Appraisal in order to have your IPD and CPD authenticated.

For information on Career Appraisals, see Membership Guidance Notes on ICEs website.

3.6

3.7

3.8

3.9

3. Initial Professional Development (IPD)

8 Certain Scottish/National Vocational Qualifications (S/NVQs) are consided by ICE as meeting the majority but not all of the Development Objectives. See Membership Guidance Note for further information.

Initial Professional Development comprises the acquisition and development of the special skills and professional approach you will need to practise as a civil engineer. It bridges the gap between your educational base and professional qualification. Acquiring learning and experience at work will develop your ability to hold positions of responsibility and make independent judgements.

The first part of your IPD should be structured to give you the necessary breadth of experience, as defined in ICEs Development Objectives (DO)8. The second part should be a gradual progression (dependent on your personal development andcommitment) towards increasing responsibility. This part should also provide time for consolidation of your experience and for preparation for the Professional Review. The two parts may be concurrent or consecutive. For information on and details of the Development Objectives see ICE 3005A.

All relevant knowledge and experience at any time in any location is valid when assessing IPD. This can be obtained when undertaking formal academic education, when employed or when working in a voluntary capacity. Suitable pre-graduation experience from industrial placements and part-time or vacation work is valid. The diagrams in Section 4 show the principal routes for IPD. The Institution strongly recommends that you enter into a formal Training Agreement with one of the Institutions Approved Employers. Your development and training will then be structured and you will have the benefit of guidance from a mentor known as a Supervising Civil Engineer (SCE) appointed by your employer. For a list of Approved Employers see ICEs website.

If you have completed a bespoke in-house company training and development programme, subject to ICEs approval, you may use this to show completion

3.1

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.5

7To qualify as a MICE or IEng MICE, you must meet the Institutions requirements, outlined in Appendix A, at the Member Professional Review (MPR).

4.1

4. Professional Reviews

Training Agreement using DO for MICE/

IEng MICE Training Review

Educational base for MICE or IEng MICE

Self managed IPD using DO for MICE/

IEng MICE Career Appraisal9

Consolidation and

preparationMPR

Figure 2 - IPD options. In certain circumstances the completion of the educational base and IPD can take place at the same time, but both need to be completed before the Review.

To qualify as a CEng MICE, you must meet the Institutions requirements outlined in Appendix A, at the Chartered Professional Review (CPR). You may approach this Review in one of two ways, either via the direct route or the Progressive Route.

For further details see Appendix B.

You can follow the direct route by applying for the Chartered Professional Review (CPR).

4.2

4.2.1

9 If certain approved S/NVQs are achieved, a Career Appraisal will not be necessary. See Membership Guidance Note for further information.

Figure 3 - Direct Route.

Training Agreement using DO for CEng MICE

Training Review Educational

base for CEng MICE

Self managed IPD using DO for CEng MICE

Career Appraisal9

Consolidation and

preparationCPR

8The alternative is to follow the Progressive Route.4.2.2

If you have been successful at the MPR you will have already gained many of the Attributes of a Chartered Civil Engineer (see Appendix A). Only the additional Attributes will then need to be demonstrated at a modified Review (CPRP).

The progressive route to CPR will allow you to become a Member of the Institution (MICE) earlier in your career thus providing early evidence of your skill and competence.

Each Review consists of three parts: the submission of reports and other documents; an interview with two experienced members; and a written excercise.

4.2.3

4.2.4

4.3

10 If certain approved S/NVQs are achieved, a Career Appraisal will not be necessary. See Membership Guidance Note for further information.

Figure 4 - Progressive Route. You will need to show prior to your submission for CPRP how the additional CEng Development Objectives have been met. This will involve either completion of a Training Agreement or a Career Appraisal for the additional objectives. Completion of the educational base for CEng MICE may be undertaken before or after completion of MPR. It must, however, be done before applying for the CPRP.

