Professional Development

PDP: Your pathway to Chartered Status

The PDP (Professional Development Program) is a planned period of professional formation that is structured around an identified job and career progression, and includes work-based training and assuming responsibility in appropriate roles. It can be tailored to match both the professional formation needs of employees and the business requirements of an organisation.

Participation in a PDP is open to engineers across all fields and all types of enterprise. Currently, there are about 6000 engineers with 300 participating organisations on an Engineers Australia PDP.

Industries covered include: mining, utilities, consulting, aerospace, defence, automation, information technology, telecommunications, processing, manufacturing, construction and federal, state and local government.

Benefits for PDP Partner Organisations

• A structured framework, shortening the period of professional formation for your staff
• Recognition as an employer of choice delivering recruitment and retention benefits
• Sound risk management/mitigation practice;
• Lower insurance premiums (the insurance industry generally recognises the importance of this form of self-regulation by the Profession when negotiating insurance premiums)
• Global and interstate mobility through internationally recognised competency assessment
  
• A strong marketing tool when in competition for tenders etc.
  
  

Benefits for Participants

Engineers Australia provides ongoing and active support to individual employees and participating organisations, through: 

• Workshops and presentations
• Continuous assessment
• Feedback and counseling for the participating employees
• Training and ongoing support for mentors and supervisors
• Assistance with the development of personal competency development plans.
  
  

Who can join?

• Engineers Australia members ($110 annual fee)
• Non-members of Engineers Australia ($330 annual fee)
  
  

How to join?

Members of Engineers Australia can either:

• Complete the PDP Application Form
• Ask their employer's PDP Coordinator to email their name and membership to pdpadmin@engineersaustralia.org.au
  
  

If you are not a current member, but are intending to participate on the PDP as a Member of Engineers Australia, you must first join Engineers Australia.

To be eligible for participation on the PDP (even as a non member) you must be able to satisfy the Stage 1 Competency requirements for one of the three occupational categories recognised by Engineers Australia. These occupational categories are based on your educational qualifications and include Professional Engineer, Engineering Technologist and Engineering Officer (Associate).

The application form is for enrolment on the PDP for a sole participant. PDP Coordinators wishing to enrol multiple participants (Members of Engineers Australia) should use the appropriate form available on the PDP Coordinator's Resources page.