CIBSE / ASHRAE CONFERENCE 29 – 30 APRIL 2008 NICHE TO NORM

Have any questions about Membership? Bring them along to the Annual Conference and meet your Membership Team! If you have any burning questions before April, please contact Bobby Wright on 0208 772 3639 bwright@cibse.org or Fiona Torrance on 0208 772 3624 ftorrance@cibse.org.

Is your Company benefiting from the Products, Services, and Membership that CIBSE have on offer?

Let us help you meet the competence levels required by your staff to excel in their workplace. If you would like a company visit, please contact Bobby Wright on 0208 772 3639 or bwright@cibse.org.

CIBSE College Visits

CIBSE conduct annual field visits to universities and colleges for students, academics, and staff interested in CIBSE membership, products and services.

Bobby Wright and Fiona Torrance visited the College of North West London in November 2007 and received an outstanding response from students and faculty interested in joining CIBSE. Students who are also employed are currently studying for an HNC that will fulfill the academic requirements for EngTech registration and Licentiate membership with CIBSE.

In January, Fiona visited Stockport College and received a similar enthusiastic response. CIBSE are producing a discounted publication package for students with options on CIBSE guides relevant to coursework. The package will be available very soon. Please contact Fiona on 0208 772 3624 or by email ftorrance@cibse.org if you are interested in a University Visit.

CIBSE Ken Dale Travel Bursary Open To All Members

The Ken Dale Travel Bursary has been established by CIBSE to commemorate Ken Dale’s contribution to the Institution and our industry.

The bursary will allow CIBSE members to travel and research areas connected with the applicant’s field of work and which will benefit CIBSE, their employer, their clients and the professions within the building services engineering industry more widely.

The closing date this year for applicants is 17 March 2008 with a commemorative presentation made at the President’s Dinner in October by the successful applicant. For further details and application form, please visit our website at www.cibse.org/bursaries. Alternatively, please contact Fiona Torrance on ftorrance@cibse.org.

International Professional Engineer (IntPE) and Engineering Technologist (IntET) Register for UK Chartered Engineers Working Overseas

CIBSE Membership – would like to draw its members attention to the option of belonging to the IntPE and IntET Register – if they are working overseas.

International Professional Engineer (IntPE) Register

This Register is governed by the Engineers' Mobility Forum, which consists of the national engineering organisations of Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, UK and USA. FEANI has observer status.

Entry to the Register, which began operation in 2002 - the UK section of the Register opened on 1st October 2002 - is open to registered Chartered Engineers (CEng) in the UK who meet the following criteria:

• have been assessed within their own economy as eligible for independent practice
• have an academic qualification equivalent to an accredited degree
• have seven years post-graduation experience
• have spent at least two years in responsible charge of significant engineering work
• are maintaining relevant continuing professional development at a satisfactory level

International Engineering Technologist (IntET) Register

The IntET Register has also been set up by the Engineering Technologist Mobility Forum, which comprises ECUK and the national engineering organisations of Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa.

UK registered Incorporated Engineers (IEng) are deemed to have equivalent competences to those who elsewhere in the world are generally described as engineering technologists.

To qualify for the IntET title, it is necessary to hold an appropriate academic qualification (generally a bachelor’s degree, HND or HNC) and have a minimum of seven years’ post-graduate experience as an engineer, with at least two years in charge of significant engineering work. Applicants also need to show an up-to-date record of continuing professional development.

Applications have to be made through the candidate’s engineering institution. The registration fee is £90, renewable every five years at a fee of £25. Successful applicants may use the titles ‘IntPE’ and ‘IntET’.

For more information applicants should read the guidance notes (available from the EC UK website -- http://www.engc.org.uk/international/about_international_register.aspx

The application form can be downloaded from the website or alternatively contact the Membership Department:
Telephone 020 8772 3650
Email info@cibse.org