Training Agreement using DO for IEng

MICE Training Review

Educational base for CEng

MICE, IEng MICE or MICE Self managed IPD

using DO for IEng MICE

Career Appraisal10

Consolidation and

preparation

MPR

Check if you have correct educational

base and also have achieved

the DO for CEng MICE

CPRP

95. Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is defined as the systematic maintenance, improvement and broadening of knowledge and skills, and the development of personal qualities necessary for the execution of professional and technical duties throughout your working life.

As part of your Professional Review you will be assessed on your commitment to CPD both to date and in the future. This can be demonstrated by regular use of a Development Action Plan (DAP) and a Personal Development Record (PDR) during theperiod of your IPD. Further details of how to plan and record your CPD are set out in ICE 3006A with blank forms available in ICE 3190, which can be downloaded from the website.

You should plan to achieve a well-balanced programme of CPD, including technical, managerial and professional topics. To ensure this, no single element or topic, eg higher degrees, or courses of further education, may count for more than 30 hours of effective learning time, irrespective of the number or length of units studied.

At the MPR you must show, through your Development Action Plan (DAP) and your Professional Development Record (PDR) or similar, that you have managed and achieved a minimum of 30 hours of effective learning time of CPD per year. You must achieve at least 60 hours before your Training Review or Career Appraisal and at least90 hours before your Professional Review. These must include current formal training related to the Health, Safety and Welfare Development Objective E2 in ICE 3005A. ICE 3190, available from the ICE website, provides further details on this in conjunction with ICE 3006A.

At the CPR or CPRP you must show, through your Development Action Plan (DAP) and your Professional Development Record (PDR) or similar, that you have managed and achieved a minimum

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4

5.5

of 30 hours of effective learning time of CPD per year. You must achieve at least 90 hours of effective learning time before your Training Review or Career Appraisal and at least 180 hours before your Professional Review. These must include current formal training related to the Health Safety and Welfare Development Objective E2 in ICE 3005A. See Membership Guidance Notes on ICEs website for further guidance on this.

As a guide, a CPD day can be considered as six hours of effective learning time.

5.6

10

6. Regional Support Teams (RSTs)

In the UK and in Hong Kong, the Institution employs a network of Regional Support Teams (RST) who can be contacted by you and your SCE or mentor for advice and guidance on all aspects of professional development. The teams contact details are given in a Membership Guidance Note on ICEs website ice.org.uk/nearyou

For individuals not covered by the above, guidance should be sought from ICEs Professional Development Manager.

During any contact, ICE staff will expect your training records to be available and up-to-date. This will enable a positive discussion of your progress to take place and an assessment made of the general effectiveness of your development training.

ICE staff will make regular contact with Approved Employers to ensure that commitments entered into are being honoured. If you have any doubts about this you should contact your RST.

6.1

6.2

6.3

6.4

7. Detailed guidance

For full details of the application procedure for all grades see Appendix B.

A useful checklist of information for the Professional Reviews is available as MGN 17.

7.1

7.2

11

Appendix A

Attribute Group

Attributes of CEng MICE to be demonstrated at Chartered Professional Review (CPR)

Attributes of MICE / IEng MICE to be demonstrated at Member Professional

Review (MPR)

Additional Attributes of CEng MICE to be demonstrated, if you are already IEng

MICE, at Chartered Professional Review Progressive (CPRP)

1. Knowledge and Understanding of Engineering

A Ability to maintain and extend a sound theoretical approach to the application of technology in engineering practice.B Ability to use a sound evidence-based approach to problem solving and be able to contribute to continuous improvement.

C Ability to maintain and extend a sound theoretical approach in enabling the introduction and exploitation of new and advancing technology.D Ability to engage in the creative and innovative development of engineering technology and continuous improvement systems.

2. Technical and Practical Application of Engineering

A Ability to identify, review and select techniques, procedures and methods to undertake engineering tasks. B Ability to contribute to the design and development of engineering solutions.C Ability to implement or construct design solutions and contribute to their evaluation.

