Competency Standards Stage 2 Revision
Professional Engineers, Engineering Technologists and Engineering Associates
New system for the Assessment of Stage 2 Competency
From 1 July, Engineers Australia will launch eChartered, a new online system for the assessment for Chartered Status and registration. The new system will also be the launch-pad for the 2012 Australian Engineering Competency Standards Stage 2. For more information about eChartered, including key transition dates please visit the eChartered website.
Introduction to the Proposed 2012 Revision
The competency standards at stage 2 provide a benchmark against which the profession may confirm that the engineering practitioner is capable of working unsupervised, independently or under general direction.
The revised standard comprises sixteen Elements of Competence, none of which is optional. These Elements are each supported by a number of indicators of attainment, any of which might provide satisfactory evidence of the competence.
By 13 January, more than a eighty comments had been received on the October version of the consultation draft. A short report on the development of a working draft of the Stage 2 Competency Standards for Professional Engineers is available below. In the working draft, the sixteen Elements of Competence have been arranged into four units comprising Elements that relate to self, community, workplace and creating value. The Elements have been renumbered accordingly.
Further consultation is to be completed before updates are made to the proposed Stage 2 Competency Standards for Engineering Technologists and Engineering Associates.
>> DOWNLOAD THE OCTOBER VERSION OF THE CONSULTATION DRAFT HERE
>> DOWNLOAD FEBRUARY REPORT AND WORKING DRAFT HERE
Consultation Process
The report and working draft have been submitted to Council.
A second phase of consultation will be commenced in March and remain open until May 2012.
A comment form is available for submission of comments.
Transitional Provisions
With such a radical change to the format of the Stage 2 Competency Standards, transitional provisions are needed.
We are developing a comprehensive system to map Elements of Competence (from the 2004 Competency Standards) that have been satisfied through to the 2012 revision. This is expected to be released during March 2012.
PDP Participants who have an endorsement for certain combinations of Elements of Competence from the 2004 Stage 2 Competency Standards will be credited with Elements of Competence in the 2012 revision. Additional evidence of competence could be required to fill gaps identified during the mapping process.
Nevertheless, it is intended that the transition to using the 2012 Competency Standards and the eChartered processes takes place as quickly as possible. Indeed, the transition from the PDP continuous assessment process (ePDP) is expected to be completed by the end of 2012.
