Difference Between CPEng Registration And Chartered Member

Attaining the CPEng status in New Zealand will be proof of your capability of demonstrating your engineering expertise, commitment, and ethical standards.

The following are some of the major benefits of Chartership:

Countless growth opportunities:

Attaining the Chartered status will allow you to establish yourself as an industry leader, as the post-nominal letters CPEng will show your high level of engineering knowledge. By attaining this title, you will able to open yourself up to new career growth opportunities by showing that you are a reliable engineer who values ethics, professionalism, and continual learning.

Global mobility:

Mutual recognition of your engineering competency can help you find work overseas or have your engineering skills recognized in New Zealand. Attaining Chartership will show our knowledge fulfills internationally-benchmarked criteria and is among the best in the world.

Job requirement:

To reach a high level in your professional life, Chartership may a prerequisite. Many authorities and employers need engineers to be Chartered to sign off some certain work. It is because this title provides them with the assurance that the engineer is competent and one of the best engineers.

Eligibility criteria:

All engineers can attain Chartership, and it’s easy with the same evaluation that applies to all. The authority provides different categories for a professional, technologist, technician, or geoscientist.

Professional Engineer

Complicated engineering issues and activities

Washington Accord (4-year BE) or equivalence

Chartered Member

IntPE(NZ)/APEC Engineer

CPEng

Engineering Technologist

Widely-defined engineering issues and activities

Sydney Accord (3-year BEngTech) or equivalence

Chartered Member (Eng. Technologist)

IntET(NZ)

Engineering Technician

Defined engineering problems and activities

Dublin Accord (2-year NZDE) or equivalence

Chartered Member (Eng. Technician)

IntETn(NZ)

Engineering Geologist

Complicated engineering geological issues and activities

Recognized postgraduate qualification in Engineering Geology

Chartered Member (PEngGeol)

Mutual recognition:

In the case of having an engineering registration with a signatory to Washington, Sydney, or Dublin Accord, you may be qualified for direct entry into Chartered Membership.

Knowledge assessment:

If you are without a Washington Accord-accredited qualification, demonstrate equal knowledge for entry into Professional Engineer (Chartered Membership or Chartered Professional Engineer) by completing a knowledge assessment.

In the case of not having a Sydney or Dublin Accord-accredited qualification, your equal knowledge will be assessed as a part of your Chartership assessment.

Difference between Chartered Membership and CPEng Registration:

You have two pathways to becoming Chartered as a professional engineer. This first is by means of Engineering New Zealand Membership as a Chartered Member (CMEngNZ) or through registration as a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng).

The Chartered Member class offers a general quality mark of professionalism with all the benefits that come with membership. CPEng registration offers a mark of current competence on the basis of legislation. You can become both a Chartered Member and CPEng (Chartered Professional Engineer) or only one.

Fees and charges (not including GST):

The fee for the Chartered assessment is $1,721.50.

The fee for knowledge assessment is $1,295.50 (required if applying for Chartered Member and not having a Washington Accord-accredited qualification or recognized equivalent)

Yearly fee $560.00

If joining partway by means of the financial year (1 October-30 September), the authority pro-rates the annual fee on a monthly basis. When membership comes up for renewal on the 1^st of October, the authority will send an invoice for the new financial year.

In the case of being on a career break or retired, you can ask for a discounted rate on your yearly fee.