An Engine for Change - A Chronicle of the Engineering Council

186A CHRONICLE OF THE ENGINEERING COUNCILWithin each category the items are listed in no special order. They should be read in thecontext of the Engineering Council being established as a Chartered body rather than theStatutory Authority recommended by Finniston which, indeed, would have been preferred bymany, though not all, of the subsequent participants in the EngC’s affairs. More detailedviews on various aspects will be found in Annexes H and I.Successes• The encouragement of women into engineering through WISE backed by mediacampaigns.• The creation and implementation of Standards And Routes to Registration (SARTOR-1 and 2).• Raised professional standards exemplified by the ‘Competence and Commitment’document and the subsequent SARTOR-3.• Establishment of Industry Affiliates.• Nomination and audit of Institutions’ policies and procedures.• Regular surveys of the profession.• Young Engineer(s) for Britain (YEB) – a high profile nationally and in the regions.• Considerable media successes such as the publication of new Registrants’ names inthe Daily Telegraph and The Times.• Certain EngC reports on national issues such as those on ‘Risk’, ‘Environment’ and‘Trading up your Technology’.• The ‘Washington Accord’ on international recognition of accredited degrees.• Take over and management of the Register of CEngs, IEngs and EngTechs.• Neighbourhood Engineers.• The “Ivanhoe” booklets on the engineering profession.• The EC Regional Organisation, until replaced by the PEIs .Partial Successes• EngC Examinations – a good effort but could have been further developed.• The introduction of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).• Relations with Europe and FEANI.• Some (but not enough) mergers of Institutions.• Clear and inspiring goal and strategy.• Better working relationships with and between the Institutions.• Encouragement of greater recognition of Incorporated Engineers and EngineeringTechnicians.• The publication Engineering First.• Limited success towards ‘Unification’.• Some inroads in promoting the status of engineers and acting as the “voice of theprofession”.• The publication ‘Management and Business Skills for Engineers’ – an excellentdocument, though not sufficiently exploited.• The 1997 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government – butinsufficient follow-up.© Engineering Council UK 2004