If having more than 15 years of experience as an engineer, then you can apply for the CPEng Australia status.

Engineers Australia has made it much easier for senior engineers to apply for Chartership via an interview. This pathway cuts out the industry review and formal assessment steps, acknowledging your years of experience with a minimal time commitment.

Eligibility criteria you need to fulfill:

For eligibility, you will be required to have:

1.   A minimum of 15 years of post-graduate experience

2.   Proof of holding significant responsibility across your career including leading projects or teams.

3.   Engineers Australia membership at the level of Member or higher.

How to apply:

If you are eligible, then follow the below-given instructions:

1.   Pre-approval:

Create an expanded resume that details the major projects you have taken responsibility for and your key attainments. It should include the positions you held, situations, problems and opportunities you have had and expert skills or knowledge you applied to attain a positive outcome.

The aim of this is to ensure that the assessors can see how you have fulfilled the 16 Engineers Australia competencies related to your occupational category. 

Your resume must have the names, positions, companies and contact details of two referees. One of your referees must verify your resume and qualifications. After that, email your resume and referees to Engineers Australia to request to apply for Chartered for 15+years of experience.

2.   Self-assessment:

After that, EA will mail you a self-assessment form that you have to complete. Complete this form and mail it back to the authority.

If your pre-approval is confirmed, you will get another mail from Engineers Australia with a link allowing you to apply by means of the EA portal.

3.   Prepare and upload documents:

Use the link you got in the mail, and adhere to the prompts in the portal to upload:

·        The resume you mailed to Engineers Australia including the details of your two referees.

·        Proof of your continuing professional development (CPD). You must have completed at least 150 hours of CPD over the previous three years.

·        A colour-scanned copy of your photo identification: a passport or driving licence.

4.   Professional Review:

A professional interview with an EA assessor is the last step to become a CPEng Australia professional.

EA will be in touch to fix a time for your professional interview with one of its assessors, and you will get an invitation to the online Teams or Skype interview. Generally, it takes a few weeks for an interview to be fixed.

The interview will take nearly an hour and will include a wide discussion regarding your professional career as an engineering professional. The evaluator will be looking for proof you have fulfilled the 16 competencies related to your occupational category. The authority will also use the interview to make certain that you have deep engineering knowledge and tremendous experience in your practice area.

It is just advice, not a mandatory rule to prepare a short presentation introducing yourself and highlighting the major points or activities illustrating your attainments. A maximum of six to eight slides are fine.