The Professional Engineer, registered with the BPERB, will be expected to have obtained 
   certain key knowledge, skills and understanding of the engineering work environment and
   should be able to demonstrate these through their performance at work. These key 
   knowledge, skills and understanding engineer and are divided into 4 sections and explained 
   earlier in this booklet. The Professional Engineer is expected to have achieved these core 
   competences and the process of registration is designed to confirm this. The assessors, 
   on whose decision, the applicants admission is based, have two principle sources of 
   information on which to judge whether the applicant demonstrates the qualities of a 
   professional engineer. The first is the repots from the three sponsors, completed in 
   confidence by Fellows of the IEB, known to the applicant and the second is the 2000 word 
   report which the applicant is required to write at a venue to be advised by the BPERB  
   once the application has been accepted.

 The core competences are divided into the following 4 sections:
·      Personal – effective communication and interpersonal skills, leadership and    
        professional commitment.
·      Engineering – identification and solution of engineering problems and the safe  
        and economic implementation of the solutions.
·      Management and Commercial – efficient procurement and management of 
        resources within economic and regulatory constraints to 
        achieve the engineering objectives.
·      Environment, Health and Safety – awareness of environment, health and safety 
        in Engineering solutions and processes.

   Within these sections, there are a total of 21 separate core competences each defined in 
   detail earlier in this booklet. The BPERB recognizes that some applicants will not have the 
   necessary opportunities to have acquired all of these competences and therefore, 
   demands that applicants should have acquired most of them. 
   (As a guide, this is considered s being able to demonstrate at least 15 of the total of 21    
   including at least 3 from each of the 4 sections.)

   The 2000 word report is the main opportunity for the applicant to convince the assessors 
   that he/she possesses and has been consistently demonstrating in his/her work 
   performance, the required competence. It should therefore not simply be a narrative of 
   activities carried out by the applicant but must describe the “why and how” of the work 
   activities. It should  also indicate the applicant’s involvement and the role he/she played in 
   the process. The report will be expected to demonstrate that the applicant understands    
   the underlying engineering, economic and management principles behind the work 
   activities. Whilst it is not written around a specific project or a series of projects that will 
   give the applicant the opportunity to demonstrate his/her personal involvement in the 
   process.

   The report will be written on pre-printed paper provided by the BPERB. In the right 
   margin, there is a column for the applicant to indicate in the appropriate place, the 
   reference number of the core competence  that is being demonstrated. The assessors will 
   expect to see more than one instance where the competence is demonstrated as isolated 
   instances will not convince the assessors that the applicant can consistently meet the 
   standards required of a Professional Engineer.

   The report should be written in English and be of minimum of length 1500 words but should 
   not exceed 2000 words Once the applicant’s application has been accepted and the 
   assessors are assured that the minimum requirements of experience and responsibility have 
   been met, the applicant will be called to attend a venue to write the 2000 word report 
   under controlled conditions. There will be a time limit of 2 hours set for the report and the 
   only reference material allowed will be this booklet “Getting Registered as a Professional 
   Engineer” and guidance notes. Assessment of the applicants suitability for registration as a 
   Professional Engineer will normally be based on both this report and the materiel submit 
   earlier in the process.

   The registered Professional Engineer will also be expected to possess the following 
   qualities and the 2000 word report should demonstrate this;
         ·     A  sound understanding of engineering principles;
         ·     The ability to use relevant existing technology coupled with the ability to 
                locate and use new technologies to benefit your work and engineering generally;
         ·      The ability to identify and apply appropriate scientific methods to produce    
                 alternative solutions to complex engineering problems.  
         ·      Independent judgment in the application of engineering science and knowledge, 
                 particularly in your chosen field.  
         ·      The leadership  skills to plan, manage and direct the human, material and 
                 financial resources required to solve complex problems, often in multi-disciplinary 
                 teams;
         ·      A high level of understanding and application of engineering economics;  
         ·      Commitment to the public interest in all aspects of your work, including health, 
                 safety, risk, financial, commercial, legal, environmental, social, energy 
                 conservation and sustainability;  
         ·      A base of Information Technology (IT) skills;