New register for associates to be established

摘要

Engineering associates are finally to be recognised within the national engineering registration system following the decision at the September meeting of the Council of Engineers Australia to establish a National Engineering Associates Register. The decision was prompted by a recommendation to Council from the National Engineering Registration Board. It is particularly appropriate that this recognition of the critical contribution made by associates as part of the engineering workforce will be achieved during the Year of the Engineering Team. It is also a significant further step in the implementation of a unified registration system for the engineering workforce which will simplify registration by providing a single point of access to registers for each of the three occupational categories (professional engineer, engineering technologist and engineering associate) according to competence level.