Friday, August 2, 2013

Seeking Nominations for Registration and Standards Committee (R&SC)


The Registration and Standards Committee is looking for a member to represent the Young Professional community....
 
Applicants should be familiar with the Engineering Council’s UK-SPEC or ICTTechStandard and be professionally registered or working towards professional registration.
 
For more information about the role, read on...
 
 
Primary Focus: represent the interests of the “Young Professionals” community on Registration & Standards Committee.

Duties and Responsibilities: to help ensure that there is balanced opportunity to influence development of policy and standards in relation to professional registration from the different sections of the engineering and technology communities, in respect of qualifications awarded by the IET.

Pre-requisites: shall be familiar with the Engineering Council’s UK-SPEC or ICTTech Standard and be professionally registered or working towards professional registration.  Shall have the ability to judge competence for professional registration.

Support / Training Provided: no formal training is required, but new R&SC members should be prepared to ‘sample’ every registration Volunteer activity, i.e. Stages 2 and 4 assessments, professional review interviews and accreditation visits.  Existing Committee Members and staff are happy to answer any questions.

Attendance: meetings are held approximately every two to three months, involving half a day attendance in London, plus a few hours beforehand to read the papers. Involvement in ongoing registration activities, such as Working Parties, is expected.

Period of Service for Committee Members: this is normally three years.

If you're interested, you can apply with a copy of your CV to the RSSU rssu@theiet.org – CVs will be reviewed by an informal nominations panel of the Registration and Standards Committee.

The deadline for nominations is Friday 31 August 2013.