D Ability to conduct appropriate research, relative to design or construction and appreciate its relevance within own area of responsibility.E Ability to undertake the design and development of engineering solutions and evaluate their effectiveness.F Ability to implement or construct design solutions and evaluate their effectiveness.

3. Management and Leadership

A Ability to plan for effective project implementation.B Ability to manage the planning and organisation of tasks, people and resources. C Ability to manage teams and develop staff to meet changing technical and managerial needs.D Ability to manage quality processes.

E Ability to plan direct and control tasks, people and resources.F Ability to lead teams and develop staff to meet changing technical and managerial needs.G Commitment to continuous improvement through quality management.

4. Independent Judgement and Responsibility

A Ability to identify the limits of personal knowledge and skills.B Ability to exercise sound independent engineering judgement and take responsibility.

C Ability to identify the limits of a teams skill and knowledge.D Ability to exercise sound holistic independent judgement and take responsibility.

5. Commercial Ability

A Ability to prepare and control budgets. B A sound knowledge of statutory and commercial frameworks within own area of responsibility.

C A high level of commercial and contractual understanding and an ability to use it within own area of responsibility.

A1 Attributes of Member (MICE, IEng MICE) and Member Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng MICE)

A1.1 At any Professional Review you must have had responsible and relevant experience at a level such that you can demonstrate the Attributes shown in the table below.

A1.2 The interpretation of Attributes 1 and 2 will relate to your fields of work as indicated to the Reviewers on your application form. You must demonstrate a sound understanding of core engineering principles in those fields, particularly if you do not hold the educational requirement necessary for Engineering Council registration. The Reviewers will judge your level of attainment of Attributes 3 to 9 with regard to their relative importance within your fields of work.

A1.3 As a prospective professional civil engineer, in order to fulfil your obligation to society and to meet the requirements of Health, Safety and Welfare legislation, you must have a sound knowledge and understanding of the construction process11 together with the activities connected to it. You must have an appreciation of and be able to identify and manage risks arising as a consequence of your actions. For those whose experience includes the construction process, site experience will ordinarily be required.

11 The construction process is held to include the conception, design, construction, commissioning, maintenance, decommissioning, removal, management and procurement of civil engineering works.

Table continued on page 12

12

Appendix A

6. Health, Safety and Welfare

A A sound knowledge of legislation, hazards and safe systems of work.B Ability to manage risks.C Ability to manage health, safety and welfare within own area of responsibility.

D Commitment to leading continuous improvement in health, safety and welfare.

7. Sustainable Development

A A sound knowledge of sustainable development best practice.B Ability to manage engineering activities that contribute to sustainable development.

C Committed to leading continuous improvement in sustainable development.

8. Interpersonal Skills and Communication

A Ability to communicate well with others at all levels. B Ability to discuss ideas and plans competently and with confidence. C Personal and social skills.D Ability to deal with diversity issues.

E Ability to communicate new concepts and ideas to technical and non-technical colleagues.

9. Professional Commitment

A Understanding and compliance with the ICE Code of Conduct. B Commitment to current and future CPD of self and others. C Support of ICE activities.D A personal commitment to professional standards, recognising obligations to society, the profession and the environment.

13

Professional Reviews - detailed guidance

Professional Review process

The Review requires you to: submit an experience report and a project report. See section B4 for details of length and content submit CPD documents comprising your DAP and PDR attend an interview with two experienced members of the Institution (Reviewers) which commences with a fifteen-minute presentation by you undertaken sitting across the table from your Reviewers. The total length of the interview will vary for different grades of membership. See section B5 and B6 and ICEs website for details the interview will be followed by a written exercise. The subject for this will be set by the Reviewers. See section B7 and the Membership Guidance Notes on ICEs website for details

Application process for Reviews

Review interviews are held twice a year at regional centres throughout the UK and annually at certain international locations. Details of available Review centres, Review dates, application deadlines and application documents can be found on ICEs website.

