International registers recognise substantial equivalence of professional competence in engineering and allow engineering professionals to access work opportunities in other countries. The registers also enable businesses to recruit from a larger pool of talent.
Engineers Australia is an authorised member of four international registers.
Engineers Australia is a signatory to the APEC Agreement in the Asia-Pacific region and the International Professional Engineers Agreement (IPEA) which includes the UK, US, Canada, South Africa and countries in Asia and south east Asia.
Both these agreements are reciprocal and apply the same standards of competence. Registration enables overseas professional engineers or those who have a substantially equivalent role to the Australian professional engineer to register and access employment opportunities in participating countries.
To be eligible to register you need to have:
- successfully completed an Engineers Australia accredited or recognised engineering course
- been assessed for a Chartered credential by Engineers Australia
- a minimum of seven years’ post-graduate practical experience with at least two years in responsible charge of significant engineering work
- continuing professional development (CPD) at a satisfactory level as per a five-year practice review audit.
To be in responsible charge of significant engineering work means you have:
- planned, designed, coordinated and executed a small project or
- undertaken part of a larger project based on an understanding of the whole project or
- undertaken novel, complex and/or multi-disciplinary work.
If you’re a Chartered professional engineer you can apply for registration. Login to the portal and complete the registration application for Members.
Professional engineers with a Chartered Fellow credential can apply for registration without further assessment. Login to the portal and complete the registration application for Fellows.
When you register on the APEC and IPEA registers, you can use the post-nominals APECEngineer and IntPE(Aus).
The Register of International Engineering Technologists (IETA) is a reciprocal arrangement. It enables overseas engineering professionals who have a substantially equivalent role to the Australian engineering technologist to register and vice versa.
To be eligible to register you need to have:
- successfully completed an Engineers Australia accredited or recognised engineering course
- been assessed for a Chartered credential by Engineers Australia
- continuing professional development (CPD) at a satisfactory level as per a five-year practice review audit.
- a minimum of seven years’ post-graduate practical experience working as an engineering technologist and applying engineering knowledge. Two of those years must be in responsible charge of engineering work.
To be in responsible charge of engineering work means you have:
- planned, designed, coordinated and executed a small project or
- undertaken part of a larger project based on an understanding of the whole project or
- undertaken broadly-defined and/or multi-disciplinary work.
Login to the portal and complete the registration application for Members.
Engineering technologists with a Chartered Fellow credential can apply for registration without further assessment. Login to the portal and complete the registration application for Fellows.
When you’re registered on the IETA you can use the post-nominal IntET(Aus).
Learn more about the IETA Agreement on the International Engineering Alliance website.
Engineers Australia is a participant in the International Engineering Technicians (AIET) agreement. This reciprocal arrangement enables overseas engineering professionals who have a substantially equivalent role to the Australian engineering associate to register and vice versa.
Similar registers are being established in the UK, Ireland, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand.
To be eligible to register you need to have:
- successfully completed an Engineers Australia accredited or recognised engineering course at Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree level
- been assessed for a Chartered credential by Engineers Australia
- a minimum of five years’ practical experience and at least one year as a fully qualified engineering associate
- continuing professional development (CPD) at a satisfactory level as per a five-year practice review audit.
Login to the portal and complete the registration application for Members.
Engineering associates with a Chartered Fellow credential can apply for registration without further assessment. Login to the portal and complete the registration application for Fellows.
When you’re registered on the AIET you can use the post-nominal IntETn(Aus).
Learn more about the AIET Agreement on the International Engineering Alliance website.
Open up opportunities to work overseas or recruit highly skilled, engineering professionals for your project.