How to Get Chartered Engineer Status Through

Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), UK?

Professional Reviews

You can follow the direct route by applying for the Chartered Professional
Review (CPR).Each Review consists of three parts: the submission of reports
and other documents; an interview with two experienced Members; and a
Written or Written Assignment.

Attributes of Member Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng MICE)

At Professional Review, you must have had responsible and relevant

experience at a level such that you can demonstrate the following attributes:

1. Engineering Knowledge and Understanding

2. Engineering Application

3. Management & Leadership

4. Independent Judgement and Responsibility

5. Commercial Ability

6. Health, Safety and Welfare

7. Sustainable Development

8. Interpersonal Skills and Communication

9. Professional Commitment

The interpretation of attributes 1 and 2 will relate to your field of work as

indicated to the Reviewers on application form. You must demonstrate a
sound understanding of core engineering principles in those fields. The
Reviewers will judge your level of attainment of attributes 3 to 9 with regard
to the relative importance with your fields of work.
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 process 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.

Professional Review Process

The Review requires you to:

Submit an Experience Report and Project Report

Submit CPD documents

Attend an interview with two experienced Members of the Institutions

(Reviewers) which commences with a 15 minute presentation by you
undertaken sitting across the table from your reviewers. The total
length of the interview is around 1 hour after completion of
presentation.

Application Process for Review:

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

The application should include:

An application form

A non-refundable fee

Support from sponsors

Evidence to demonstrate full attainment of Education Base

Evidence of IPD completion e.g. ICE Approved Training Scheme

Completion Certificate

An ICE Career Appraisal letter

Having been told about Review date, you will need to forward the following
documents listed below to each of the Reviewers:

One copy of each report signed by your Lead Sponsor

One copy of Personal Development Record and Development Action

Plan.

A passport size photograph (with your name and membership number

written on the reverse) attached to each copy of each copy of your
Experience Report.

The package sent to each Reviewer must not exceed one kilogram.

These will need to be delivered to them not less than 10 working days.

Sponsorship

The Institutions Royal Charter and By-laws require candidates application to

be sponsored. Sponsors will all be required to confirm in some detail you
suitability for Membership.

You need to select one of the sponsors as a Lead Sponsor. The Lead Sponsor
who must be an ICE Member at a membership grade equivalent or higher
than that 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.

The Professional Review Reports

You will need to submit an Experience Report of no more than 2000 words. It
should describe the structured training and responsible experience you
gained during your IPD. It must describe the tasks which you undertook.

You will also need to submit a Project Report which should demonstrate your
competence as a potential Member. For CPR this report should be up to 4000
words. It should describe a particular project (or parts of projects) in which
you performed a major part including taking the lead in some or all of the
project(s) by giving 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 had exercised independent engineering and
professional judgement.
Numerical analysis, 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 in the report.

A few tips for the preparation of reports are:

Ensure you do not undersell yourself

Make sure the report is about you

Use the wording I was involved..., I was responsible for.., My

involvement included..., My responsibilities were....

Make sure that you have shown the lesson learned.

Use acronyms to shorten reports, but tell the reviewers the meaning of
the letters

Avoid the use of Jargon.

Treat the reader like a Martian...never assume the person will have the
knowledge.

The Presentation

You have to make a presentation at the start of the 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.

The presentation should be based on the Project Report. It should seek to

expand this rather than repeat the information already given to the
Reviewers.

The Interview

The Reviewers will be seeking to confirm that the evidence of competence

that you have provided is supported by your responses to their questioning.

The questions asked analyse:

Ability and potential

Dealing with problems

 Future situations

Future decisions

Learning from others etc.

Written Assignment

The purpose of Written Assignment is to ascertain that you can produce

straight forward documents without assistance from others. It is also to test
the ability to marshal thoughts and to present them logically and clearly.
Although it is not a direct test of engineering knowledge, a sufficient
understanding and knowledge of the professional subject matter is clearly
essential to producing a satisfactory result.

The Written Assignment is assessed by the Reviewers on following criteria:

Knowledge and relevance

Use of English

Clarity and presentation

The subject of Written Assignment will be set by the 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 require answering one in
the allotted time (usually 2 hours).

If you wish, you can use a lap top computer for the Written Assignment.

Important Tips for the Candidates:

Set out a programme with key milestones to focus the mind

Identify your sponsors early

Make sure third party members read your reports

Practice delivery of your presentation for timing and clarity

Arrange a mock interview for presentation and interview

Allow plenty of preparation time for the Written Assignment

 Arrange a Study Group for Essay topics

Review Day Arrive at the venue with plenty of time.