Your application should include: an application form a non-refundable fee support from sponsors evidence to demonstrate full attainment of the educational base for the required grade of membership (unless this has already been approved, eg by acceptance as a Graduate member)

B1

B1.1

B2

B2.1

B2.2

evidence of IPD completion, one of the following:- ICE Approved Training Scheme Completion

Certificate- Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE)

Scheme A for Civil Engineers or Geotechnical Completion Certificate

- an ICE Career Appraisal letter or letters a one page prcis of each of your proposed reports to assist in selection of the Reviewers12

evidence of any special requirement which you would like taken into account at Review

You will be given approximately four weeks notice of your Review date and of the names of your Reviewers. If you know a Reviewer or feel there may be conflict of interest, you should advise the Reviews Office at ICE immediately. Reviewers are similarly advised.

Having been told your Review date, you will need to forward the following documents listed below to each of your Reviewers: one copy of each report signed by your Lead Sponsor one copy of your Personal Development Record and Development Action Plan (see ICE 3006A) a passport size photograph (with your name and membership number, if applicable, written on the reverse) attached to each copy of your experience report

If you require confirmation of receipt of your documents, please enclose a stamped and addressed postcard. The package sent to each Reviewer must not exceed one kilogram.

Your documents will need to be delivered to them at least 10 clear working days before your interview. Failure to do so may result in your Review being deferred.

B2.4

12 Every endeavour will be made to ensure that at least one Reviewer is familiar with the report subject matter or employment category indicated on the application form.

B2.3

Appendix B

14

Sponsorship

The Institutions Royal Charter and By-laws require your application to be sponsored. Sponsors will all be required to confirm in some detail your suitability for Membership. Details of the number of sponsors required and of their professional status can be found in a Membership Guidance Note.

You need to select one of your sponsors as a Lead Sponsor. The Lead Sponsor, who must be an ICE member at a membership grade equivalent or higher than the one for which you are applying, has a duty to act as a mentor during your Review submission process and co-ordinate the other sponsors reports. Whilst all sponsors should know you well and be convinced, through direct experience, that you are a fit and proper person to be elected to membership, Lead Sponsors should additionally be familiar with the current Review process and the current standards required at Review. Lead Sponsors must sign both the report prcis and the submitted reports and confirm that they have satisfied themselves that you have taken note of any comments made by ICE on your IPD.

The choice of a good Lead Sponsor can often contribute to a successful Review. The Institution recommends that Lead Sponsors are members who were involved in your IPD process, for example your SCE.

The scope of the Lead Sponsors involvement should extend to constructive criticism of reports, advice on presentation and to arranging practice interviews.

The Professional Review reports13

For MPR, CPR and CPRP you will need to submit an experience report of no more than 2,000 words. It should describe the structured training and responsible experience you gained during your IPD. It must describe the tasks which you undertook.

B3

B3.1

B3.2

B3.3

B3.4

B4

B4.1

It must not be a mere inventory, although it may include the precise positions you have occupied and the degree of responsibility assigned to you. You should give an indication of the size and financial value of the work undertaken. It is essential that you emphasise your personal experience and contribution. You should enlarge on the decisions you have made, any special problems you have met and occasions when you gained unusual or extensive experience or learned valuable lessons. The report should include a one-page foreword in the form of a brief curriculum vitae this will not be included within the 2,000 word limit.

For MPR and CPR you will need to submit a project report which should demonstrate your competence as a potential member. For MPR this report should be up to 2,000 words long, for CPR up to 4,000 words. It should describe a particular project (or parts of projects) in which you played a major part, including taking the lead in some or all of the elements. You must indicate clearly your role in the development and management of the project(s) by giving the background to the important decisions for which you were responsible or to which you made a significant contribution. Above all you must show where you have exercised independent engineering and professional judgement.

