IMechE Supported Registration Scheme (SRS) makes it possible for graduate engineers, sandwich placement students, Engineering Technicians and any of its members, who are not with an organization registered for the Monitored Professional Development Scheme (MPDS), to record their Initial Professional Development.

SRS offers a disciplined and regular reporting framework to record your activities when you work towards professional registration.

It will allow you to benchmark your progress, with your mentor’s support, against the Engineering Council’s UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC) to determine when you are prepared to apply for Incorporated or Chartered Engineer registration.

Your records will also give a valuable resource for compiling your application: you will even be able to import content straight into the application.

How to start?

·        Attain IMechE membership at the appropriate grade. If a graduate, you first need to be an Associate member. If an undergraduate, register on SRS as an Affiliate member.

·        Find a register an appropriate mentor.

·        Fill up the registration form.

·        Submit your SRA registration form.

After that, IMechE:

Will process your SRS registration form

Confirm your online access

After that, you can use Career Developer to report, plan and review your progress towards professional registration.

How you can find a mentor:

A mentor on SRA is not necessarily professionally registered, but they need to have a thorough understanding of the Engineering Council UK-SPEC competencies. Anyone fulfilling these requirements can be your mentor.

You can find a mentor in your workplace, socially or by means of networking at IMechE’s events or regional activities.

Career Developer:

Career Developer is an online portal allowing you to manage your professional development in a simple and quick way.

You can use Career Developer at any stage of your engineering career, whether you are working as a practising engineer to earn competence through Initial Professional Development (IPD), or an experienced engineer wishing to keep a record of your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and career progression.

It is dependent on at which level you are in your career. You will be required to use a certain tool or complete an application before you can access some areas of Career Developer. You should hire an IMechE report writing expert to know more about these tools and other things that can lead you to professional registration.