For CPRP the project report should be up to 2,000 words long and concentrate on significant work you have carried out since your success at MPR. You should use this to display how the additional professional Attributes required at CPR have been achieved.

Numerical analyses, cost data, drawings or other relevant additional documentation should be included as appropriate to support decisions described in both the reports. Any appendices are not included in the word-count, but they should be bound into the report.

B4.2

B4.3

B4.4

13 ICE takes plagiarism seriously. You should ensure that the reports are your own work or clearly reference the work of others. Refer to MGN 45 for guidance.

15

The presentation

You will be asked to make a presentation at the start of your interview. This is carried out sitting opposite the Reviewers at a table. You may use visual aids such as flip portfolios, not larger than A3, to illustrate the presentation. Whilst the use of laptop computers is permitted, experience has shown that you will need to plan the practicalities of your presentation with great care.

The presentation should be based on the project report. It should seek to expand this rather than repeat the information already given to your Reviewers.

The interview

Reviewers will be seeking to confirm that the evidence of competence that you have provided is supported by your responses to their questioning and meets the requirements of Appendix A. If you have not demonstrated sufficient evidence of a particular Attribute, Reviewers may frame specific questions to try to draw out your knowledge and experience in that area. However it is your responsibility to demonstrate the achievement of Attributes as well as that of the Reviewers to see if you possess them. This will require considerable communication skill on your part, both in the compilation of each report and in discussion.

Written exercise

The purpose of the written exercise at MPR is to ascertain that you can produce straightforward documents without assistance from others. Details of the format can be found on ICEs website.

The purpose of the written exercise at CPR and CPRP is to test your ability to marshal your thoughts and to present them logically and clearly. Although it is not a direct test of engineering knowledge, a sufficient

B5

B5.1

B5.2

B6

B6.1

B7B7

B7.1B7.1

B7.2

understanding and knowledge of the professional subject matter is clearly essential to producing a satisfactory result. Factual errors or lack of knowl-edge could affect the Review result, but not matters of well reasoned personal opinion.

The subject of the written exercise will be set by your Reviewers after reading your reports and will be set within the context of your experience. The Reviewers will set two questions and you will only be required to answer one in the allotted time. Whilst they will choose a subject on which you should have sufficient knowledge to answer confidently, you will need to prepare by acquiring industry-related knowledge by experience and study.

You may, if you wish, use a laptop computer for the written exercise. Details of the format can be found on ICEs website, with the Membership Guidance Note 21.

B7.3

B7.4

16

Summary of Review requirements

The summary below compares the Professional Reviews.

B8

B8.1

Direct Route Direct Route Progressive Route

MPR CPR CPRP

Award IEng MICE /MICE CEng MICE CEng MICE following success at the MPR

Experience report 2,000 words 2,000 words 2,000 words

Project report 2,000 words 4,000 words 2,000 words

Interview Required (maximum 60 minutes) Required (maximum 75 minutes) Required (maximum 60 minutes)

Presentation (included in interview)

15 minutes 15 minutes 15 minutes

Written exercise 120 minutes 120 minutes 120 minutes

CPD requirement A minimum of 30 hours of effective learning time per year

A minimum of 30 hours of effective learning time per year

A minimum of 30 hours of effective learning time per year

CPD before Review A minimum of 90 hours of effective learning time with at least 30 hours per year in the three years preceding your application

A minimum of 180 hours of effective learning time with at least 30 hours per year in the three years preceding your application

A minimum of 180 hours of effective learning time with at least 30 hours per year in the three years preceding your application

Review results

Time is required for Reviewers to assess the Review result and for quality control, audit and approvals processes. The results will be emailed to you. The names of successful candidates will then be published on ICEs website five days later and subsequently published in New Civil Engineer/New Civil Engineer International.

If the Review results in a failure, you will be provided with an indication of where your Review was satisfactory as well as the reasons for failure. The holistic nature of all ICEs Reviews requires you at a Re-sit Review to undertake all of the Review process again. You should therefore prepare in the same way as you did for the original Review, taking care to show in your new submission how you have

B9

B9.1

B9.2

addressed the concerns of the original Reviewers. During a Re-sit Review you will have to satisfy the new Reviewers that you can demonstrate all the required Attributes and not just those that caused the failure during previous Reviews. You are advised to discuss this with your sponsors/SCE and with your RST. This should help you prepare a strategy for any future application.

There is a right of appeal in cases of perceived error in process or for unforeseen events. Appeals are only accepted if received within two months from the date of the failure letter. For details contact your RST.

To be valid a non-refundable fee must accompany any appeal. Details of the current fee can be found on the ICE website.

B9.3

B9.4

17

Useful Contacts

Admissions and Processes+44 (0)20 7665 2344

Education and Learning+44 (0)20 7665 2247

ICE Regions+44 (0)20 7222 2006

ICE Events+44 (0)20 7665 2293

Initial and Continuing Professional Development+44 (0)20 7665 2200

Library Enquiries+44 (0)20 7665 2251

Professional Development Manager+44 (0)20 7665 2014

Subscriptions+44 (0)20 7665 2227

Thomas Telford+44 (0)20 7222 7722

Application dates and dates of interviews can be found at ice.org.uk/membership

18

Acronyms

AMICEAssociate Member of the Institution of Civil EngineersAMPRAssociate Member Professional ReviewAQPAcademic Qualifications PanelAVQAdvanced Vocational QualificationBEngBachelor of EngineeringCACareer AppraisalCDMConstruction Design ManagementCEngChartered EngineerCEnvChartered EnvironmentalistCEPRChartered Environmentalist Professional ReviewCPDContinuing Professional DevelopmentCPRChartered Professional ReviewDAPDevelopment Action PlanDEDelegated EngineerDODevelopment ObjectiveECOEngineering Council OrganisationEng TechEngineering TechnicianEUEuropean UnionGNVQGeneral National Vocational QualificationHS&WHealth, Safety and WelfareICE Institution of Civil EngineersIEngIncorporated Engineer

IPDInitial Professional DevelopmentITInformation TechnologyJBMJoint Board of ModeratorsMDOMembership Development OfficerMEAMutual Exemption AgreementMEngMaster of EngineeringMGNMembership Guidance NoteMICEMember of the Institution of Civil EngineersMPRMember Professional ReviewMRA Mutual Recognition AgreementNVQNational Vocational QualificationPDRPersonal Development RecordRDRegional DirectorRGNRegister Guidance NoteRSTRegional Support TeamSCESupervising Civil EngineerSESupervising EngineerSVQScottish Vocational QualificationTMICETechnician Member of the Institution of Civil EngineersTPRTechnician Professional ReviewTRTraining ReviewTRRTechnical Report RouteVCEVocational Certificate of Education

19

...as a civil engineer, at the end of every project I can physically see the fruits of my labour and leave a legacy behind that benefits society.

I dont think I have a typical day. I could be in on a teleconference with a contractor in Korea in the morning, visiting a construction site in Liverpool in the afternoon and making a presentation over the web to a client in New York in the evening. Almost everyday brings a new problem to solve.

ICE membership provides you with a network for continued learning. Being involved with ICE has kept me in contact with people that have not only enabled me to become qualified, but have since supported my career and my business plans for the future.

Being a member of ICE has given me a lot of respect within both the industry and the work place. Also it has helped me broaden my horizons and provided me with a lot of knowledge from within the industry that I wouldnt have been otherwise aware of.

One Great George StreetWestminsterLondon SW1P 3AAt +44 (0)20 7665 2279e profdev@ice.org.ukice.org.uk

Registered charity number 210252Charity registered in Scotlandnumber SC038629

ICE 3001A, v5, June 2012

..it is accordingly of importance that there should be a ready means heretofore of ascertaining persons who by proper training and experience are qualified...Extract from Royal Charter